Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) Insider Sells $896,414.93 in Stock

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:UCTT) insider Christopher Cook sold 11,903 shares of Ultra Clean stock in a transaction dated Thursday, April 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $75.31, for a total value of $896,414.93. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 108,905 shares in the company, valued at $8,201,635.55. The trade was a 9.85% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link.

Ultra Clean Trading Down 2.0%

Shares of UCTT stock traded down $1.50 on Monday, hitting $73.11. The company had a trading volume of 1,033,597 shares, compared to its average volume of 980,661. Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. has a twelve month low of $18.52 and a twelve month high of $84.43. 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 $3.28 billion, a P/E ratio of -17.04, a P/E/G ratio of 1.04 and a beta of 1.94. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $65.86 and its two-hundred day moving average is $44.70.

Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 28th. The semiconductor company reported $0.31 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 for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $525.28 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.28 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 2.9% on a year-over-year basis. Ultra Clean has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.440-0.600 EPS. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. will post 2.04 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Ultra Clean

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of UCTT. Invesco Ltd. lifted its position in shares of Ultra Clean by 63.1% during the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,399,834 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $86,118,000 after acquiring an additional 1,315,407 shares during the period. Millennium Management LLC grew its holdings in Ultra Clean by 944.8% in the fourth quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 559,955 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $14,184,000 after purchasing an additional 506,363 shares during the period. SG Americas Securities LLC increased its stake in Ultra Clean by 348.7% in the first quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 565,569 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $35,167,000 after purchasing an additional 439,526 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in Ultra Clean by 6.2% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,990,724 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $126,415,000 after purchasing an additional 293,048 shares in the last quarter. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its holdings in shares of Ultra Clean by 90.6% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 589,055 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $16,052,000 after purchasing an additional 279,953 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 96.06% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on UCTT shares. Zacks Research lowered shares of Ultra Clean from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Ultra Clean from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday. Oppenheimer upped their price target on shares of Ultra Clean from $85.00 to $100.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Craig Hallum reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $100.00 price target on shares of Ultra Clean in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. Finally, TD Cowen boosted their price objective on Ultra Clean from $70.00 to $100.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $98.00.

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.