Inspire Investing LLC Increases Stock Holdings in PDF Solutions, Inc. $PDFS

Inspire Investing LLC increased its holdings in shares of PDF Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDFS) by 2.9% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 18,465 shares of the technology company’s stock after buying an additional 525 shares during the quarter. Inspire Investing LLC’s holdings in PDF Solutions were worth $395,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. GAMMA Investing LLC grew its stake in PDF Solutions by 100.8% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,855 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $35,000 after buying an additional 931 shares during the last quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC grew its stake in PDF Solutions by 328.7% during the 1st quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 169,068 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $3,221,000 after purchasing an additional 129,629 shares during the last quarter. New York State Common Retirement Fund grew its stake in PDF Solutions by 206.0% during the 1st quarter. New York State Common Retirement Fund now owns 27,111 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $518,000 after purchasing an additional 18,250 shares during the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC grew its stake in PDF Solutions by 391.4% during the 1st quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 20,287 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $388,000 after purchasing an additional 16,159 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Legato Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in PDF Solutions during the 1st quarter valued at about $361,000. 79.51% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

PDFS has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $31.00 price target on shares of PDF Solutions in a research note on Tuesday, August 5th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of PDF Solutions in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. DA Davidson reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $24.00 price target on shares of PDF Solutions in a research note on Tuesday, September 23rd. Finally, Wall Street Zen downgraded PDF Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, July 26th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, PDF Solutions currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $33.33.

PDF Solutions Stock Up 5.7%

Shares of PDFS opened at $26.53 on Tuesday. PDF Solutions, Inc. has a 52 week low of $15.91 and a 52 week high of $33.42. The company has a quick ratio of 2.37, a current ratio of 2.37 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26. The company has a market capitalization of $1.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,327.16 and a beta of 1.54. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $21.92 and its 200-day moving average price is $20.69.

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.