Janus Henderson Group PLC Boosts Holdings in PDF Solutions, Inc. $PDFS

Janus Henderson Group PLC lifted its holdings in PDF Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDFS) by 13.5% in the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 1,035,666 shares of the technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 123,531 shares during the quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC’s holdings in PDF Solutions were worth $33,877,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Hantz Financial Services Inc. boosted its holdings in PDF Solutions by 122.8% in the fourth quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 1,116 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 615 shares in the last quarter. State of Wyoming increased its holdings in shares of PDF Solutions by 4.5% during the second quarter. State of Wyoming now owns 15,447 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $330,000 after acquiring an additional 668 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC increased its holdings in shares of PDF Solutions by 7.6% during the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 10,399 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $297,000 after acquiring an additional 734 shares in the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. raised its position in shares of PDF Solutions by 4.3% in the 1st quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 18,465 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $353,000 after purchasing an additional 753 shares during the last quarter. Finally, PNC Financial Services Group Inc. raised its position in shares of PDF Solutions by 12.1% in the 4th quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 7,096 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $202,000 after purchasing an additional 764 shares during the last quarter. 79.51% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

PDFS has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Weiss Ratings raised shares of PDF Solutions from a “sell (d)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Monday, May 11th. Wall Street Zen raised PDF Solutions from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, June 27th. DA Davidson restated a “buy” rating and issued a $56.00 target price on shares of PDF Solutions in a research note on Monday, May 18th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities lifted their price target on PDF Solutions from $52.00 to $63.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, July 10th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $59.50.

PDF Solutions Price Performance

NASDAQ:PDFS opened at $46.09 on Monday. PDF Solutions, Inc. has a one year low of $18.12 and a one year high of $71.68. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a quick ratio of 2.34 and a current ratio of 2.34. The firm has a market cap of $1.84 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 256.07 and a beta of 1.67. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $55.87 and its two-hundred day moving average is $43.53.

PDF Solutions (NASDAQ:PDFS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 7th. The technology company reported $0.31 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.23 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $60.13 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $59.71 million. PDF Solutions had a return on equity of 6.48% and a net margin of 3.10%. Research analysts expect that PDF Solutions, Inc. will post 0.67 EPS for the current year.

About PDF Solutions

PDF Solutions, Inc, headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is a technology company that provides data-driven solutions for the semiconductor manufacturing industry. Founded in 1991, the company specializes in software and services designed to improve yield, productivity and profitability for semiconductor fabricators. Over its history, PDF Solutions has positioned itself as a partner to foundries, integrated device manufacturers (IDMs), assembly and test operations, offering tailored data analytics and engineering expertise.

The company’s flagship offering, the Exensio platform, aggregates and analyzes data from process equipment, metrology and inspection systems to identify yield-limiting defects and process excursions.