PDF Solutions Slows To A Walk
PDF Solutions, which provides process-design integration technologies for integrated circuits, seems to have joined the club of high tech companies that lost their ways in 2005 and early 2006. It's rapid growth rate now seems a thing of the past.
After a scorching revenue run that took the top line from $42.5 million in 2003 to $73.9 million in 2005 when the company had its first operating profit bringing in almost $5 million, the revenues for the quarters in 2005 simply flattened out. Each quarter was between $18 and $19 million.
The first quarter of 2006, the company brought in revenue of $19.9 million, after doing $19 million in that last quarter of 2005. Net income was $268,000 compared to $1.4 million in Q1 05. Stock-based compensation was the major culprit for the drop. The company's cash balance is still in good shape at $65 million.
The company's business of providing semiconductor companies systems that make integrated circuits easier to manufacture actually appears to be a solid model. But, PDF Solutions has certainly joined the legions of companies that can no longer go to Wall Street with growth stories, and that makes the road ahead extremely difficult for investors.
After reaching $19.99, it's highest point since 2002, the stock dropped below $14 on the Q1 news. The company still sports a health market cap of $370 million, or almost seven times sales. And, it is quickly joining the league of companies that can no longer support those valuations.
Douglas A. McIntyre is the former Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of Financial World Magazine. He is also the former president of Switchboard.com, which was the 10th most visited site in the world at the time, according to MediaMetrix. He has been chief executive of FutureSource LLC and On2 Technologies, Inc. and has served on the boards of TheStreet.com and Edgar Online. He does not own securities in companies he writes about. He can be reached at douglasamcintyre@gmail.com.
PDF Solutions, which provides process-design integration technologies for integrated circuits, seems to have joined the club of high tech companies that lost their ways in 2005 and early 2006. It's rapid growth rate now seems a thing of the past.
After a scorching revenue run that took the top line from $42.5 million in 2003 to $73.9 million in 2005 when the company had its first operating profit bringing in almost $5 million, the revenues for the quarters in 2005 simply flattened out. Each quarter was between $18 and $19 million.
The first quarter of 2006, the company brought in revenue of $19.9 million, after doing $19 million in that last quarter of 2005. Net income was $268,000 compared to $1.4 million in Q1 05. Stock-based compensation was the major culprit for the drop. The company's cash balance is still in good shape at $65 million.
The company's business of providing semiconductor companies systems that make integrated circuits easier to manufacture actually appears to be a solid model. But, PDF Solutions has certainly joined the legions of companies that can no longer go to Wall Street with growth stories, and that makes the road ahead extremely difficult for investors.
After reaching $19.99, it's highest point since 2002, the stock dropped below $14 on the Q1 news. The company still sports a health market cap of $370 million, or almost seven times sales. And, it is quickly joining the league of companies that can no longer support those valuations.
Douglas A. McIntyre is the former Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of Financial World Magazine. He is also the former president of Switchboard.com, which was the 10th most visited site in the world at the time, according to MediaMetrix. He has been chief executive of FutureSource LLC and On2 Technologies, Inc. and has served on the boards of TheStreet.com and Edgar Online. He does not own securities in companies he writes about. He can be reached at douglasamcintyre@gmail.com.
posted by douglas mcintyre at 5:35 PM
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