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Financial-condition grades for SEC filers

Company Report · as of Oct 9, 2026


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PDF Solutions Inc.PDFS · business equipment
GradeTortoiseCmiddle fifth of 497 graded peers; percentile 44.8, sampling error 2.2 points; lower is stronger
Rank223 of 497
ProfitabilityCpercentile 51.0
SolvencyCpercentile 49.5
Growth and financingB/Cpercentile 39.3
Reliability0.87 AUCfailure model, filers with $120M to $591M assets; 95% interval 0.83 to 0.90; 206 events, 2020 to 2025
Peer failure rate1.03% a yearItem 1.03 bankruptcies, same asset band, 2012 to 2025
Size band$120M to $591M assetstotal assets $418.7M[1]
Standard universeinsiderevenue above $1M and assets above $10M[1-2]
Warningsnone activenot computable: distress
Inputs computable9 of 14
Graded fromfilings received through Feb 24, 2026227 days before the rescan; every figure keyed to the SEC receipt date
Last close$52.242026-10-08; market equity $2.2B; iex feed
Price used in gradeNone
Share price, twelve months to the rescansplit-adjusted close; a lollipop at every rescan carries the letter held then; baseline ticks are SEC receipt dates of the inputs; ranges and dragging scroll the full history
$40$60NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctBC$52.18
ABCDE20132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Percentile at every rescan on file, Jan 21, 2012 to Oct 9, 2026; stronger toward the top. Hover for the date.

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Letter setLetterPercentileBand
Jan 21, 2012nonen/a
Mar 21, 2012nonen/aQ2
Mar 21, 2013nonen/aQ3
Mar 21, 2015A2.7Q3
Mar 21, 2017nonen/aQ3
Mar 21, 2018C51.5Q3
Feb 21, 2019C/D58.1Q3
Feb 21, 2020D63.5Q3
Mar 21, 2020nonen/aQ3
Mar 21, 2021B26.4Q3
Mar 21, 2024C48.5Q3
Mar 21, 2025B34.2Q3
Mar 21, 2026C44.0Q3

Each date opens the report as it stood on that rescan.

Business, in the company's words. Opening of Item 1 of the 10-K received Feb 24, 2026; the document on sec.gov.

We provide comprehensive data solutions designed to empower organizations across the semiconductor and electronics ecosystems to improve the yield and quality of their products and operational efficiency for increased profitability. We derive revenues from two categories, Platform and Volume-based fees. Our offerings that contribute to Platform revenue are licenses for software (other than Cimetrix® runtime licenses) and related software maintenance and technical support services; software-as-a-service (“SaaS”); engineering services; fixed fees associated with Characterization Vehicle® systems; and licenses and purchase contracts for DirectScan™ systems (formerly known as “DFI systems”).

The Fourteen Inputs [top]

Lower percentile is stronger. Source numbers open the SEC filing; a range that spans filings opens the sources table.

InputPercentile, 0 to 100ValueSourcePeer medianPercentilePeersPeriod end
Profitability, sleeve percentile 51.0
Gross profitability37.8%[1,3]28.5%30.75582025-12-31
Return on invested capitalnot computable10.9%
a prior annual debt, equity, and cash observation is required
Accruals ratio(6.7%)[1,4-6](7.4%)55.56212025-12-31
Gross margin stability, five years4.1 pts[2-3,7-14]2.4 pts66.84292025-12-31
Solvency, sleeve percentile 49.5
Twelve-month failure probabilitynot computable0.05%
latest liabilities, cash plus short-term investments, book equity, and shares are required
Altman Z double-prime2.73[1,15-20]2.1839.15662025-12-31
Net debt to EBITDA2.49x[18,21-23]1.11x67.11472025-12-31
Interest coveragenot computable3.77x
one or more required annual facts are missing
Current ratio2.28x[15-16]2.02x42.46662025-12-31
Growth and financing, sleeve percentile 39.3
Revenue growth, three-year compound13.8%[2,8-9,11]6.4%29.45382025-12-31
Free cash flow growth, three-year compoundnot computable17.2%
current FCF must be positive and base FCF must exceed $100,000
Reinvestment ratenot computable14.3%
pretax income must exceed the validity floor and imply a 0%-100% tax rate
Asset growth, three years14.5%[1,6,24-25]5.0%25.65632025-12-31
Net share issuance, one year2.0%[26-27]0.5%62.84072026-02-20

Gross profitability. Revenue less cost of goods sold, over total assets.

Accruals ratio. Net income less operating cash flow, over average assets; lower is stronger.

Gross margin stability, five years. Standard deviation of gross margin; lower is stronger.

Twelve-month failure probability. CHS model; lower is stronger.

Net debt to EBITDA. Lower is stronger.

Net share issuance, one year. Split-adjusted; lower is stronger.

Sleeves are equal-weighted; within a sleeve each computable input carries equal weight. Composite -0.076; sampling error 2.2 percentile points on 497 peers.

Among 497 Peers [top]

ABCDENVDA, Nvidia Corp.; A, percentile 3.0; market equity $5.6T; warnings: fortress balance sheetNVDAMSFT, Microsoft Corp.; A, percentile 8.7; market equity $3.9TMSFTAMD, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.; A/B, percentile 20.2; market equity $1.0T; warnings: fortress balance sheetAMDAAPL, Apple Inc.; B, percentile 35.5; market equity $5.0TAAPLMU, Micron Technology Inc.; B/C, percentile 40.9; market equity $1.2TMUAVGO, Broadcom Inc.; C, percentile 53.2; market equity $1.7TAVGOPDFS 44.8strongerweaker

Composite score of every graded peer, smoothed. Vertical rules are the letter band edges at the 20th, 40th, 60th and 80th percentiles. Small dots are the six largest peers by market equity.

RankCompanyPercentileLetterWarnings
218Playtika Holding Corp. (PLTK)

Playtika Holding Corp. (PLTK)

Cmiddle fifth; percentile 43.8

Nasdaq · Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation

market equity $877.3M; last close $2.30

No active warnings; 11 of 14 inputs

43.8C
219Asana, Inc. (ASAN)

Asana, Inc. (ASAN)

Cmiddle fifth; percentile 44.0

NYSE · Services-Prepackaged Software

market equity $2.2B; last close $9.89

No active warnings; 8 of 14 inputs

44.0C
220Seagate Technology Holdings plc (STX)

Seagate Technology Holdings plc (STX)

Cmiddle fifth; percentile 44.2

Nasdaq · Computer Storage Devices

market equity $175.6B; last close $774.59

No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs

44.2C
221OneSpan Inc. (OSPN)

OneSpan Inc. (OSPN)

Cmiddle fifth; percentile 44.4

Nasdaq · Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design

market equity $663.7M; last close $18.01

No active warnings; 8 of 14 inputs

44.4C
222Western Digital Corp. (WDC)

Western Digital Corp. (WDC)

Cmiddle fifth; percentile 44.6

Nasdaq · Computer Storage Devices

market equity $141.8B; last close $393.28

Warnings: fortress balance sheet; 11 of 14 inputs

44.6Cfortress balance sheet
223PDF Solutions Inc. (PDFS)

PDF Solutions Inc. (PDFS)

Cmiddle fifth; percentile 44.8

Nasdaq · Services-Prepackaged Software

market equity $2.2B; last close $52.24

No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs

44.8C
224Qorvo, Inc. (QRVO)

Qorvo, Inc. (QRVO)

Cmiddle fifth; percentile 45.0

Nasdaq · Semiconductors & Related Devices

market equity $10.0B; last close $114.25

No active warnings; 13 of 14 inputs

45.0C
225Varex Imaging Corp. (VREX)

Varex Imaging Corp. (VREX)

Cmiddle fifth; percentile 45.2

Nasdaq · Electronic Components, NEC

market equity $777.6M; last close $18.45

No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs

45.2C
226Snowflake Inc. (SNOW)

Snowflake Inc. (SNOW)

Cmiddle fifth; percentile 45.4

NYSE · Services-Prepackaged Software

market equity $121.2B; last close $343.52

No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs

45.4C
227Ondas Inc. (ONDS)

Ondas Inc. (ONDS)

Cmiddle fifth; percentile 45.6

Nasdaq · Radio & Tv Broadcasting & Communications Equipment

market equity $3.9B; last close $6.85

Warnings: dilution, fortress balance sheet; 9 of 14 inputs

45.6Cdilution, fortress balance sheet
228LGL Group Inc. (LGL)

LGL Group Inc. (LGL)

Cmiddle fifth; percentile 45.8

NYSE · Electronic Components, NEC

market equity $85.1M; last close $7.12

Warnings: fortress balance sheet; 7 of 14 inputs

45.8Cfortress balance sheet
Peer policyLetterPercentilePeers
all graded filers, equal sleevesB31.62204
sector peers, equal sleeves (the grade)C44.8497
same exchange, equal sleevesB37.11219
sector peers, equal inputsC43.1497

Each letter is one fifth of the 497 graded peers, about 99 companies. A boundary letter (A/B, B/C, C/D, D/E) marks a percentile within one sampling error of a band edge.

What the Price Implies [top]

Market measures at the 2026-10-08 close. None enters the grade. Percentile among graded peers with the same measure.

MeasureValuePeer medianPercentileReading
Twelve-month price change, skipping the latest month72.3%2.2%86hotter than 86 of 100 peers
Distance from 52-week high(26.3%)(30.0%)56closer to its high than 56 of 100 peers
EBIT to enterprise value0.3%1.5%38pricier than 62 of 100 peers
Free cash flow yield(0.4%)2.7%23pricier than 77 of 100 peers
Book value to price0.170.2338pricier than 62 of 100 peers
Sales to price0.100.3020pricier than 80 of 100 peers
Composite equity issuance, five years12.8%3.9%62more equity-funded than 62 of 100 peers
Relative strength against the sector, log excess return0.26(0.26)86ahead of 86 of 100 peers

Inputs: market equity $2.2B; EBIT $5.8M; free cash flow -$8.6M; book equity $372.5M; sales $219.0M; debt $66.5M; cash $114.9M[28].

Diagnostics [top]

Diagnostics do not feed the grade.

Piotroski F-score: None of 9, period end 2025-12-31
Return on assets above zero(0.2%)✗ fail[4,6]
Operating cash flow above zero$24.1M✓ pass[5]
Return on assets improved(1.6 pts)✗ fail[4,6,24,29]
Operating cash flow exceeds net income$24.7M✓ pass[4-5]
Long-term leverage felln/a[1,6,24,30]
Current ratio improved(112.3 pts)✗ fail[15-16,31-32]
No new shares issued2.0%✗ fail[26-27]
Gross margin improved2.5 pts✓ pass[2-3,7-8]
Asset turnover improved7.6 pts✓ pass[2,6,8,24]
Cash, filings, liquidity
Cash and equivalents$114.9M[33]
Operating cash flow, four quarters$38.7M[5,33-37]
Months of runwaynot finite
trailing operating cash flow is nonnegative, so runway is not finite
Late filings, two years0
NT 10-K or NT 10-Q
Days since last periodic filing64
10-Q received Aug 6, 2026
Median daily dollar volume$24.8M
63 sessions
Days since newest grade input227

Downloads [top]

Sources [top]

Every citation on this page. Filing opens the SEC index page for that submission; viewer opens the SEC interactive data for the same filing; series opens the SEC XBRL API record for that tag and company.

#ConceptXBRL tagValuePeriod endReceivedFormLinks
1assetsus-gaap:Assets$418.7M2025-12-312026-02-2410-Kfiling · viewer · series
2revenueus-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerIncludingAssessedTax$219.0M2025-12-312026-02-2410-Kfiling · viewer · series
3gross profitus-gaap:GrossProfit$158.4M2025-12-312026-02-2410-Kfiling · viewer · series
4net incomeus-gaap:NetIncomeLoss-$640,0002025-12-312026-02-2410-Kfiling · viewer · series
5operating cash flowus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities$24.1M2025-12-312026-02-2410-Kfiling · viewer · series
6assetsus-gaap:Assets$315.3M2024-12-312026-02-2410-Kfiling · viewer · series
7gross profitus-gaap:GrossProfit$125.3M2024-12-312026-02-2410-Kfiling · viewer · series
8revenueus-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerIncludingAssessedTax$179.5M2024-12-312026-02-2410-Kfiling · viewer · series
9revenueus-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerIncludingAssessedTax$165.8M2023-12-312026-02-2410-Kfiling · viewer · series
10cost of revenueus-gaap:CostOfRevenue$51.7M2023-12-312026-02-2410-Kfiling · viewer · series
11revenueus-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerIncludingAssessedTax$148.5M2022-12-312025-02-2710-Kfiling · viewer · series
12cost of revenueus-gaap:CostOfRevenue$47.9M2022-12-312025-02-2710-Kfiling · viewer · series
13revenueus-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerIncludingAssessedTax$111.1M2021-12-312024-02-2710-Kfiling · viewer · series
14cost of revenueus-gaap:CostOfRevenue$44.2M2021-12-312024-02-2710-Kfiling · viewer · series
15current assetsus-gaap:AssetsCurrent$163.9M2025-12-312026-02-2410-Kfiling · viewer · series
16current liabilitiesus-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent$71.9M2025-12-312026-02-2410-Kfiling · viewer · series
17retained earningsus-gaap:RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit-$94.6M2025-12-312026-02-2410-Kfiling · viewer · series
18operating incomeus-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss$5.8M2025-12-312026-02-2410-Kfiling · viewer · series
19book equityus-gaap:StockholdersEquity$271.0M2025-12-312026-02-2410-Kfiling · viewer · series
20liabilitiesus-gaap:Liabilities$147.7M2025-12-312026-02-2410-Kfiling · viewer · series
21total debtus-gaap:LongTermDebt$67.0M2025-12-312026-02-2410-Kfiling · viewer · series
22cashus-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue$42.2M2025-12-312026-02-2410-Kfiling · viewer · series
23depreciation amortizationus-gaap:DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization$4.1M2025-12-312026-02-2410-Kfiling · viewer · series
24assetsus-gaap:Assets$290.1M2023-12-312025-02-2710-Kfiling · viewer · series
25assetsus-gaap:Assets$278.7M2022-12-312024-02-2710-Kfiling · viewer · series
26shares outstandingdei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding39,890,7092026-02-202026-02-2410-Kfiling · viewer · series
27shares outstandingdei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding39,113,7552025-02-212025-02-2710-Kfiling · viewer · series
28shares outstandingdei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding42,227,2162026-08-032026-08-0610-Qfiling · viewer · series
29net incomeus-gaap:NetIncomeLoss$4.1M2024-12-312026-02-2410-Kfiling · viewer · series
30long term debtus-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent$64.8M2025-12-312026-02-2410-Kfiling · viewer · series
31current assetsus-gaap:AssetsCurrent$206.0M2024-12-312026-02-2410-Kfiling · viewer · series
32current liabilitiesus-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent$60.5M2024-12-312026-02-2410-Kfiling · viewer · series
33cashus-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue$114.9M2026-06-302026-08-0610-Qfiling · viewer · series
34operating cash flowus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities$18.1M2026-06-302026-08-0610-Qfiling · viewer · series
35operating cash flowus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities$1.7M2026-03-312026-05-0710-Qfiling · viewer · series
36operating cash flowus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities$6.7M2025-09-302025-11-0610-Qfiling · viewer · series
37operating cash flowus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities$3.4M2025-06-302026-08-0610-Qfiling · viewer · series

Limitations [top]

Grade boundary. Percentile 44.8 is 4.8 points from the nearest band edge; sampling error is 2.2 points.

Peer group. Sector assignment from four-digit SIC codes, hand-tuned and published. The grade under three alternative peer policies is tabled above.

Size. Within a sector the letter tracks size. Among graded filers in the smallest asset band, 72% grade E and 0% grade A; in the largest, 13% grade E and 21% grade A. Universe as of Oct 9, 2026.

Failure model. filings 2012-01-01 to 2019-12-31 fit, filings 2020-01-01 to 2025-12-31 test; status post hoc pending confirmation. pre-registered on 2026 filings once their 12-month outcome windows close; supported if the paired per-quintile gain over the pooled model has a lower bound above 0.05.

Input validity. Revenue or total assets at or below $100,000 sets the degenerate-inputs flag. An input whose denominator is at or below $100,000 is left not computable rather than ranked.

Returns. No input on this page has a post-2015 confidence interval on returns that excludes zero. The grade ranks reported financial condition and is not a return forecast.