PDF Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: PDFS) is 2.95% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $26.60 and a high of $39.70 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The PDFS stock was last observed hovering at around $27.47 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.41%.
Currently trading at $27.88, the stock is -0.37% and -6.47% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.23 million and changing 1.49% at the moment leaves the stock -12.23% off its SMA200. PDFS registered -5.14% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -21.42%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $29.8092 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $31.76525.
The stock witnessed a -9.30% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -5.36%, and is 1.90% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.15% over the week and 3.55% over the month.
PDF Solutions Inc (PDFS) has around 493 employees, a market worth around $1.08B and $170.50M in sales. Current P/E ratio is 247.60 and Fwd P/E is 30.47. Profit margin for the company is 2.58%. Distance from 52-week low is 4.81% and -29.77% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (1.80%).
with sales reaching $49.26M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 9.93% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 7.71% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 19.79% in year-over-year returns.
PDF Solutions Inc (PDFS) Top Institutional Holders
249.0 institutions hold shares in PDF Solutions Inc (PDFS), with institutional investors hold 92.04% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 38.76M, and float is at 31.08M with Short Float at 1.99%. Institutions hold 74.02% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 4.81 million shares valued at $174.87 million. The investor’s holdings represent 12.4853% of the PDFS Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 3.18 million shares valued at $115.78 million to account for 8.2664 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are NEEDHAM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC which holds 1.33 million shares representing 3.4545% and valued at over $48.39 million, while WASATCH ADVISORS LP holds 3.3108 of the shares totaling 1.27 million with a market value of $46.37 million.
PDF Solutions Inc (PDFS) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Strojwas Andrzej, the company’s CTO. SEC filings show that Strojwas Andrzej sold 6,253 shares of the company’s common stock on Dec 17 ’24 at a price of $30.39 per share for a total of $0.19 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 88464.0 shares.
PDF Solutions Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Dec 16 ’24 that Strojwas Andrzej (CTO) sold a total of 5,030 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Dec 16 ’24 and was made at $30.85 per share for $0.16 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 94717.0 shares of the PDFS stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 16 ’24, Strojwas Andrzej (Officer) Proposed Sale 8,687 shares at an average price of $30.85 for $0.27 million. The insider now directly holds shares of PDF Solutions Inc (PDFS).
