Dimensional Fund Advisors LP Increases Holdings in PDF Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDFS)

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its position in PDF Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDFS) by 1.9% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 917,627 shares of the technology company’s stock after buying an additional 16,853 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP owned approximately 2.39% of PDF Solutions worth $33,383,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other large investors also recently modified their holdings of PDFS. Wasatch Advisors LP lifted its holdings in PDF Solutions by 3.2% in the first quarter. Wasatch Advisors LP now owns 1,328,265 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $44,723,000 after acquiring an additional 41,029 shares during the period. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. lifted its stake in shares of PDF Solutions by 9.9% in the 2nd quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 231,915 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $8,437,000 after purchasing an additional 20,885 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of PDF Solutions by 2.5% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 3,168,212 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $106,674,000 after buying an additional 78,543 shares during the last quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC boosted its holdings in shares of PDF Solutions by 20.9% in the first quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 562,326 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $18,934,000 after buying an additional 97,060 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ranger Investment Management L.P. grew its position in PDF Solutions by 49.1% during the fourth quarter. Ranger Investment Management L.P. now owns 769,650 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $24,737,000 after buying an additional 253,393 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 79.51% of the company’s stock.

PDF Solutions Stock Down 4.4 %

NASDAQ PDFS opened at $30.30 on Wednesday. PDF Solutions, Inc. has a 52 week low of $26.12 and a 52 week high of $39.70. The company has a market capitalization of $1.16 billion, a P/E ratio of 603.40 and a beta of 1.49. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $31.16 and its 200-day moving average price is $33.02.

PDF Solutions (NASDAQ:PDFS) last released its earnings results on Thursday, August 8th. The technology company reported $0.06 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.03 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $41.66 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $41.60 million. PDF Solutions had a negative net margin of 1.67% and a positive return on equity of 2.78%. Research analysts anticipate that PDF Solutions, Inc. will post 0.36 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, DA Davidson reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $42.00 price target on shares of PDF Solutions in a research report on Wednesday, August 28th.

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.