PDF Solutions, Inc. (PDFS) Stock Analysis
Range Bound setup
Technology · Software - Application
Sell if holding. At $42.57, A.R:R 0.6:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Thin upside margin: 8.8%; V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.8).
PDF Solutions, Inc. provides proprietary software, physical intellectual property for integrated circuit designs, electrical measurement hardware tools, proven methodologies, and professional services in the United States, Japan, China, and internationally. The company offers... Read more
Sell if holding. At $42.57, A.R:R 0.6:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Thin upside margin: 8.8%; V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.8). Chart setup: RSI 54 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Score 5.7/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/8 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 79d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent Developments — PDF Solutions, Inc.
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- Analysts Offer Insights on Technology Companies: Varonis Systems (VRNS), PDF Solutions (PDFS) and Itron (ITRI) - The Glo — The Globe and Mail neutral
- PDF Solutions (PDFS) to Release Quarterly Earnings on Thursday - MarketBeat — MarketBeat neutral
- PDF Solutions (PDFS) Q1 2026 Earnings Transcript - AOL.com — AOL.com neutral
- PDF Solutions (PDFS) Surpasses Q1 Earnings and Revenue Estimates - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance positive
- PDF Solutions: Q1 Earnings Snapshot - marketscreener.com — marketscreener.com positive
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2 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit
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Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Sell if holding. At $42.57, A.R:R 0.6:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Thin upside margin: 8.8%; V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.8). Chart setup: RSI 54 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Prior stop was $39.59. Score 5.7/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $46.32 (+8.8% upside). Prior stop was $39.59. Stop-loss: $39.59.
Thin upside margin: 8.8%; V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.8); Sector modifier (Technology): -0.8.
PDF Solutions, Inc. trades at a P/E of 242.4 (forward 27.8). TrendMatrix value score: 6.0/10. Verdict: Sell.
10 analysts cover PDFS with a consensus score of 4.1/5. Average price target: $55.
What does PDF Solutions, Inc. do?PDF Solutions, Inc. provides proprietary software, physical intellectual property for integrated circuit designs,...
PDF Solutions, Inc. provides proprietary software, physical intellectual property for integrated circuit designs, electrical measurement hardware tools, proven methodologies, and professional services in the United States, Japan, China, and internationally. The company offers Exensio software, such as Manufacturing Analytics, which uses a proprietary database schema to store collected data; Process Control, which provides failure detection and classification capabilities for monitoring, alarming, and controlling manufacturing tool sets; Test Operations, which offer data collection and analysis capabilities; and Assembly Operations, which provide device manufacturers with the capability to link assembly and packaging data, including fabrication and characterization data across the product life cycle. It also provides Sapience Data Platform, which unifies fragmented data from diverse equipment and protocols across the factory floor; Sapience Manufacturing Hub enterprise, a connectivity platform between enterprise applications; DirectScan systems, such as Proprietary Software and eProbe Non-Contact E-Beam Tool; and Characterization Vehicle (CV) system, which includes CV Test Chips, pdFasTest Electrical Tester, and Exensio characterization software. In addition, the company offers Cimetrix software products that enable equipment manufacturers to provide standard interfaces on their products for equipment communication, control, and data collection; equipment factory connectivity products, such as Cimetrix CIMConnect, Cimetrix CIM300, and Cimetrix CIMPortal Plus; equipment factory connectivity testing and control products; secureWISE systems, including software, servers, and networks; software-as-a-service; software and hardware installation and configuration; system/data integration, and value realization; and technical support and maintenance for hardware and software. PDF Solutions, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.