Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) Releases Earnings Results, Misses Estimates By $0.03 EPS

Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) released its earnings results on Monday. The semiconductor company reported $0.28 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.31 by ($0.03), Briefing.com reports. Ultra Clean had a return on equity of 4.08% and a net margin of 0.18%. The business had revenue of $518.60 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $526.13 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.27 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 8.6% on a year-over-year basis. Ultra Clean updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 0.170-0.370 EPS.

Ultra Clean Price Performance

Ultra Clean stock traded down $2.48 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $19.82. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 233,299 shares, compared to its average volume of 431,328. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $23.15 and its 200 day simple moving average is $32.13. The firm has a market capitalization of $894.52 million, a PE ratio of 244.02, a P/E/G ratio of 0.51 and a beta of 2.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52, a quick ratio of 1.63 and a current ratio of 2.75. Ultra Clean has a fifty-two week low of $16.66 and a fifty-two week high of $56.47.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Ernest E. Maddock acquired 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 7th. The stock was bought at an average cost of $24.29 per share, with a total value of $242,900.00. Following the purchase, the director now directly owns 11,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $267,190. This represents a 1,000.00 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, insider Bill Bentinck bought 3,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 7th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $25.17 per share, with a total value of $75,510.00. Following the acquisition, the insider now directly owns 60,695 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,527,693.15. This trade represents a 5.20 % increase in their position. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Insiders own 2.20% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms recently issued reports on UCTT. Oppenheimer cut their target price on Ultra Clean from $60.00 to $30.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, April 11th. TD Cowen reduced their price target on shares of Ultra Clean from $48.00 to $32.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, Needham & Company LLC lowered their price target on shares of Ultra Clean from $40.00 to $26.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday.

About Ultra Clean

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc develops and supplies critical subsystems, components and parts, and ultra-high purity cleaning and analytical services for the semiconductor industry in the United States and internationally. The company provides ultra-clean valves, high purity connectors, industrial process connectors and valves, pneumatic actuators, manifolds and safety solutions, hoses, pressure gauges, and gas line and component heaters; chemical delivery modules that deliver gases and reactive chemicals in a liquid or gaseous form from a centralized subsystem to the reaction chamber; and gas delivery systems, such as weldments, filters, mass flow controllers, regulators, pressure transducers and valves, component heaters, and an integrated electronic and/or pneumatic control system.