AMI Asset Management Corp Grows Stock Holdings in PDF Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDFS)

AMI Asset Management Corp increased its stake in shares of PDF Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDFS - Free Report) by 49.9% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 108,998 shares of the technology company's stock after purchasing an additional 36,285 shares during the period. AMI Asset Management Corp owned approximately 0.28% of PDF Solutions worth $3,503,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. increased its holdings in PDF Solutions by 76.0% during the fourth quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 517,479 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $16,632,000 after buying an additional 223,376 shares during the last quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC increased its stake in shares of PDF Solutions by 4,998.6% in the third quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 86,677 shares of the technology company's stock worth $2,808,000 after purchasing an additional 84,977 shares in the last quarter. Los Angeles Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of PDF Solutions by 2.0% during the third quarter. Los Angeles Capital Management LLC now owns 37,011 shares of the technology company's stock worth $1,199,000 after acquiring an additional 709 shares during the last quarter. Silverberg Bernstein Capital Management LLC bought a new position in shares of PDF Solutions during the fourth quarter worth $9,854,000. Finally, GSA Capital Partners LLP boosted its position in shares of PDF Solutions by 33.4% during the third quarter. GSA Capital Partners LLP now owns 31,810 shares of the technology company's stock worth $1,031,000 after acquiring an additional 7,962 shares during the last quarter. 79.51% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other PDF Solutions news, Director Ye Jane Li sold 9,653 shares of PDF Solutions stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $33.27, for a total transaction of $321,155.31. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 12,132 shares in the company, valued at approximately $403,631.64. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 11.21% of the company's stock.

PDF Solutions Stock Up 1.3 %

PDFS stock traded up $0.43 during trading on Friday, hitting $33.67. The company had a trading volume of 136,016 shares, compared to its average volume of 185,644. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.30 billion, a P/E ratio of 481.00 and a beta of 1.47. PDF Solutions, Inc. has a 52-week low of $26.12 and a 52-week high of $48.02. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $33.47 and a 200-day simple moving average of $31.63.

PDF Solutions (NASDAQ:PDFS - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 15th. The technology company reported $0.04 EPS for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.04. The company had revenue of $41.13 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $41.00 million. PDF Solutions had a net margin of 1.87% and a return on equity of 6.09%. Sell-side analysts forecast that PDF Solutions, Inc. will post 0.36 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on the stock. StockNews.com lowered shares of PDF Solutions from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, February 16th. TheStreet upgraded shares of PDF Solutions from a "d+" rating to a "c-" rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 20th.

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.

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