DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale Boosts Holdings in PDF Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDFS)

DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale raised its position in PDF Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDFS) by 71.0% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 5,821 shares of the technology company’s stock after buying an additional 2,417 shares during the quarter. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale’s holdings in PDF Solutions were worth $189,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. grew its position in PDF Solutions by 76.0% during the fourth quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 517,479 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $16,632,000 after buying an additional 223,376 shares in the last quarter. AMI Asset Management Corp boosted its position in shares of PDF Solutions by 49.9% during the 4th quarter. AMI Asset Management Corp now owns 108,998 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $3,503,000 after acquiring an additional 36,285 shares during the last quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC grew its holdings in shares of PDF Solutions by 4,998.6% during the third quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 86,677 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $2,808,000 after purchasing an additional 84,977 shares in the last quarter. Los Angeles Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of PDF Solutions by 2.0% in the third quarter. Los Angeles Capital Management LLC now owns 37,011 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,199,000 after purchasing an additional 709 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake 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 purchasing an additional 353,236 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 79.51% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at PDF Solutions

In related news, Director Ye Jane Li sold 1,531 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $34.00, for a total transaction of $52,054.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 21,785 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $740,690. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Company insiders own 11.21% of the company’s stock.

PDF Solutions Trading Up 0.9 %

PDFS opened at $31.93 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.23 billion, a P/E ratio of 456.14 and a beta of 1.46. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $33.54 and a 200-day moving average price of $31.68. 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 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.04. PDF Solutions had a return on equity of 6.09% and a net margin of 1.87%. The business had revenue of $41.13 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $41.00 million. On average, equities research analysts predict that PDF Solutions, Inc. will post 0.36 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have commented on PDFS shares. StockNews.com cut 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 report on Wednesday, December 20th.

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.