PDF Solutions Ownership

PDFS Stock  USD 23.70  1.35  6.04%   
PDF Solutions owns a total of 39.14 Million outstanding shares. The majority of PDF Solutions outstanding shares are owned by third-party entities. These institutional holders are usually referred to as non-private investors looking to secure positions in PDF Solutions to benefit from reduced commissions. Thus, institutional investors are subject to a different set of regulations than regular investors in PDF Solutions. Please pay attention to any change in the institutional holdings of PDF Solutions as this could imply that something significant has changed or is about to change at the company. Please note that no matter how many assets the company maintains, if the real value of the company is less than the current market value, you may not be able to make money on it.
 
Shares in Circulation  
First Issued
2001-03-31
Previous Quarter
39.1 M
Current Value
39.1 M
Avarage Shares Outstanding
30.2 M
Quarterly Volatility
5.5 M
 
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Please note, institutional investors have a lot of resources and new technology at their disposal. They can put in a lot of research and financial analysis when reviewing investment options. There are many different types of institutional investors, including banks, hedge funds, insurance companies, and pension plans. One of the main advantages they have over retail investors is the fees paid for trades. As they are buying in large quantities, they can manage their cost more effectively.
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PDF Stock Ownership Analysis

About 19.0% of the company outstanding shares are owned by corporate insiders. The book value of PDF Solutions was at this time reported as 6.36. The company has Price/Earnings To Growth (PEG) ratio of 2.37. PDF Solutions had not issued any dividends in recent years. PDF Solutions, Inc. provides proprietary software and physical intellectual property products for integrated circuit designs, electrical measurement hardware tools, proven methodologies, and professional services in the United States, China, Japan, Taiwan, and internationally. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. Pdf Solutions operates under SoftwareApplication classification in the United States and is traded on NASDAQ Exchange. It employs 407 people. To find out more about PDF Solutions contact John Kibarian at 408 280 7900 or learn more at https://www.pdf.com.
Besides selling stocks to institutional investors, PDF Solutions also allocates a substantial amount of its earnings to a pull of share-based compensation to be paid out to its employees, managers, executives, and members of the board of directors. Share-Based compensation (also sometimes called Stock-Based Compensation) is a way of paying different PDF Solutions' stakeholders with equity in the business. It is typically used as a motivation factor for employees to contribute beyond their regular compensation (salary and bonus). It is also used as a tool to align PDF Solutions' strategic interests with those of the company's shareholders. Shares issued to employees are usually subject to a vesting period before they are earned and sold.

PDF Solutions Quarterly Liabilities And Stockholders Equity

389.97 Million

About 19.0% of PDF Solutions are currently held by insiders. Unlike PDF Solutions' institutional investors, corporate insiders most likely have a limit on the maximum percentage of share ownership. This is done to align insiders' influence against PDF Solutions' private investors even though both sides will benefit from rising prices or experience loss when the share price declines. The good rule to have in mind is that the maximum share ownership percentage of the corporate insiders should not surpass 25%. View all of PDF Solutions' insider trades

PDF Stock Institutional Investors

Have you ever been surprised when a price of an equity instrument such as PDF Solutions is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading PDF Solutions backward and forwards among themselves. PDF Solutions' institutional investor refers to the entity that pools money to purchase PDF Solutions' securities or originate loans. Institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds. Operating companies that invest excess capital in these types of assets may also be included in the term and may influence corporate governance by exercising voting rights in their investments.
Shares
Snyder Capital Management Lp2025-03-31
753.6 K
Geode Capital Management, Llc2025-03-31
740.1 K
Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust2025-03-31
618.4 K
Divisar Capital Management, Llc2025-03-31
547.2 K
Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts2025-03-31
452.2 K
Northern Trust Corp2025-03-31
393.9 K
Silverberg Bernstein Capital Management Llc2025-03-31
328.3 K
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc2025-03-31
282.8 K
Connor Clark & Lunn Inv Mgmt Ltd2025-03-31
250.2 K
Blackrock Inc2025-03-31
4.9 M
Vanguard Group Inc2025-03-31
3.2 M
Note, although PDF Solutions' institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

PDF Solutions Insider Trading Activities

Some recent studies suggest that insider trading raises the cost of capital for securities issuers and decreases overall economic growth. Trading by specific PDF Solutions insiders, such as employees or executives, is commonly permitted as long as it does not rely on PDF Solutions' material information that is not in the public domain. Local jurisdictions usually require such trading to be reported in order to monitor insider transactions. In many U.S. states, trading conducted by corporate officers, key employees, directors, or significant shareholders must be reported to the regulator or publicly disclosed, usually within a few business days of the trade. In these cases PDF Solutions insiders are required to file a Form 4 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) when buying or selling shares of their own companies.

PDF Solutions Outstanding Bonds

PDF Solutions issues bonds to finance its operations. Corporate bonds make up one of the largest components of the U.S. bond market, which is considered the world's largest securities market. PDF Solutions uses the proceeds from bond sales for a wide variety of purposes, including financing ongoing mergers and acquisitions, buying new equipment, investing in research and development, buying back their own stock, paying dividends to shareholders, and even refinancing existing debt. Most PDF bonds can be classified according to their maturity, which is the date when PDF Solutions has to pay back the principal to investors. Maturities can be short-term, medium-term, or long-term (more than ten years). Longer-term bonds usually offer higher interest rates but may entail additional risks.

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