Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:UCTT) Receives Average Rating of “Buy” from Analysts

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:UCTT) has been assigned a consensus rating of “Buy” from the seven brokerages that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, four have assigned a buy recommendation and two have given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month target price among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $107.40.

Several research firms have commented on UCTT. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d)” rating on shares of Ultra Clean in a research note on Friday, June 26th. UBS Group started coverage on Ultra Clean in a report on Tuesday, May 5th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $130.00 target price on the stock. Zacks Research upgraded Ultra Clean from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, May 25th. TD Cowen upped their price target on Ultra Clean from $70.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, Oppenheimer increased their price target on Ultra Clean from $100.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 9th.

Ultra Clean Stock Performance

NASDAQ UCTT opened at $106.47 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.86, a quick ratio of 1.72 and a current ratio of 3.07. The firm has a market cap of $4.77 billion, a PE ratio of -24.82, a P/E/G ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 1.83. Ultra Clean has a one year low of $21.28 and a one year high of $144.22. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $95.29 and its two-hundred day moving average is $66.74.

Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The semiconductor company reported $0.31 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.27 by $0.04. Ultra Clean had a negative net margin of 9.38% and a positive return on equity of 4.28%. The business had revenue of $533.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $525.28 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.28 earnings per share. The business’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. Analysts expect that Ultra Clean will post 2.14 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity at Ultra Clean

In other news, CFO Sheri Savage sold 15,766 shares of Ultra Clean stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $89.47, for a total value of $1,410,584.02. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 50,710 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,537,023.70. The trade was a 23.72% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Christopher S. Cook sold 11,903 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, April 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $75.31, for a total transaction of $896,414.93. Following the transaction, the insider owned 108,905 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,201,635.55. This trade represents a 9.85% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 80,106 shares of company stock worth $6,734,589 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 1.80% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Ultra Clean

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Ultra Clean by 37.3% during the 1st quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 721 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $45,000 after buying an additional 196 shares in the last quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC grew its holdings in Ultra Clean by 40.3% during the fourth quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC now owns 989 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $25,000 after acquiring an additional 284 shares during the period. ProShare Advisors LLC raised its position in Ultra Clean by 2.7% in the fourth quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC now owns 13,491 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $342,000 after acquiring an additional 350 shares in the last quarter. State of Alaska Department of Revenue raised its position in Ultra Clean by 1.6% in the fourth quarter. State of Alaska Department of Revenue now owns 25,093 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $635,000 after acquiring an additional 400 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Swiss National Bank lifted its holdings in Ultra Clean by 0.4% in the first quarter. Swiss National Bank now owns 89,800 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $5,584,000 after acquiring an additional 400 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 96.06% of the company’s stock.

About Ultra Clean

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.