80wk Uptrend — rising+above (sma 33.70 vs px 52.18)
200wk Uptrend — rising+above (sma 33.27 vs px 52.18)
Funds Accumulating — momZ +7.61 · 2.26→3.21
Seasonal Tailwind — october med 2.9% (mag 1/3) · posClose 64.00% (rel 2/3) · n25 ×1 = 6.3
Founder-Led — founder/CEO led
About PDF Solutions Inc
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 cl… Read full Trend Edge analysis →
Sector: Technology
Industry: Software-Application
Exchange: NASDAQ
IPO Date: July 31, 2001
Headquarters: 2858 De La Cruz Blvd., Santa Clara, CA, United States, 95050
Founder-Led: Yes — John Kibarian (Co-Founder, President, CEO & Director), Kimon Michaels (Co-Founder, Executive VP of Products & Solutions and Director)
Key Metrics
Current Price
$54.55
Market Cap
$2.25B
Float
34.5M
Shares Outstanding
42.2M
P/E (Forward)
27.62
P/E (TTM)
205.35
Price/Sales (TTM)
9.35
vs. Analyst Target
+12.7% to analyst PT
Profit Margin
4.27%
Operating Margin (TTM)
8.23%
Revenue (TTM)
$241M
Earnings Growth (YoY)
241.60%
Dividend Rate
None
Analyst Target Price
$61.50 (8 analysts)
Financial History
Annual Revenue & Earnings History
Year
Revenue
Net Income
Gross Profit
EBITDA
2020
$88.0M
-$40.4M
$51.3M
-$8.6M
2021
$111M
-$21.5M
$66.9M
-$6.3M
2022
$149M
-$3.4M
$101M
$4.7M
2023
$166M
$3.1M
$114M
$6.1M
2024
$179M
$4.1M
$125M
$5.5M
2025
$219M
-$640,000
$158M
$18.5M
Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income
Quarter
Revenue
Net Income
Sep 2025
$57.1M
$1.3M
Dec 2025
$62.4M
-$48,000
Mar 2026
$60.1M
$4.8M
Jun 2026
$61.5M
$4.3M
Ownership & Float
Insider Ownership
10.5%
Institutional Ownership
94.5%
Short Float
8.9%
% of All Funds Holding
3.21%
Number of Funds Holding
282
Current Moving Averages
Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.
Timeframe
SMA
Value
Trend Context
Weekly
10-Week SMA
$48.81
Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly
40-Week SMA
$44.65
Medium-term trend
Weekly
80-Week SMA
$33.73
Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly
200-Week SMA
$33.29
Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly
10-Month SMA
$45.70
Near-term monthly trend
Monthly
20-Month SMA
$34.34
Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly
40-Month SMA
$33.16
Secular monthly trend
Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance
Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume
creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative
volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.
Price Level
Type
Volume Ratio
Age
$44.00
support
1.14x
0 months ago
$66.00
resistance
1.27x
2 months ago
$43.00
support
2.48x
4 months ago
$32.20
support
1.45x
5 months ago
$20.00
support
1.34x
12 months ago
Historical Earnings Reactions (100 events)
Timeframe
Avg Return
Median
Win Rate
Best
Worst
Gap
-0.42%
-0.20%
42.00%
26.67%
-20.93%
1 Day
-0.99%
0.15%
50.00%
26.09%
-28.69%
1 Week
-1.06%
-0.82%
48.00%
31.43%
-37.05%
2 Weeks
-0.58%
-0.82%
44.00%
34.51%
-36.44%
1 Month
-0.32%
0.40%
50.51%
43.85%
-49.92%
Next earnings: November 5, 2026 (26 days away)
Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns
Monthly Seasonality
Month
Avg Return
Win Rate
Samples
Jan
-1.8%
40.0%
25
Feb
-2.1%
40.0%
25
Mar
3.7%
56.0%
25
Apr
-0.6%
44.0%
25
May
2.1%
52.0%
25
Jun
5.5%
72.0%
25
Jul
-1.8%
44.0%
25
Aug
-1.1%
34.6%
26
Sep
-0.7%
57.7%
26
Oct
4.8%
64.0%
25
Nov
6.3%
68.0%
25
Dec
4.1%
56.0%
25
Day-of-Week Tendencies
Day
Avg Return
Win Rate
Samples
Monday
0.11%
50.5%
1189
Tuesday
-0.04%
47.8%
1299
Wednesday
0.16%
50.5%
1300
Thursday
0.26%
51.3%
1274
Friday
-0.10%
48.9%
1269
Top Institutional Holders
Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.
Total institutional ownership: 94.5%
Insider Transactions — Smart Summary
Total insider ownership: 10.5%
Founder-led management: John Kibarian (Co-Founder, President, CEO & Director), Kimon Michaels (Co-Founder, Executive VP of Products & Solutions and Director)
Trend Edge's AI Consult feature delivers a comprehensive, multi-layer trade plan for PDF Solutions Inc
(PDFS) powered by Claude Opus — Anthropic's most capable AI model.
The analysis covers five layers:
technical analysis (near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular trend, momentum,
volume shelf support and resistance, breakout and breakdown signals),
qualitative analysis (business model, competitive moat, sector dynamics),
insider sentiment (buy and sell signals from executive and director transactions),
share stats analysis (institutional accumulation, fund positioning, short float squeeze potential), and
fundamental analysis (valuation, revenue growth, profit margin, earnings quality).
AI Consult synthesizes all five layers into a single bullish or bearish thesis with explicit entry, exit,
stop loss, and take profit levels — giving you a complete, AI-powered trade plan with defined risk/reward.
Whether you are building a long position, initiating a short, or looking for a reversal setup,
AI Consult identifies the highest-probability signal from the current trend.