Services-Prepackaged Software · SIC 7372

PDF SOLUTIONS INC

PDFS

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Latest revenue

$60.1M

as of 2026-03-31

Latest net income

$4.8M

as of 2026-03-31

Net margin

8.0%

as of 2026-03-31

Price · 5Y

+21.5% / yr 7.8 pts / yr vs S&P 500 164.3% total
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delayed ≤15 min
$46.09
3.39%
Market cap
$1.84B
Enterprise value
$1.84B
P/E (trailing)
Forward P/E
P/B
Dividend yield
0.0%
52-wk high
$56.46
52-wk low
$17.35
Beta
Shares out
39.9M

5-year trend

What this company does

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PDF Solutions sells data analytics software, SaaS, and engineering services that help semiconductor manufacturers, fabless designers, foundries, and equipment makers improve chip yields, quality, and operational efficiency. Revenue splits into Platform fees (software licenses, SaaS, engineering services, Characterization Vehicle and DirectScan contracts) and Volume-based fees from Cimetrix runtime licenses, secureWISE data, and CV royalties. The company is repositioning itself as the AI-ready data backbone for semiconductor manufacturing, expanding through the 2025 secureWISE acquisition which added a network connecting 300+ manufacturing sites and 100+ equipment OEMs.

Generated from PDFS's filing dated 2026-02-24

Key risks

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  • Customer concentration: Fortune 500 foundries/IDMs dominate revenue; loss of a major foundry customer could materially impact Platform and Gainshare fees.
  • Geopolitical exposure: significant operations in China, Taiwan, South Korea; semiconductor export controls and supply-chain bifurcation threaten cross-border data/software deployments.
  • Integration risk: 2025 secureWISE acquisition (300+ sites, 100+ OEMs) plus 2020 Cimetrix deal; failed integration could impair Volume-based revenue growth.

Generated from PDFS's filing dated 2026-02-24

Profitability

Operating margin

2.7%

412.4%

Net margin

-0.3%

112.9%

Return on equity

-0.3%

115.8%

Return on assets

-0.2%

111.9%

Leverage

Debt / equity

0.70×

149.3%

Long-term debt / equity

0.26×

Debt / assets

41.2%

87.7%

Earnings tracker

QuarterRevenueYoYNet incomeYoYNet margin

Q1 2026

2026-03-31

$60.1M+25.9%$4.8M+258.0%8.0%

Q4 2025

2025-12-31

$62.4M+24.6%$1.8M+97.2%2.9%

Q3 2025

2025-09-30

$57.1M+23.1%$-592.0K-126.8%-1.0%

Q2 2025

2025-06-30

$51.7M+24.2%$1.1M-12.7%2.2%

Q1 2025

2025-03-31

$47.8M+15.7%$-3.0M-671.5%-6.3%

Q4 2024

2024-12-31

$50.1M$932.0K1.9%

Q3 2024

2024-09-30

$46.4M+9.6%$2.2M-0.5%4.8%

Q2 2024

2024-06-30

$41.7M+0.1%$1.3M-80.8%3.1%

Year-over-year change vs the same fiscal quarter one year prior. Revenue + net income sourced from SEC 10-Q / 10-K filings — no analyst-consensus dependency.

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Insider activity

Insider buying

$0

Insider selling

$0

Net activity

+$0

Distinct insiders

0

Open-market trades over the last 365 days.

Recent transactions

DateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue

Source: SEC Form 4 filings. Officers, directors, and 10%+ owners must disclose share transactions within two business days. RSU grants and tax-withholding rows are excluded by default — compensation activity is not a trading signal.

Who owns PDFS

Institutional value

$555.2M

Total shares held

17.2M

Distinct holders

123

-62 vs prior

As of

2026-03-31

Prior: 2025-12-31

Filers with $100M+ AUM disclose holdings 45 days after quarter end.

Top institutional holders

#ManagerSharesValueQoQ changeAction
1BlackRock, Inc.4.9M$159.2M-19.1K (-0.4%)Trimmed
2VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC1.4M$45.8MNew
3VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC1.4M$45.4MNew
4WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC1.3M$41.1M-102.9K (-7.6%)Trimmed
5BARROW HANLEY MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS LLC1.1M$37.3MNew
6EMERALD ADVISERS, LLC860.8K$28.2M-82.6K (-8.8%)Trimmed
7DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP845.7K$27.7M+44.7K (+5.6%)Added
8EMERALD MUTUAL FUND ADVISERS TRUST594.6K$19.4M+0 (+0.0%)No change
9WASATCH ADVISORS LP507.7K$16.6M-14.6K (-2.8%)Trimmed
10Silverberg Bernstein Capital Management LLC472.9K$15.5M-1.0K (-0.2%)Trimmed
11Russell Investments Group, Ltd.441.7K$14.4M+34.3K (+8.4%)Added
12Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.328.9K$10.8M-59.4K (-15.3%)Trimmed
13VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO221.1K$7.2MNew
14Herald Investment Management Ltd200.0K$6.5M-25.0K (-11.1%)Trimmed
15Bank of New York Mellon Corp190.5K$6.2M-7.3K (-3.7%)Trimmed
16Roubaix Capital, LLC181.9K$6.0M-38.1K (-17.3%)Trimmed
17PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC156.5K$5.1M+3.5K (+2.3%)Added
18Invesco Ltd.144.3K$4.7M+8.2K (+6.0%)Added
19Public Sector Pension Investment Board114.5K$3.7M+3.8K (+3.4%)Added
20Nuveen, LLC112.0K$3.7M+1.4K (+1.2%)Added

Source: SEC Form 13F-HR. Positions aggregated across sub-managers within each firm. Options (puts/calls) excluded — common stock only.

Top questions investors are asking

AI
  1. 1

    With secureWISE acquired in 2025, quantify its standalone revenue contribution, margin profile, and any goodwill or intangible impairment risk you're monitoring.

  2. 2

    Gainshare and Cimetrix runtime are volume-based—what visibility do you have into 2026 wafer volumes given current foundry utilization at your top customers?

  3. 3

    You're rearchitecting the analytics platform for millions of parameters—what's the R&D spend impact, and are existing customers delaying renewals awaiting the new platform?

Refreshed when PDFS files a new report · last from 2026-02-24