Insider Selling: PDF Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDFS) Insider Sells 5,030 Shares of Stock

PDF Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDFS - Get Free Report) insider Andrzej Strojwas sold 5,030 shares of PDF Solutions stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $30.85, for a total transaction of $155,175.50. Following the sale, the insider now owns 94,717 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $2,922,019.45. This trade represents a 5.04 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link.

PDF Solutions Stock Down 1.0 %

PDFS stock traded down $0.30 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $30.44. 165,945 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 161,306. PDF Solutions, Inc. has a 52 week low of $27.69 and a 52 week high of $39.70. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $30.47 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $32.05. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 276.75 and a beta of 1.51.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts recently issued reports on PDFS shares. Rosenblatt Securities restated a "buy" rating and issued a $40.00 target price on shares of PDF Solutions in a report on Friday, November 8th. DA Davidson reissued a "buy" rating and set a $42.00 target price on shares of PDF Solutions in a research report on Wednesday, August 28th. Finally, StockNews.com raised shares of PDF Solutions from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, November 12th.

Institutional Trading of PDF Solutions

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in PDFS. Franklin Resources Inc. grew its position in shares of PDF Solutions by 8.9% during the third quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 12,574 shares of the technology company's stock worth $394,000 after acquiring an additional 1,025 shares during the last quarter. Barclays PLC boosted its holdings in shares of PDF Solutions by 388.4% in the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 55,467 shares of the technology company's stock worth $1,757,000 after buying an additional 44,111 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its position in PDF Solutions by 1.2% during the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 740,179 shares of the technology company's stock worth $23,453,000 after purchasing an additional 9,098 shares in the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC grew its holdings in shares of PDF Solutions by 13.3% during the third quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 36,455 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $1,155,000 after buying an additional 4,271 shares in the last quarter. Finally, State Street Corp grew its stake in PDF Solutions by 2.1% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,147,622 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $36,357,000 after acquiring an additional 23,148 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 79.51% of the company's stock.

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.