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PDF Solutions (PDF Solutions) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -0.01% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is PDF Solutions Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

PDF Solutions's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,101.3 Mil. PDF Solutions's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.2 Mil. PDF Solutions's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -0.01%.

The historical rank and industry rank for PDF Solutions's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

PDFS' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -4.75   Med: 0.06   Max: 12.15
Current: -0.01

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of PDF Solutions was 12.15%. The lowest was -4.75%. And the median was 0.06%.

PDFS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
58.08% of 2853 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.13 vs PDFS: -0.01

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. PDF Solutions's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


PDF Solutions Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for PDF Solutions's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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PDF Solutions Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

PDF Solutions Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -1.64 -2.55 -1.50 -0.22 -0.01

PDF Solutions Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.22 0.07 0.23 0.18 -0.01

Competitive Comparison of PDF Solutions's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Software - Application subindustry, PDF Solutions's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


PDF Solutions's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, PDF Solutions's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where PDF Solutions's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



PDF Solutions Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

PDF Solutionss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-0.151/1101.27246
=-0.01 %

PDF Solutions's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-0.2 Mil.



PDF Solutions  (NAS:PDFS) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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PDF Solutions (PDF Solutions) Business Description

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2858 De La Cruz Boulevard, Santa Clara, CA, USA, 95050
PDF Solutions Inc offers products and services designed to empower engineers and data scientists across the semiconductor ecosystem to improve the yield, quality, and profitability of their products. The solutions combine proprietary software, physical intellectual property (or IP) for integrated circuit (or IC) designs, electrical measurement hardware tools, proven methodologies, and professional services. The company's products and services are sold to integrated device manufacturers (or IDMs), fabless semiconductor companies, foundries, outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (or OSATs), and system houses.
Executives
Michael B Gustafson director 380 INTERLOCKEN CRESCENT, BROOMFIELD CO 80021
Nancy Erba director C/O INFINERA CORPORATION, 140 CASPIAN COURT, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Shuo Zhang director PDF SOLUTIONS, INC., 2858 DE LA CRUZ BOULEVARD, SANTA CLARA CA 95050
Andrzej Strojwas officer: CTO 2858 DE LA CRUZ BLVD., SANTA CLARA CA 95050
Adnan Raza officer: EVP, Finance and CFO PDF SOLUTIONS, 2858 DE LA CRUZ BOULEVARD, SANTA CLARA CA 95050
Joseph R Bronson director 7005 SOUTHFRONT ROAD, LIVERMORE CA 94551
Ye Jane Li director 200 FLYNN ROAD, CAMARILLO CA 93012-8790
Kimon Michaels director, officer: EVP of Products and Solutions 333 WEST SAN CARLOS STREET, SUITE 700, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Marco Iansiti director 92 HAVEN ST., DOVER MA 02038
Gerald Zheyao Yin director 2-10 WEIFANG XI ROAD, PUDONG NEW DISTRICT, SHANGHAI F4 200122
Russell Christine officer: VP, Finance and CFO 17165 PINE STREET, LOS GATOS CA 95032
Lucio Lanza director 141 CASPIAN COURT, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Kwangh Kim officer: VP of Business Development 333 WEST SAN CARLOS STREET, SUITE 1000, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Gregory C Walker officer: CFO, VP Finance 2 RESULTS WAY, CUPERTINO CA 95014
Hartgring Cornelis officer: VP- Client Services & Sales 333 WEST SAN CARLOS STREET, SUITE 700, SAN JOSE CA 95110