PDF Solutions (NASDAQ:PDFS) Posts Earnings Results, Misses Expectations By $0.15 EPS

PDF Solutions (NASDAQ:PDFS) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday. The technology company reported $0.08 earnings per share 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 net margin of 2.58% and a return on equity of 3.24%. PDF Solutions updated its FY 2025 guidance to EPS.

PDF Solutions Stock Performance

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

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

Insider Activity at PDF Solutions

In other PDF Solutions news, Director Nancy Erba sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $30.81, for a total value of $61,620.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 13,739 shares in the company, valued at approximately $423,298.59. This represents a 12.71 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider Andrzej Strojwas sold 5,030 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 16th. The stock was 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 of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,922,019.45. This trade represents a 5.04 % 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.