William Blair Investment Management LLC Has $25.38 Million Stock Holdings in PDF Solutions, Inc. $PDFS

William Blair Investment Management LLC grew its position in PDF Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDFS) by 5.4% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 1,187,083 shares of the technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 61,124 shares during the period. William Blair Investment Management LLC owned about 3.03% of PDF Solutions worth $25,380,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Inspire Investing LLC boosted its stake in shares of PDF Solutions by 2.9% in the 2nd quarter. Inspire Investing LLC now owns 18,465 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $395,000 after purchasing an additional 525 shares in the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. grew its holdings in PDF Solutions by 4.3% during the 1st quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 18,465 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $353,000 after acquiring an additional 753 shares during the last quarter. Signaturefd LLC grew its holdings in PDF Solutions by 124.1% during 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 last quarter. CWM LLC grew its holdings in PDF Solutions by 94.4% during the 2nd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 1,835 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $39,000 after acquiring an additional 891 shares during the last quarter. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its position in PDF Solutions by 100.8% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,855 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $35,000 after purchasing an additional 931 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 79.51% of the company’s stock.

PDF Solutions Stock Performance

Shares of PDFS stock opened at $27.47 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26, a current ratio of 2.37 and a quick ratio of 2.37. The stock has a market cap of $1.08 billion, a PE ratio of 1,374.19 and a beta of 1.54. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $22.37 and a 200-day moving average of $20.94. PDF Solutions, Inc. has a one year low of $15.91 and a one year high of $33.42.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms have issued reports on PDFS. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of PDF Solutions in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of PDF Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, July 26th. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and set a $31.00 target price on shares of PDF Solutions in a research report on Tuesday, August 5th. Finally, DA Davidson restated a “buy” rating and set a $24.00 target price on shares of PDF Solutions in a research report on Tuesday, September 23rd. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $33.33.

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.