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$28.76
+0.44 (+1.55%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

PDFS vs. MOBL, RST, CYOU, MGIC, ICLK, AEIS, FORM, ACLS, VECO, and UCTT

Should you be buying PDF Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PDF Solutions include MobileIron (MOBL), Rosetta Stone (RST), Changyou.Com (CYOU), Magic Software Enterprises (MGIC), iClick Interactive Asia Group (ICLK), Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), FormFactor (FORM), Axcelis Technologies (ACLS), Veeco Instruments (VECO), and Ultra Clean (UCTT).

PDF Solutions vs.

MobileIron (NASDAQ:MOBL) and PDF Solutions (NASDAQ:PDFS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

MobileIron has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PDF Solutions has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

PDF Solutions has a consensus target price of $41.00, indicating a potential upside of 42.56%. Given PDF Solutions' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PDF Solutions is more favorable than MobileIron.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MobileIron
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
PDF Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

65.1% of MobileIron shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.5% of PDF Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.3% of MobileIron shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.1% of PDF Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, PDF Solutions had 2 more articles in the media than MobileIron. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for PDF Solutions and 0 mentions for MobileIron. PDF Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat MobileIron's score of 0.00 indicating that PDF Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
MobileIron Neutral
PDF Solutions Neutral

PDF Solutions has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MobileIron. PDF Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MobileIron, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MobileIron$205.24M4.07-$48.85M-$0.41-17.17
PDF Solutions$165.84M6.72$3.11M-$0.08-359.50

PDF Solutions has a net margin of -1.67% compared to MobileIron's net margin of -21.34%. PDF Solutions' return on equity of 2.78% beat MobileIron's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MobileIron-21.34% -102.36% -17.49%
PDF Solutions -1.67%2.78%2.18%

MobileIron received 110 more outperform votes than PDF Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.72% of users gave MobileIron an outperform vote while only 62.59% of users gave PDF Solutions an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MobileIronOutperform Votes
386
67.72%
Underperform Votes
184
32.28%
PDF SolutionsOutperform Votes
276
62.59%
Underperform Votes
165
37.41%

Summary

PDF Solutions beats MobileIron on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PDFS vs. The Competition

MetricPDF SolutionsPrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.11B$23.57B$23.97B$8.53B
Dividend YieldN/A2.29%2.75%4.14%
P/E Ratio-359.5056.60252.7915.18
Price / Sales6.7245.093,725.0492.77
Price / Cash58.1183.0432.0734.07
Price / Book4.8110.186.985.02
Net Income$3.11M$442.81M$670.43M$225.46M
7 Day Performance-0.69%1.06%-0.32%0.37%
1 Month Performance-6.80%0.80%0.65%3.57%
1 Year Performance6.52%21.78%20.34%29.44%

PDF Solutions Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PDFS
PDF Solutions
3.5474 of 5 stars
$28.76
+1.6%
$41.00
+42.6%
+7.7%$1.11B$165.84M-359.50493Upcoming Earnings
MOBL
MobileIron
N/A$7.04
flat
N/AN/A$834.83M$205.24M-18.05870
RST
Rosetta Stone
N/A$29.99
flat
N/AN/A$737.78M$182.70M-37.02746
CYOU
Changyou.Com
N/A$10.74
flat
N/A+0.0%$571.91M$455.38M4.012,131
MGIC
Magic Software Enterprises
4.3536 of 5 stars
$11.30
+1.1%
$14.00
+23.9%
+9.3%$554.82M$522.00M16.623,628Positive News
ICLK
iClick Interactive Asia Group
0.424 of 5 stars
$3.28
+2.5%
N/A+81.0%$33.26M$133.22M0.00894Negative News
AEIS
Advanced Energy Industries
4.3928 of 5 stars
$108.10
+0.9%
$113.11
+4.6%
+29.5%$4.05B$1.51B45.0410,000Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
FORM
FormFactor
4.326 of 5 stars
$43.95
-1.9%
$59.63
+35.7%
+15.9%$3.39B$705.94M28.172,115Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
ACLS
Axcelis Technologies
4.8123 of 5 stars
$88.43
-1.6%
$167.33
+89.2%
-32.5%$2.88B$1.11B12.181,704Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
VECO
Veeco Instruments
4.2592 of 5 stars
$29.14
-0.4%
$45.57
+56.4%
+18.4%$1.65B$701.65M20.671,215Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
UCTT
Ultra Clean
3.6685 of 5 stars
$34.83
-2.1%
$61.50
+76.6%
+41.4%$1.56B$1.87B-183.327,184Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:PDFS) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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