PDF Solutions (NASDAQ:PDFS) Releases Earnings Results, Misses Estimates By $0.15 EPS

PDF Solutions (NASDAQ:PDFS) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday. The technology company reported $0.08 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.23 by ($0.15), Zacks reports. PDF Solutions had a return on equity of 3.24% and a net margin of 2.58%. PDF Solutions updated its FY 2025 guidance to EPS.

PDF Solutions Trading Down 14.2 %

PDFS traded down $4.00 on Friday, reaching $24.08. The stock had a trading volume of 279,224 shares, compared to its average volume of 190,803. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $28.23 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $29.78. The company has a market cap of $933.62 million, a P/E ratio of 218.65 and a beta of 1.52. PDF Solutions has a 12-month low of $24.15 and a 12-month high of $39.70.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have recently commented on PDFS. StockNews.com raised shares of PDF Solutions from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 12th. Rosenblatt Securities reduced their price objective on PDF Solutions from $40.00 to $37.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday. Finally, Northland Securities reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $45.00 target price on shares of PDF Solutions in a research report on Tuesday, December 24th.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Andrzej Strojwas sold 5,030 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $30.85, for a total transaction of $155,175.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 94,717 shares in the company, valued at $2,922,019.45. This represents a 5.04 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Nancy Erba sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $30.81, for a total value of $61,620.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 13,739 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $423,298.59. The trade was a 12.71 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 11.13% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

PDF Solutions Company Profile

PDF Solutions, Inc provides proprietary software and physical intellectual property products for integrated circuit designs, electrical measurement hardware tools, proven methodologies, and professional services in the United States, China, Japan, and internationally. The company offers Exensio software products, such as Manufacturing Analytics that store collected data in a common environment with a consistent view for enabling product engineers to identify and analyze production yield, performance, reliability, and other issues; Process Control that provides failure detection and classification capabilities for monitoring, alarming, and controlling manufacturing tool sets; Test Operations that offer data collection and analysis capabilities; and Assembly Operations that provide device manufacturers with the capability to link assembly and packaging data, including fabrication and characterization data over the product life cycle.