Legato Capital Management LLC Acquires 26,268 Shares of PDF Solutions, Inc. $PDFS

Legato Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in PDF Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDFS) by 96.4% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 53,530 shares of the technology company’s stock after buying an additional 26,268 shares during the quarter. Legato Capital Management LLC’s holdings in PDF Solutions were worth $1,527,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of PDFS. Royal Bank of Canada increased its holdings in shares of PDF Solutions by 40.9% in the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 19,092 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $365,000 after purchasing an additional 5,540 shares in the last quarter. Amundi increased its holdings in shares of PDF Solutions by 117,205.9% in the 1st quarter. Amundi now owns 19,942 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $381,000 after purchasing an additional 19,925 shares in the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. increased its holdings 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 worth $353,000 after purchasing an additional 753 shares in the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC increased its holdings in shares of PDF Solutions by 113.6% in the 1st quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 60,883 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,163,000 after purchasing an additional 32,383 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Strs Ohio bought a new stake in shares of PDF Solutions in the 1st quarter worth $105,000. Institutional investors own 79.51% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

PDFS has been the topic of a number of research reports. Weiss Ratings upgraded PDF Solutions from a “sell (d)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research note on Monday, May 11th. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and issued a $52.00 price target on shares of PDF Solutions in a research note on Tuesday, May 19th. DA Davidson restated a “buy” rating and issued a $56.00 price target on shares of PDF Solutions in a research note on Monday, May 18th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded PDF Solutions from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Sunday, May 10th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, PDF Solutions has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $54.00.

PDF Solutions Stock Performance

PDFS stock opened at $46.09 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $1.84 billion, a P/E ratio of 256.07 and a beta of 1.70. PDF Solutions, Inc. has a 1 year low of $17.35 and a 1 year high of $56.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a current ratio of 2.34 and a quick ratio of 2.34. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $40.18 and its 200-day moving average price is $33.83.

PDF Solutions (NASDAQ:PDFS) last released its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The technology company reported $0.31 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.23 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $60.13 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $59.71 million. PDF Solutions had a return on equity of 6.48% and a net margin of 3.10%. On average, equities analysts forecast that PDF Solutions, Inc. will post 0.6 earnings per share 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.