Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:UCTT) Receives Consensus Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:UCTT) has received a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the seven brokerages that are currently covering the stock, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The average 1 year target price among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $129.00.

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on UCTT. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Ultra Clean from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Sunday, August 9th. Needham & Company LLC raised their price objective on shares of Ultra Clean from $92.00 to $125.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 4th. TD Cowen lifted their price objective on shares of Ultra Clean from $130.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 4th. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Ultra Clean from a “sell (d)” rating to a “sell (d-)” rating in a research note on Friday, August 7th. Finally, Zacks Research raised shares of Ultra Clean from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, May 25th.

Insider Activity at Ultra Clean

In other Ultra Clean news, Director Emily M. Liggett sold 8,198 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $92.18, for a total value of $755,691.64. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 38,152 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,516,851.36. This trade represents a 17.69% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, CFO Sheri Savage sold 15,766 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on 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 completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 50,710 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,537,023.70. The trade was a 23.72% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 39,329 shares of company stock worth $3,540,599. Insiders own 1.80% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Ultra Clean by 37.3% in the 1st quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 721 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $45,000 after acquiring an additional 196 shares during the last quarter. Kilter Group LLC purchased a new stake in Ultra Clean during the second quarter valued at about $30,000. Quadrant Capital Group LLC lifted 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 valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 284 shares during the last quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC boosted its position in Ultra Clean by 2.7% during the fourth quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC now owns 13,491 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $342,000 after purchasing an additional 350 shares during the period. Finally, State of Alaska Department of Revenue boosted its position in 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 worth $635,000 after purchasing an additional 400 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 96.06% of the company’s stock.

Ultra Clean Stock Performance

Shares of UCTT opened at $72.78 on Tuesday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $97.62 and a 200 day moving average of $80.52. The company has a market capitalization of $3.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -139.96, a PEG ratio of 0.82 and a beta of 1.88. Ultra Clean has a 12 month low of $21.49 and a 12 month high of $144.22. The company has a current ratio of 2.73, a quick ratio of 1.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.84.

Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August 3rd. The semiconductor company reported $0.70 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.53 by $0.17. The business had revenue of $644.90 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $587.65 million. Ultra Clean had a positive return on equity of 6.99% and a negative net margin of 1.07%.The business’s revenue was up 24.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.27 earnings per share. Ultra Clean has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.830-1.030 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Ultra Clean will post 2.67 earnings per share for the current year.

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.