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PDFS — PDF SOLUTIONS INC

US Technology Software & IT services equity mkt cap 1.9B
45.65 +1.87% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 19.20 · high 70.79

Anonymous view is capped at two years of history. A free account extends it to five, and Pro opens the whole archive back to 2016-01-04.

Performance

1 day+1.87%
1 week-10.31%
1 month-12.80%
3 months+2.40%
6 months+40.76%
Year to date+54.48%
1 year+137.02%
3 years+31.48%
5 years+117.80%

Technicals

RSI 1446.2
vs 50-day avg-15.97%
vs 200-day avg+13.31%
Volatility 1y66.3%
Max drawdown 1y-41.84%
Avg volume 30d513.3K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Measured signals that fired on PDFS

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-19Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-29Equal lows taken out
structure
-0.64% over 21 days · t = -4.75 · n = 55,661
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-06Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-04Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-02Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-04-28Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-08-12Zhang Shuo
Director
Open-market sale1.5K51.4777.3K
2026-07-01Raza Adnan
EVP, Finance and CFO
Shares withheld for tax6.0K66.88401.9K
2026-07-01Strojwas Andrzej
Chief Technology Officer
Shares withheld for tax1.4K66.8890.7K
2026-07-01CHAN CHI-FOON
Director
Grant or award2.7K
2026-07-01Li Ye Jane
Director
Grant or award2.7K
2026-07-01GUSTAFSON MICHAEL B
Director
Grant or award2.7K
2026-07-01Zhang Shuo
Director
Grant or award2.7K
2026-07-01Raza Adnan
EVP, Finance and CFO
Grant or award23.4K
2026-07-01Erba Nancy
Director
Grant or award2.7K
2026-07-01BRONSON JOSEPH R
Director
Grant or award2.7K

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
BlackRock, Inc.159.2M4.9M
NEEDHAM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC66.2M2.0M
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC45.8M1.4M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC45.4M1.4M
Ranger Investment Management, L.P.41.9M1.3M
WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC41.1M1.3M
STATE STREET CORP39.0M1.2M
BARROW HANLEY MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS LLC37.3M1.1M
Ophir Asset Management Pty Ltd37.2M1.1M
SNYDER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L P34.7M1.1M

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Latest SEC filings

formfiledperiod
42026-08-122026-08-12on EDGAR ↗
1442026-08-12on EDGAR ↗
S-82026-08-06on EDGAR ↗
10-Q2026-08-062026-06-30on EDGAR ↗
8-K2026-08-062026-08-06on EDGAR ↗
42026-07-022026-07-01on EDGAR ↗
42026-07-022026-07-01on EDGAR ↗
42026-07-022026-07-01on EDGAR ↗

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d55.5% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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