Strs Ohio Buys 500 Shares of PDF Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDFS)

Strs Ohio grew its stake in PDF Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDFS) by 2.9% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 17,800 shares of the technology company’s stock after acquiring an additional 500 shares during the period. Strs Ohio’s holdings in PDF Solutions were worth $572,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in PDF Solutions by 13.7% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 2,929,228 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $94,907,000 after purchasing an additional 353,236 shares in the last quarter. Emerald Advisers LLC raised its stake in PDF Solutions by 5.5% in the 3rd quarter. Emerald Advisers LLC now owns 560,920 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $18,174,000 after purchasing an additional 29,363 shares in the last quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. raised its stake in PDF Solutions by 76.0% in the 4th quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 517,479 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $16,632,000 after purchasing an additional 223,376 shares in the last quarter. Ranger Investment Management L.P. raised its stake in PDF Solutions by 59.9% in the 3rd quarter. Ranger Investment Management L.P. now owns 516,257 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $16,727,000 after purchasing an additional 193,319 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust raised its stake in PDF Solutions by 9.8% in the 3rd quarter. Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust now owns 453,840 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $14,704,000 after purchasing an additional 40,625 shares in the last quarter. 79.51% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, StockNews.com cut shares of PDF Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, February 16th.

PDF Solutions Trading Up 2.8 %

Shares of NASDAQ:PDFS opened at $31.04 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $32.99 and a 200-day moving average of $31.58. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.20 billion, a PE ratio of 443.43 and a beta of 1.46. PDF Solutions, Inc. has a 12 month low of $26.12 and a 12 month high of $48.02.

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

Insider Activity at PDF Solutions

In related news, Director Ye Jane Li sold 9,653 shares of PDF Solutions stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $33.27, for a total transaction of $321,155.31. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 12,132 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $403,631.64. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 11.21% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.