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PDF Solutions Inc. PDFS

17 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported · SEC filings only
$219.0M
▲ 22.0% YoY
$-640,000
▼ 115.8% YoY
$-8.6M

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks a figure not available in our data for that year.

In brief

What this company does

PDF Solutions, Inc. provides data solutions for organizations across the semiconductor and electronics ecosystems. It is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and operates worldwide with additional offices in the United States, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. As of December 31, 2025, it had 600 employees worldwide, including 180 field application engineers, 225 in research and development, 135 in sales and marketing, and 60 in general and administrative functions. Three customers accounted for an aggregate of 53% of its revenues in 2025. As of December 31, 2025, it held 209 U.S. patents, with expiration dates on unexpired patents ranging from 2027 through 2043. It derives revenues from two categories, Platform and Volume-based fees. The PDF Solutions Platform is organized into six primary brands: Exensio, Sapience, DirectScan, CV, Cimetrix, and secureWISE.

Written from the business description in PDF SOLUTIONS INC's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 24 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.

Growth

USD 219.0M
Revenue, FY2025 · full 17-year series below
Revenue $M Net income $M
FY2025 · Revenue 219.0 · Net income -0.6
100M200M-15M-30M
2009201220152018202120242025
Compound annual growth
+13.8%
+20.0%
+8.4%
+8.8%
−77.3%
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs

Revenue compounded at +20.0% a year over the five years to FY2025.

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.

Profitability

−0 cents
lost on every revenue dollar
Operating margin Net margin
FY2025 · Operating 2.7% · Net -0.3%
20%40%-20%-40%
200920172025
ROE
FY2025 · ROE -0.2%
20%40%-10%-20%-30%
200920172025
Three returns, three denominators.
Gross margin72.3%
Operating margin2.7%
Net margin-0.3%
EBITDAUSD 9.9M

Each USD of equity lost 0 cents this year.

Cash & shareholders

USD 244,000.00
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Free cash flow $M
FY2025 · FCF -8.6
10M20M-4M-8M
200920172025
Net buybacks $M Dividends $M
FY2025 · Dividends · · Net buybacks 0.2
10.0M20.0M-25.0M-50.0M
20112014201620182020202220242025
Dividends paid·
Net buybacksUSD 244,000.00
Share of profit-38.1%
Consecutive raises·

USD 244,000.00 in buybacks went back to shareholders in a year without profit.

Total assetsUSD 418.7M
EquityUSD 271.0M
CashUSD 42.2M
Gross debtUSD 67.0M
Net debtUSD 24.8M
Current ratio2.28×

Net debt stands at 9% of equity.

The 17-year record

17 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
row low → row highnegative—not applicable◌not available in our data
PDFS, 17-year financial record
Metric 20252024202320222021202020192018201720162015201420132012201120102009
Revenue $B0.20.20.20.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.0
Operating income $B0.00.0−0.00.0−0.0−0.0−0.0−0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0−0.0
EBITDA $B0.00.00.00.0−0.0−0.0−0.0−0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0−0.0
Income tax $B0.00.00.00.00.00.0−0.0−0.00.00.00.00.00.0−0.00.00.00.0
Net income $B−0.00.00.0−0.0−0.0−0.0−0.0−0.0−0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0−0.0
Free cash flow $B−0.0−0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0−0.00.00.00.00.00.00.0−0.0
EPS, diluted $−0.020.100.08−0.09−0.58−1.17−0.17−0.24−0.040.280.390.580.671.250.070.00−0.69
Dividend / sh $◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌
Payout % — not applicable: no dividend—————————————————
ROE %−0.21.71.4−1.6−9.5−18.7−2.7−3.9−0.74.97.412.517.847.13.50.0−39.6
Shares out B0.040.040.040.040.040.040.030.030.030.030.030.030.030.030.030.03◌

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Provenance

Company facts, as filed

How we verify · 0 failures in 78 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 17 of the 17 fiscal years we could check. Six checks were skipped: the balance sheet is not tagged before 2010. Two checks were skipped: EPS is not tagged before 2009. Two checks were skipped: revenue is not tagged before 2009.

EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidityCurrency consistency0 failures
ActivityServices-Prepackaged Software
Listed onNASDAQ
Incorporated inDelaware
Fiscal year endsDecember 31
Data on record since2009

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