GTS Securities LLC Purchases Shares of 14,046 Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. $UCTT

GTS Securities LLC acquired a new position in Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:UCTT) during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 14,046 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,003,000.

Several other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its position 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 valued at $45,000 after acquiring an additional 196 shares during the last quarter. Kilter Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of Ultra Clean in the second quarter valued at $30,000. Quadrant Capital Group LLC increased its position in Ultra Clean by 40.3% in the fourth quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC now owns 989 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 284 shares during the last quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC increased 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 purchasing an additional 350 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Swiss National Bank raised its stake in Ultra Clean by 0.4% during the first quarter. Swiss National Bank now owns 89,800 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $5,584,000 after purchasing an additional 400 shares in the last quarter. 96.06% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Ultra Clean

In related news, General Counsel Paul Yoonku Cho sold 944 shares of Ultra Clean stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $89.37, for a total transaction of $84,365.28. Following the completion of the transaction, the general counsel directly owned 22,941 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,050,237.17. The trade was a 3.95% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CFO Sheri Savage sold 15,766 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $89.47, for a total transaction of $1,410,584.02. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 50,710 shares in the company, valued at $4,537,023.70. The trade was a 23.72% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last three months, insiders sold 31,131 shares of company stock worth $2,784,908. Insiders own 1.80% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have commented on UCTT. Needham & Company LLC increased their price objective on shares of Ultra Clean from $92.00 to $125.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 4th. TD Cowen boosted their target price on shares of Ultra Clean from $130.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 4th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Ultra Clean from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, May 25th. Oppenheimer increased their price target on shares of Ultra Clean from $115.00 to $150.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 4th. Finally, Weiss Ratings lowered Ultra Clean from a “sell (d)” rating to a “sell (d-)” rating in a research report on Friday, August 7th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have assigned a Buy rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Ultra Clean presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $129.00.

Ultra Clean Stock Performance

NASDAQ:UCTT opened at $69.48 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $94.17 and its 200 day moving average is $81.04. Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $21.49 and a fifty-two week high of $144.22. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.11 billion, a PE ratio of -133.62, a PEG ratio of 0.74 and a beta of 1.88. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.84, a quick ratio of 1.25 and a current ratio of 2.73.

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

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.