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PDF Solutions, Inc. (PDFS)



$12.12
52 Week Low
$19.02
2017-04-28 15:03:15 MDT
$24.44
52 Week High

Basic Info

Technology
Sector
Technical
Industry
Nasdaq
Stock Exchange
United States
Country

Market Cap: $757,150,000Small Cap (Between $200M and $2B)
Analyst Recommendation:2Analysts say: Buy. (1=Strong Buy, 5=Strong Sell)
Beta: 1.48 Higher Volatility Stock (beta over 1). Stock will go up more when the market goes up, and go down more when the market goes down. Beta of 1 means stock would match the S&P 500 Index.

Fundamentals

ForwardPE: 22.24
5 Yr Est Growth: 18.33%
Yield: 0.00%
PEG-Y Ratio: 1.21
Good Growth at a reasonable rate. A PEGY Ratio of less than 1 is ideal. A PEGY Ratio 1.5 or lower is still decent.

Technicals

% Above 50 DayMA: -14.21%
% Above 200 DayMA: -12.71%
PDFS Performance 52 Weeks: 68.00%
S&P 500 Performance 52 Weeks: 12.50%
Downtrend is still intact: PDFS is below both 50 and 200 day Moving Averages. There is hope because 50 Day MA is still above 200 Day MA. Stock is closer to 52 Week High than 52 Week Low.
PDFS outperforming S&P 500 by 55.50% the last 52 Weeks.

Profile


More Valuation

Price To Book: 3.64
Great Value. Low Price to Book means better value.
EV to EBITDA: 36.04
Not a good value. A low EV to EBITDA ratio is great. Ideally, under 10. Under 17 is okay.

More Info

Field Value Average Comments
% Held By Insiders14.08% 17.28%Held by fewer than average Insiders.
% Held By Institutions78.90% 62.07%Institutional percentage greater than average. Institutional buying and selling can really move stock price.
Short % Of Float4.36% 07.02% Shorted percentage less than average percent. Is stock loved? Do traders and investors believe in the stock?
Debt to EquityN/A 1.08Unknown.
Profit Margin %8.47%-00.18% Profit Margin is better than the average! Good job.
Operating Margin %12.07%-05.28% Operating Margin greater than average percent. Good.
Return on Equity %4.88%-08.79% Return on Equity greater than average percent. Good.
Return on Assets %3.91%-01.29% Return on Assets greater than average percent. Good.
Revenue Per Employee $243,673.47 $883,096.70 Less than average Revenue Per Employee. This stock (or industry) might not be as efficient as others? Each industry might have a different standard.
Price to Cash 5.23 5.52 Lower than average Price to Cash. Meaning that the company has a higher percentage of cash as a percent of price. Cash can be good to cushion company during hard times, and as a potential source for buyouts or investments. However, some activists want the cash to be used by a company to buy its own stock, or to increase their dividend, or to invest the money.
CPEGY Ratio 1.03 2.26 Less than than average CPEGY Ratio. Ideally, a CPEGY should be less than 1 or less than 1.5. CPEGY is the PEG Ratio but incorporating the yield and subtracting Cash Per Share.

Quick Thoughts

PROS:
  1. Analysts like this stock: 2 (1=Strong Buy, 5=Strong Sell)

  2. Good PEGY (less than 1.5): 1.21

  3. Good 5 Yr Est Growth: 18.33%

  4. Stock outperforming S&P 500 over last 52 weeks: 55.50%

  5. Price to Cash Ratio (5.23) is less than average. Good. Company has more cash as percentage of price than other companies.

  6. Price to Book is under 5: 3.64

  7. Shorted less than average: 4.36%

  8. Profit Margin is positive: 8.47%

  9. Operating Margin is positive: 12.07%

  10. Return on Equity is positive: 4.88%

  11. Return on Assets is positive: 3.91%

CONS:
  1. High Forward PE: 22.24

  2. Stock is Below Short Term 50DMA: -14.21%

  3. Stock is Below Long Term 200DMA: -12.71%

  4. Worse than average EV/EBITDA: 36.04


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This page updated Thu Feb 1 22:00:01 MST 2018.