How to buy PDF Solutions stock | $21.92

PDF Solutions, Inc is a software-application business based in the US. PDF Solutions shares (PDFS) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. PDF Solutions employs 353 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$88.2 million.

How to buy shares in PDF Solutions

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3. Search for PDF Solutions. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: PDFS. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until PDF Solutions reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$21.92, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of PDF Solutions, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of PDF Solutions. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

PDF Solutions share price

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PDF Solutions shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-04.

Latest market close	USD$21.92
52-week range	USD$8.61 - USD$26.42
50-day moving average	USD$20.6197
200-day moving average	USD$19.9181
Wall St. target price	USD$31.75
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$-0.266

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PDF Solutions price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $21.92 from 2020-12-09

1 week (2021-01-08)	0.60%
1 month (2020-12-17)	-2.92%
3 months (2020-10-16)	8.35%
6 months (2020-07-16)	15.37%

1 year (2020-01-16)	25.44%
2 years (2019-01-16)	130.01%
3 years (2018-01-16)	40.69%
5 years (2016-01-15)	137.49%

Is PDF Solutions under- or over-valued?

Valuing PDF Solutions stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of PDF Solutions's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

PDF Solutions's PEG ratio

PDF Solutions's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.37. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into PDF Solutions's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

PDF Solutions financials

Revenue TTM	USD$88.2 million
Gross profit TTM	USD$52.1 million
Return on assets TTM	-2.84%
Return on equity TTM	-3.59%
Profit margin	-9.34%
Book value	$7.229
Market capitalisation	USD$840.3 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting PDF Solutions shares

There are currently 424,769 PDF Solutions shares held short by investors – that's known as PDF Solutions's "short interest". This figure is 8.9% down from 466,203 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting PDF Solutions shares can be evaluated.

PDF Solutions's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

PDF Solutions's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of PDF Solutions shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of PDF Solutions shares traded daily (recently around 84615.338645418). PDF Solutions's SIR currently stands at 5.02. In other words for every 100,000 PDF Solutions shares traded daily on the market, roughly 5020 shares are currently held short.

However PDF Solutions's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of PDF Solutions shares, or, against the total number of tradable PDF Solutions shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case PDF Solutions's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 PDF Solutions shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0152% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable PDF Solutions shares, roughly 15 shares are currently held short).

A SIR below 10% would generally be considered to indicate a fairly optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against PDF Solutions.

Find out more about how you can short PDF Solutions stock.

PDF Solutions share dividends

We're not expecting PDF Solutions to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

PDF Solutions share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, PDF Solutions's shares have ranged in value from as little as $8.61 up to $26.42. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while PDF Solutions's is 1.547. This would suggest that PDF Solutions's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

PDF Solutions overview

PDF Solutions, Inc. provides proprietary software and intellectual property products for integrated circuit (IC) designs, electrical measurement hardware tools, methodologies, and professional services in the United States, Canada, China, Taiwan, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, and internationally. It offers Exensio software products, which consist of Exensio Yield that collects and stores yield data in an analysis-ready database, which enables product engineers to identify and analyze production yield, performance, reliability, and other issues; Exensio Control that provides failure detection and classification capabilities for monitoring, alarming, and controlling manufacturing tool sets; Exensio characterization software, designed to analyze the measurements collected from design-for-inspection (DFI) on-chip instruments using the eProbe tool; Exensio Test that offers data collection and analysis capability; and Exensio ALPS that provides device manufacturers with the capability to link assembly and packaging data, including fabrication and characterization data over the product life cycle. The company also provides DFI Systems, such as DFI on-chip instruments, and eProbe non-contactless E-beam tool; and Characterization Vehicle (CV) infrastructure, which includes CV test chips and pdFasTest electrical testers. In addition, it offers Software-as-a-Service, software related services, and IYR services. The company sells its technologies and services through direct sales force, service teams, and strategic alliances to integrated device manufacturers, fabless semiconductor companies, foundries, out-sourced semiconductor assembly and test, and system houses in the microprocessors, memory, graphics, image sensor solutions, and communications segments. PDF Solutions, Inc. was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of PDF Solutions is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 25.198% of PDF Solutions shares are held by insiders and 69.995% by institutions.

• How many people work for PDF Solutions?

  Latest data suggests 353 work at PDF Solutions.

• When does the fiscal year end for PDF Solutions?

  PDF Solutions's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is PDF Solutions based?

  PDF Solutions's address is: 2858 De La Cruz Boulevard, Santa Clara, CA, United States, 95050

• What is PDF Solutions's ISIN number?

  PDF Solutions's international securities identification number is: US6932821050

• What is PDF Solutions's CUSIP number?

  PDF Solutions's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 693282105