Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) Insider Sells $365,835.00 in Stock

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:UCTT) insider Jeffrey Mckibben sold 4,205 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $87.00, for a total transaction of $365,835.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 11,349 shares in the company, valued at $987,363. The trade was a 27.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink.

Ultra Clean Price Performance

NASDAQ UCTT opened at $80.22 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.72, a current ratio of 3.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.86. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.60 billion, a PE ratio of -18.70, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.08 and a beta of 1.94. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $71.33 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $49.25. Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. has a 12-month low of $18.93 and a 12-month high of $88.50.

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

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Ultra Clean

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in Ultra Clean by 6.2% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,990,724 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $126,415,000 after acquiring an additional 293,048 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. increased its position in Ultra Clean by 63.1% during the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,399,834 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $86,118,000 after acquiring an additional 1,315,407 shares during the period. State Street Corp increased its position in Ultra Clean by 5.0% during the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,852,482 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $46,923,000 after acquiring an additional 87,931 shares during the period. Royce & Associates LP increased its position in Ultra Clean by 7.1% during the third quarter. Royce & Associates LP now owns 1,107,416 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $30,177,000 after acquiring an additional 73,872 shares during the period. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its position in Ultra Clean by 5.7% during the fourth quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 821,088 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $20,798,000 after acquiring an additional 43,987 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 96.06% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms have issued reports on UCTT. TD Cowen lifted their target price on shares of Ultra Clean from $70.00 to $100.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Oppenheimer lifted their target price on shares of Ultra Clean from $85.00 to $100.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Zacks Research cut shares of Ultra Clean from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. UBS Group began coverage on shares of Ultra Clean in a research note on Tuesday, May 5th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $130.00 target price for the company. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Ultra Clean from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 2nd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, four have issued a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Ultra Clean currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $104.40.

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.