DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale Acquires 2,417 Shares of PDF Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDFS)

DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale boosted its stake in PDF Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDFS) by 71.0% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 5,821 shares of the technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,417 shares during the period. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale’s holdings in PDF Solutions were worth $189,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the stock. BlackRock Inc. increased its stake in shares of PDF Solutions by 1.7% in the second quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 4,707,466 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $212,307,000 after buying an additional 80,379 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in PDF Solutions by 13.7% in the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 2,929,228 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $94,907,000 after acquiring an additional 353,236 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its holdings in PDF Solutions by 1.4% in the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,028,982 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $28,679,000 after acquiring an additional 14,417 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its position in PDF Solutions by 4.1% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,020,453 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $46,022,000 after purchasing an additional 39,886 shares during the period. Finally, Wasatch Advisors Inc. bought a new position in PDF Solutions during the 1st quarter worth approximately $28,198,000. 79.51% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

PDF Solutions Stock Performance

PDF Solutions stock opened at $31.93 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.23 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 456.14 and a beta of 1.46. PDF Solutions, Inc. has a 52-week low of $26.12 and a 52-week high of $48.02. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $33.54 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $31.68.

PDF Solutions (NASDAQ:PDFS) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 15th. The technology company reported $0.04 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.04. The company had revenue of $41.13 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $41.00 million. PDF Solutions had a net margin of 1.87% and a return on equity of 6.09%. On average, equities research analysts forecast that PDF Solutions, Inc. will post 0.36 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Ye Jane Li sold 9,653 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $33.27, for a total value of $321,155.31. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 12,132 shares in the company, valued at approximately $403,631.64. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Company insiders own 11.21% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have recently commented on PDFS. StockNews.com lowered shares of PDF Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, February 16th. TheStreet raised shares of PDF Solutions from a “d+” rating to a “c-” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 20th.

PDF Solutions 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.