Brokerages Set Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:UCTT) Target Price at $104.40

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:UCTT) has been given an average rating of “Buy” by the seven analysts that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, four have issued a buy recommendation and two have assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month target price among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $104.40.

UCTT has been the subject of several research reports. Oppenheimer boosted their price objective 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. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Ultra Clean from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 2nd. Needham & Company LLC upped their price target on shares of Ultra Clean from $70.00 to $92.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. UBS Group started coverage on shares of Ultra Clean in a research report on Tuesday, May 5th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $130.00 price target for the company. Finally, TD Cowen upped their price target on shares of Ultra Clean from $70.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th.

Ultra Clean Price Performance

UCTT stock opened at $83.93 on Thursday. Ultra Clean has a 12 month low of $19.51 and a 12 month high of $94.95. The company has a current ratio of 3.07, a quick ratio of 1.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.86. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $78.49 and a 200 day moving average price of $54.84. The stock has a market cap of $3.76 billion, a PE ratio of -19.56, a P/E/G ratio of 1.15 and a beta of 1.94.

Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 28th. The semiconductor company reported $0.31 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.27 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $533.70 million during 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 revenue for the quarter was up 2.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.28 EPS. Ultra Clean has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.440-0.600 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Ultra Clean will post 2.04 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Transactions at Ultra Clean

In other news, insider Jeffrey L. Mckibben sold 4,205 shares of the company’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 value of $365,835.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 11,349 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $987,363. This represents a 27.03% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider Christopher S. Cook sold 11,478 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $73.96, for a total transaction of $848,912.88. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 97,427 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,205,700.92. The trade was a 10.54% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last three months, insiders have sold 49,919 shares of company stock worth $4,034,046. Insiders own 1.80% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Ultra Clean by 6.2% during the 4th 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 in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. raised its stake 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 worth $86,118,000 after acquiring an additional 1,315,407 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its stake in shares of Ultra Clean by 5.0% during the 4th 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 in the last quarter. Royce & Associates LP raised its stake in shares of Ultra Clean by 7.1% during the 3rd 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 in the last quarter. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Ultra Clean by 5.7% during the 4th 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 in the last quarter. 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.