Jeffrey Mckibben Sells 2,500 Shares of Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) Stock

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:UCTT) insider Jeffrey Mckibben sold 2,500 shares of Ultra Clean stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $86.48, for a total value of $216,200.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 15,554 shares in the company, valued at $1,345,109.92. The trade was a 13.85% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website.

Ultra Clean Price Performance

Shares of UCTT opened at $85.03 on Thursday. Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. has a 1 year low of $18.93 and a 1 year high of $88.37. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.86, a current ratio of 3.07 and a quick ratio of 1.72. The company has a market capitalization of $3.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -19.82, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.16 and a beta of 1.94. The business has a 50-day moving average of $68.74 and a 200-day moving average of $47.41.

Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 28th. The semiconductor company reported $0.31 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.27 by $0.04. Ultra Clean had a positive return on equity of 4.28% and a negative net margin of 9.38%.The company had revenue of $533.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $525.28 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.28 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 2.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Ultra Clean has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.440-0.600 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. will post 2.04 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on UCTT shares. TD Cowen lifted their target price on Ultra Clean from $70.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Zacks Research downgraded Ultra Clean from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. Needham & Company LLC lifted their target price on Ultra Clean from $70.00 to $92.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Ultra Clean from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, May 2nd. Finally, Craig Hallum reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $100.00 target price on shares of Ultra Clean in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, four have issued a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Ultra Clean presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $104.40.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Quadrant Capital Group LLC boosted its position in shares of Ultra Clean by 40.3% during the fourth quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC now owns 989 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $25,000 after buying an additional 284 shares during the last quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Ultra Clean by 2.7% during the fourth quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC now owns 13,491 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $342,000 after buying an additional 350 shares during the last quarter. State of Alaska Department of Revenue boosted its position in shares of Ultra Clean by 1.6% during the fourth quarter. State of Alaska Department of Revenue now owns 25,093 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $635,000 after buying an additional 400 shares during the last quarter. Swiss National Bank boosted its position in shares of Ultra Clean by 0.4% during the first quarter. Swiss National Bank now owns 89,800 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $5,584,000 after buying an additional 400 shares during the last quarter. Finally, PNC Financial Services Group Inc. grew its stake in Ultra Clean by 10.4% in the 1st quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 4,414 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $274,000 after purchasing an additional 414 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 96.06% of the company’s stock.

Ultra Clean Company Profile

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc is a global supplier of critical consumables and process tools for the semiconductor manufacturing industry. The company specializes in precision parts cleaning, chemical–mechanical planarization (CMP) slurries, surface conditioning pads, and specialty components used in wafer fabrication and advanced packaging. Ultra Clean also provides assembly and test hardware, tooling, and automated modules designed to support complex front-end and back-end processes in semiconductor fabs.

Ultra Clean’s product portfolio encompasses a range of cleaning systems and consumables aimed at particle and film removal, as well as CMP slurries and pads that are engineered for uniform material removal and planarization.