PDFS Stock Analysis: PDF Solutions | NASDAQ
Software - Application | NASDAQ, USA | Market Cap: 2.134m USD | 12M Return: 107.3% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 27.0M
EPS Trend: 80.4%
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: 94.4%
Qual. Beats: 3
Warnings
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 11.6 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
PDF Solutions, Inc. is a provider of yield improvement and data analytics solutions for the semiconductor manufacturing industry. The companys offerings span proprietary software (Exensio and Sapience platforms), electrical measurement hardware tools (DirectScan systems), physical intellectual property for integrated circuit designs (Characterization Vehicle test chips), and professional services. It also operates a connectivity business through its Cimetrix and secureWISE product lines, which enable factory floor communication between equipment and enterprise applications.
The company sells to integrated device manufacturers, fabless semiconductor firms, and equipment makers across the United States, Japan, China, and other international markets. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, PDF Solutions competes within the Semiconductor Materials & Equipment sub-industry, where customers typically adopt its tools to reduce wafer defects, accelerate time-to-volume for new chip designs, and extract more value from manufacturing data-a particularly relevant focus as chip complexity grows at advanced process nodes.
- Semiconductor manufacturing capex cycle drives Exensio software demand
- China revenue exposure amid US export controls creates volatility
- AI chip complexity boosts demand for yield analytics platform
| Net Income: 7.18m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: -0.04 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -3.23 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 43.51% < 20% (prev 41.05%; Δ 2.46% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.04 > 3% & CFO 17.1m > Net Income 7.18m |
| Net Debt (46.4m) to EBITDA (25.8m): 1.80 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 2.34 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (40.4m) vs 12m ago 3.30% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 72.05% > 18% (prev 71.19%; Δ 0.86% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 56.40% > 50% (prev 47.68%; Δ 8.72% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 3.08 > 6 (EBIT TTM 14.6m / Interest Expense TTM 4.73m) |
| A: 0.23 (Total Current Assets 175.6m - Total Current Liabilities 75.0m) / Total Assets 430.6m |
| B: -0.21 (Retained Earnings -89.8m / Total Assets 430.6m) |
| C: 0.04 (EBIT TTM 14.6m / Avg Total Assets 410.3m) |
| D: 1.87 (Book Value of Equity 280.5m / Total Liabilities 150.1m) |
| Altman-Z'' = 3.05 = A |
| DSRI: 1.05 (Receivables 96.0m/73.4m, Revenue 231.4m/185.9m) |
| GMI: 0.99 (GM 71.19% / 72.05%) |
| AQI: 0.77 (AQ_t 0.37 / AQ_t-1 0.48) |
| SGI: 1.24 (Revenue 231.4m / 185.9m) |
| TATA: -0.02 (NI 7.18m - CFO 17.1m) / TA 430.6m) |
| Beneish M = -2.96 (Cap -4..+1) = A |
As of August 02, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 46.09 with a total of 693,479 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -9.59%, over one month by -34.89%, over three months by +7.56% and over the past year by +107.33%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 40.10 (which is 13% or 1.4 ATR below the current price).
PDF Solutions has received a consensus analysts rating of 5.00. Therefore, it is recommended to buy PDFS.
- StrongBuy: 4
- Buy: 0
- Hold: 0
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 62.1 | 34.8% |
P/E Trailing = 283.2222
P/E Forward = 70.4225
P/S = 9.2249
P/B = 7.6103
P/EG = 4.1933
Revenue TTM = 231.4m USD
EBIT TTM = 14.6m USD
EBITDA TTM = 25.8m USD
Long Term Debt = 64.2m USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 4.31m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 77.5m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 5.55m
Net Debt = 46.4m USD (calculated: Debt 77.5m - CCE 31.2m)
Enterprise Value = 2.18b USD (2.13b + Debt 77.5m - CCE 31.2m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 3.08 (Ebit TTM 14.6m / Interest Expense TTM 4.73m)
EV/FCF = -120.8x (Enterprise Value 2.18b / FCF TTM -18.0m)
FCF Yield = -0.83% (FCF TTM -18.0m / Enterprise Value 2.18b)
FCF Margin = -7.80% (FCF TTM -18.0m / Revenue TTM 231.4m)
Net Margin = 3.10% (Net Income TTM 7.18m / Revenue TTM 231.4m)
Gross Margin = 72.05% ((Revenue TTM 231.4m - Cost of Revenue TTM 64.7m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 70.07% (prev 74.45%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 5.07 (Enterprise Value 2.18b / Total Assets 430.6m)
Interest Expense / Debt = 6.10% (Interest Expense 4.73m / Debt 77.5m)
Taxrate = 40.21% (4.83m / 12.0m)
NOPAT = 8.71m (EBIT 14.6m * (1 - 40.21%))
Current Ratio = 2.34 (Total Current Assets 175.6m / Total Current Liabilities 75.0m)
Debt / Equity = 0.28 (Debt 77.5m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 280.5m)
Debt / EBITDA = 1.80 (Net Debt 46.4m / EBITDA 25.8m)
Debt / FCF = -2.57 (negative FCF - burning cash) (Net Debt 46.4m / FCF TTM -18.0m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 268.3m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 1.75% (Net Income 7.18m / Total Assets 430.6m)
RoE = 2.68% (Net Income TTM 7.18m / Total Stockholder Equity 268.3m)
RoCE = 4.38% (EBIT 14.6m / Capital Employed (Equity 268.3m + L.T.Debt 64.2m))
RoIC = 2.50% (NOPAT 8.71m / Invested Capital 348.3m)
WACC = 12.49% (E(2.13b)/V(2.21b) * Re(12.81%) + D(77.5m)/V(2.21b) * Rd(6.10%) * (1-Tc(0.40)))
Discount Rate = 12.81% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 87.23 | Cagr: 1.77%
[DCF] Fair Price = unknown (Cash Flow -18.0m)
EPS Correlation: 80.41 | EPS CAGR: 22.72% | SUE: 0.58 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: 94.37 | Revenue CAGR: 13.65% | SUE: 1.81 | # QB: 3
EPS current Quarter (2026-06-30): EPS=0.26 | Chg30d=+0.96% | Revisions=-40% | Analysts=4
EPS next Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.31 | Chg30d=+0.81% | Revisions=-40% | Analysts=4
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=1.25 | Chg30d=+1.01% | Revisions=-40% | GrowthEPS=+32.7% | GrowthRev=+20.0%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=1.55 | Chg30d=+0.16% | Revisions=-40% | GrowthEPS=+24.4% | GrowthRev=+20.2%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: -73% (up=0, down=8)