PDF Solutions, Inc. (PDFS)Technology | Software - Application | Santa Clara, United States | NasdaqGS
43.78 USD
+0.24
(0.551%)
⇧
(April 21, 2026, 2:01 p.m.
EDT)
Short-term: ★★★★☆ | Long-term: ★★★☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 10:32 p.m. EDT
Bullish on momentum, bearish on fundamentals; PDFS is experiencing a classic 'story stock' rally (up 7.4% recently) driven by strong revenue growth (24.6%) and price action faring well above analyst targets. However, the underlying financials are deteriorating (-4% operating profit margins, negative free cash flow, and negative ROE), making the massive price increase an unsustainable extrapolation of past growth without confirmed future earnings. The high short ratio (5.8) fuels volatility, and the elevated put implied volatility suggests traders are using options as downside insurance during this run-up. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.059876 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.060119 |
| AutoETS | 0.060119 |
| AutoTheta | 0.096405 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 67% |
| H-stat | 1.34 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.074 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 1.33 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 26.868 |
| Revenue per Share | 5.571 |
| Market Cap | 1,746,415,104 |
| Forward P/E | 31.96 |
| Beta | 1.55 |
| Profit Margins | -0.29% |
| Website | https://www.pdf.com |
As of April 18, 2026, 10:32 p.m. EDT: Options flow shows a heavy concentration of long Call volume (Vol 91) at strikes deep in-the-money (10 and 25), mixed with significant Out-of-the-Money Call Open Interest accumulations at 30, 35, 40, and 45 across multiple expirations. Conversely, Put activity is predominantly short Put open interest (negative 'opened' stats) at 30 and 35 strikes, suggesting a hedging strategy by existing long holders rather than active shorting. Implied Volatility is significantly elevated in the put wing (ATM IV 1.72) compared to the call wing (ATM IV 0.74), indicating asymmetric fear protection for downside moves while speculators hold bullish calls for upside. The volume at the 10.0 strike total call is 'New Flow' (31 vs 18 OI), but this is objectively below the current price of 43.97, making this a specific bet on a crash rather than upside momentum. Overall, the speculative positioning is bullish on upside momentum.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 1.537296 |
| Address1 | 2,858 De La Cruz Blvd. |
| All Time High | 48.02 |
| All Time Low | 0.97 |
| Ask | 55.8 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 1 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 442,450 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 340,900 |
| Average Volume | 340,900 |
| Average Volume10Days | 442,450 |
| Beta | 1.554 |
| Bid | 31.97 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 7 |
| Book Value | 6.854 |
| City | Santa Clara |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,735,603,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 5 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 43.78 |
| Current Ratio | 2.28 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 44.41 |
| Day Low | 43.51 |
| Debt To Equity | 26.868 |
| Display Name | |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,187,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,187,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,184,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,184,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,184,000 |
| Ebitda | 18,016,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.08226 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 98.104 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 8.07 |
| Enterprise Value | 1,767,440,512 |
| Eps Current Year | 1.115 |
| Eps Forward | 1.37 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.02 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fax | 408 280 7900 |
| Fifty Day Average | 34.3794 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 9.4006 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.27343702 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 153.7296 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 45.3 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -1.5200005 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.033554096 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 16.96 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 26.82 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 1.581368 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 16.96 - 45.3 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 996,586,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 32,205,365 |
| Forward Eps | 1.37 |
| Forward P E | 31.956203 |
| Free Cashflow | -10,203,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 600 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.72321 |
| Gross Profits | 158,400,992 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.19306 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.78800005 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 39,890,709 |
| Industry | Software - Application |
| Industry Disp | Software - Application |
| Industry Key | software-application |
| Ir Website | http://www.pdf.com/investors-corporate-overview |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | 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. |
| Long Name | PDF Solutions, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 1,746,415,104 |
| Market State | REGULAR |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_32789 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -640,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 1,738,836,005 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 4 |
| Open | 43.83 |
| Operating Cashflow | 24,053,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.05381 |
| Overall Risk | 4 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 4.19 |
| Phone | 408 280 7900 |
| Previous Close | 43.54 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 39.264572 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 6.387511 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 7.973624 |
| Profit Margins | -0.0029199999 |
| Quick Ratio | 2.153 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.23999786 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.5512124 |
| Regular Market Day High | 44.41 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 43.51 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 43.51 - 44.41 |
| Regular Market Open | 43.83 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 43.54 |
| Regular Market Price | 43.78 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,794,512 |
| Regular Market Volume | 159,971 |
| Return On Assets | 0.01762 |
| Return On Equity | -0.00248 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.246 |
| Revenue Per Share | 5.571 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.34445214 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 4 |
| Shares Outstanding | 39,890,709 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0471 |
| Shares Short | 1,880,406 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,756,410 |
| Short Name | PDF Solutions, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0612 |
| Short Ratio | 5.8 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | PDFS |
| Target High Price | 40.0 |
| Target Low Price | 33.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 36.5 |
| Target Median Price | 36.5 |
| Total Cash | 42,220,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 1.058 |
| Total Debt | 72,819,000 |
| Total Revenue | 219,024,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.02 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 28.1054 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 15.674599 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.5577077 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 159,971 |
| Website | https://www.pdf.com |
| Zip | 95,050 |