Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC Invests $328,000 in PDF Solutions, Inc. $PDFS

Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC bought a new stake in PDF Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDFS) during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund bought 15,327 shares of the technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $328,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of PDFS. Needham Investment Management LLC grew its stake in PDF Solutions by 2.6% in the first quarter. Needham Investment Management LLC now owns 1,865,000 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $35,640,000 after purchasing an additional 47,500 shares in the last quarter. William Blair Investment Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of PDF Solutions by 5.4% in the 2nd quarter. William Blair Investment Management LLC now owns 1,187,083 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $25,380,000 after buying an additional 61,124 shares during the last quarter. Emerald Advisers LLC boosted its holdings in shares of PDF Solutions by 3.2% in the 2nd quarter. Emerald Advisers LLC now owns 954,361 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $20,404,000 after buying an additional 29,583 shares during the last quarter. Silverberg Bernstein Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of PDF Solutions by 27.6% in the second quarter. Silverberg Bernstein Capital Management LLC now owns 418,783 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $8,954,000 after buying an additional 90,467 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. increased its holdings in PDF Solutions by 36.4% during the second quarter. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. now owns 341,227 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $7,295,000 after buying an additional 91,068 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 79.51% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

PDFS has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. DA Davidson upgraded shares of PDF Solutions from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, November 7th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of PDF Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, July 26th. Weiss Ratings downgraded PDF Solutions from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d)” rating in a research report on Monday, November 10th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities upped their price objective on PDF Solutions from $31.00 to $33.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have issued a Buy rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, PDF Solutions currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $34.00.

PDF Solutions Trading Down 0.1%

Shares of PDFS stock opened at $25.11 on Monday. PDF Solutions, Inc. has a 12-month low of $15.91 and a 12-month high of $32.37. The company has a market capitalization of $992.17 million, a PE ratio of 1,256.13 and a beta of 1.57. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $25.55 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $22.35. The company has a quick ratio of 2.37, a current ratio of 2.37 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26.

PDF Solutions (NASDAQ:PDFS) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, November 6th. The technology company reported $0.25 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.25. The company had revenue of $57.12 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $56.69 million. PDF Solutions had a return on equity of 4.22% and a net margin of 0.44%. As a group, analysts predict that PDF Solutions, Inc. will post 0.32 earnings per share for the current year.

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.