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

PDF Solutions (NASDAQ:PDFS) issued its earnings results on Thursday. The technology company reported $0.08 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.23 by ($0.15), Zacks reports. The company had revenue of $50.09 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $49.40 million. 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 Stock Down 18.2 %

Shares of NASDAQ PDFS traded down $5.10 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $22.98. 809,206 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 205,290. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $28.23 and its 200-day simple moving average is $29.78. PDF Solutions has a one year low of $22.84 and a one year high of $39.70. The company has a market cap of $890.93 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 208.93 and a beta of 1.52.

Insider Activity

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

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

About PDF Solutions

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.