DA Davidson Weighs in on PDF Solutions Q2 Earnings

PDF Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDFS) – Analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for shares of PDF Solutions in a report released on Friday, May 9th. DA Davidson analyst W. Jellison expects that the technology company will post earnings per share of $0.02 for the quarter. DA Davidson currently has a “Buy” rating and a $24.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for PDF Solutions’ current full-year earnings is $0.32 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for PDF Solutions’ FY2025 earnings at $0.34 EPS.

Other research analysts also recently issued reports about the stock. Rosenblatt Securities dropped their target price on shares of PDF Solutions from $37.00 to $31.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, May 5th. StockNews.com raised shares of PDF Solutions from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 6th.

PDF Solutions Price Performance

NASDAQ PDFS opened at $19.32 on Monday. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $19.17 and its 200 day moving average price is $25.02. The company has a market capitalization of $756.17 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 193.20 and a beta of 1.47. PDF Solutions has a 12 month low of $15.91 and a 12 month high of $39.70.

PDF Solutions (NASDAQ:PDFS) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The technology company reported $0.08 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.23 by ($0.15). The company had revenue of $50.09 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $49.40 million. PDF Solutions had a net margin of 2.26% and a return on equity of 3.94%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other PDF Solutions news, CEO John Kachig Kibarian acquired 34,356 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, February 24th. The shares were bought at an average cost of $22.80 per share, with a total value of $783,316.80. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 2,507,112 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $57,162,153.60. This trade represents a 1.39% increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Michael B. Gustafson acquired 4,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, February 24th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $23.06 per share, for a total transaction of $92,240.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 22,574 shares in the company, valued at $520,556.44. The trade was a 21.54% increase in their position. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. 11.13% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of PDF Solutions

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Pitcairn Co. lifted its stake in shares of PDF Solutions by 3.1% in the 4th quarter. Pitcairn Co. now owns 13,000 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $352,000 after acquiring an additional 390 shares during the period. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. lifted its stake in shares of PDF Solutions by 3.8% in the 4th quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 17,712 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $480,000 after acquiring an additional 642 shares during the period. Signaturefd LLC lifted its stake in shares of PDF Solutions by 124.1% in the 1st quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 1,421 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $27,000 after acquiring an additional 787 shares during the period. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its stake in shares of PDF Solutions by 100.8% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,855 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $35,000 after acquiring an additional 931 shares during the period. Finally, KBC Group NV lifted its stake in shares of PDF Solutions by 91.6% in the 4th quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 2,000 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $54,000 after acquiring an additional 956 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 79.51% of the company’s stock.

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.