Russell Investments Group Ltd. Has $6.73 Million Stock Holdings in PDF Solutions, Inc. $PDFS

Russell Investments Group Ltd. grew its position in shares of PDF Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDFS) by 21.4% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 314,659 shares of the technology company’s stock after buying an additional 55,569 shares during the period. Russell Investments Group Ltd. owned approximately 0.80% of PDF Solutions worth $6,727,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. CWM LLC increased its position in PDF Solutions by 94.4% during the second quarter. CWM LLC now owns 1,835 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $39,000 after acquiring an additional 891 shares during the period. Strs Ohio bought a new stake in PDF Solutions in the 1st quarter valued at about $105,000. Quantbot Technologies LP acquired a new position in shares of PDF Solutions during the 1st quarter worth approximately $255,000. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC increased its holdings in shares of PDF Solutions by 18.1% during the second quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 12,115 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $279,000 after purchasing an additional 1,855 shares during the period. Finally, State of Wyoming increased its holdings in shares of PDF Solutions by 21.7% during the first quarter. State of Wyoming now owns 14,779 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $282,000 after purchasing an additional 2,635 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 79.51% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts recently issued reports on the company. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d)” rating on shares of PDF Solutions in a research report on Monday. DA Davidson upgraded PDF Solutions from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, November 7th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities raised their price target on PDF Solutions from $31.00 to $33.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have given a Buy rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $34.00.

PDF Solutions Stock Down 0.3%

NASDAQ PDFS opened at $28.95 on Friday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $26.88 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $23.00. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.14 billion, a PE ratio of -2,895.00 and a beta of 1.56. PDF Solutions, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $15.91 and a fifty-two week high of $31.82. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25, a current ratio of 2.21 and a quick ratio of 2.21.

PDF Solutions (NASDAQ:PDFS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November 6th. The technology company reported $0.25 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.25. PDF Solutions had a positive return on equity of 4.28% and a negative net margin of 0.03%.The company had revenue of $57.12 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $56.69 million. Equities analysts expect that PDF Solutions, Inc. will post 0.32 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

PDF Solutions Company Profile

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.