Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) Stock Price Down 6% Following Insider Selling

Shares of Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:UCTT) dropped 6% during trading on Thursday after an insider sold shares in the company. The stock traded as low as $84.35 and last traded at $86.0520. Approximately 137,329 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 89% from the average daily volume of 1,258,025 shares. The stock had previously closed at $91.58.

Specifically, Director Emily M. Liggett sold 8,198 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $92.18, for a total value of $755,691.64. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 38,152 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,516,851.36. The trade was a 17.69% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have recently weighed in on UCTT. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Ultra Clean from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 2nd. UBS Group initiated coverage on shares of Ultra Clean in a research report on Tuesday, May 5th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $130.00 target price for the company. TD Cowen increased their target price on Ultra Clean from $70.00 to $100.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Zacks Research upgraded Ultra Clean from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday. Finally, Craig Hallum reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $100.00 price target on shares of Ultra Clean in a research note on Tuesday, February 24th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, four have issued a Buy rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $104.40.

Ultra Clean Trading Down 5.1%

The stock has a market capitalization of $3.90 billion, a P/E ratio of -20.17, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.22 and a beta of 1.94. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $74.27 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $51.31. The company has a current ratio of 3.07, a quick ratio of 1.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.86.

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

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of UCTT. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC bought a new position in shares of Ultra Clean in the third quarter worth approximately $416,000. Optimize Financial Inc bought a new stake in Ultra Clean during the 3rd quarter valued at $1,541,000. Goodman Financial Corp raised its holdings in Ultra Clean by 3.7% during the 4th quarter. Goodman Financial Corp now owns 558,019 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $14,135,000 after buying an additional 20,011 shares during the last quarter. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd purchased a new stake in Ultra Clean during the 3rd quarter valued at $962,000. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its position in Ultra Clean by 90.6% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 589,055 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $16,052,000 after buying an additional 279,953 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.