Rice Hall James & Associates LLC Boosts Position in PDF Solutions, Inc. $PDFS

Rice Hall James & Associates LLC increased its position in shares of PDF Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDFS) by 74.8% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 160,263 shares of the technology company’s stock after acquiring an additional 68,574 shares during the period. Rice Hall James & Associates LLC’s holdings in PDF Solutions were worth $4,138,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Inspire Investing LLC raised its position in shares of PDF Solutions by 2.9% in the second quarter. Inspire Investing LLC now owns 18,465 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $395,000 after buying an additional 525 shares in the last quarter. State of Wyoming increased its stake in PDF Solutions by 4.5% in the 2nd quarter. State of Wyoming now owns 15,447 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $330,000 after acquiring an additional 668 shares during the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of PDF Solutions by 4.3% in the 1st quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 18,465 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $353,000 after acquiring an additional 753 shares in the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company grew its holdings in shares of PDF Solutions by 5.3% during the second quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 16,883 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $361,000 after purchasing an additional 844 shares in the last quarter. Finally, CWM LLC increased its position in shares of PDF Solutions by 94.4% in the second quarter. CWM LLC now owns 1,835 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $39,000 after purchasing an additional 891 shares during the last quarter. 79.51% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

PDFS has been the topic of several research reports. DA Davidson raised their price objective on shares of PDF Solutions from $34.00 to $36.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, December 5th. Rosenblatt Securities raised their price target on PDF Solutions from $31.00 to $33.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d)” rating on shares of PDF Solutions in a research note on Monday. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, PDF Solutions presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $34.50.

PDF Solutions Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:PDFS opened at $29.31 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 2.21, a quick ratio of 2.21 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25. The company has a market cap of $1.16 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -2,931.00 and a beta of 1.56. PDF Solutions, Inc. has a 12 month low of $15.91 and a 12 month high of $32.31. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $27.89 and a 200-day moving average price of $24.20.

PDF Solutions (NASDAQ:PDFS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November 6th. The technology company reported $0.25 EPS for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.25. The business had revenue of $57.12 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $56.69 million. PDF Solutions had a positive return on equity of 4.28% and a negative net margin of 0.03%. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that PDF Solutions, Inc. will post 0.32 EPS for the current year.

PDF Solutions Profile

PDF Solutions, Inc, headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is a technology company that provides data-driven solutions for the semiconductor manufacturing industry. Founded in 1991, the company specializes in software and services designed to improve yield, productivity and profitability for semiconductor fabricators. Over its history, PDF Solutions has positioned itself as a partner to foundries, integrated device manufacturers (IDMs), assembly and test operations, offering tailored data analytics and engineering expertise.

The company’s flagship offering, the Exensio platform, aggregates and analyzes data from process equipment, metrology and inspection systems to identify yield-limiting defects and process excursions.