PDF Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDFS) Director Nancy Erba Sells 2,000 Shares

PDF Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDFS) Director Nancy Erba sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $30.81, for a total transaction of $61,620.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 13,739 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $423,298.59. This represents a 12.71 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink.

PDF Solutions Trading Down 1.0 %

NASDAQ:PDFS opened at $30.38 on Friday. PDF Solutions, Inc. has a twelve month low of $27.69 and a twelve month high of $39.70. The company has a 50-day moving average of $30.47 and a 200-day moving average of $32.21. The firm has a market cap of $1.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 276.21 and a beta of 1.51.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On PDF Solutions

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in PDFS. Needham Investment Management LLC lifted its stake in PDF Solutions by 32.3% during the third quarter. Needham Investment Management LLC now owns 1,759,550 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $55,743,000 after buying an additional 429,550 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp lifted its stake in PDF Solutions by 2.1% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,147,622 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $36,357,000 after buying an additional 23,148 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its stake in PDF Solutions by 1.9% during the second quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 917,627 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $33,383,000 after buying an additional 16,853 shares in the last quarter. Emerald Advisers LLC lifted its stake in PDF Solutions by 2.2% during the third quarter. Emerald Advisers LLC now owns 895,248 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $28,361,000 after buying an additional 19,673 shares in the last quarter. Finally, William Blair Investment Management LLC lifted its stake in PDF Solutions by 13.9% during the second quarter. William Blair Investment Management LLC now owns 743,635 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $27,053,000 after buying an additional 90,789 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 79.51% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on PDFS shares. Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $40.00 target price on shares of PDF Solutions in a research report on Friday, November 8th. DA Davidson reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $42.00 target price on shares of PDF Solutions in a research report on Wednesday, August 28th. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded shares of PDF Solutions from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 12th.

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.