Q2 Earnings Forecast for PDF Solutions Issued By DA Davidson

PDF Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDFS) – Research analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for shares of PDF Solutions in a report issued on Friday, May 9th. DA Davidson analyst W. Jellison forecasts that the technology company will earn $0.02 per share for the quarter. DA Davidson has a “Buy” rating and a $24.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for PDF Solutions’ current full-year earnings is $0.32 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for PDF Solutions’ FY2025 earnings at $0.34 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on the company. Rosenblatt Securities reduced their price objective on PDF Solutions from $37.00 to $31.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, May 5th. StockNews.com upgraded PDF Solutions from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 6th.

PDF Solutions Price Performance

Shares of PDFS opened at $19.41 on Monday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $19.13 and its 200 day moving average price is $24.98. PDF Solutions has a 12-month low of $15.91 and a 12-month high of $39.70. The stock has a market capitalization of $759.69 million, a PE ratio of 194.10 and a beta of 1.47.

PDF Solutions (NASDAQ:PDFS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The technology company reported $0.08 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.23 by ($0.15). PDF Solutions had a return on equity of 3.94% and a net margin of 2.26%. The company had revenue of $50.09 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $49.40 million.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On PDF Solutions

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of PDFS. Barclays PLC grew its stake in PDF Solutions by 388.4% during the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 55,467 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $1,757,000 after acquiring an additional 44,111 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its stake in PDF Solutions by 41.9% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 74,075 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $2,347,000 after acquiring an additional 21,877 shares in the last quarter. Inspire Investing LLC grew its stake in PDF Solutions by 13.7% during the 4th quarter. Inspire Investing LLC now owns 14,848 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $402,000 after acquiring an additional 1,793 shares in the last quarter. KBC Group NV grew its stake in PDF Solutions by 91.6% during the 4th quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 2,000 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $54,000 after acquiring an additional 956 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Empowered Funds LLC purchased a new position in PDF Solutions during the 4th quarter valued at about $165,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 79.51% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Michael B. Gustafson purchased 4,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 24th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $23.06 per share, with a total value of $92,240.00. Following the purchase, the director now owns 22,574 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $520,556.44. This trade represents a 21.54% increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO John Kachig Kibarian purchased 34,356 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 24th. The stock was bought at an average cost of $22.80 per share, for a total transaction of $783,316.80. Following the purchase, the chief executive officer now directly owns 2,507,112 shares in the company, valued at $57,162,153.60. This represents a 1.39% increase in their position. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Corporate insiders own 11.13% of the company’s stock.

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.