Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:UCTT) Given Consensus Rating of “Buy” by Brokerages

Shares of Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:UCTT) have been assigned an average recommendation of “Buy” from the seven research firms that are covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company. The average 1-year price objective among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $113.40.

UCTT has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Weiss Ratings raised Ultra Clean from a “sell (d)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Friday, July 10th. TD Cowen raised their target price on Ultra Clean from $100.00 to $130.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 9th. Needham & Company LLC boosted their price target on Ultra Clean from $70.00 to $92.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Ultra Clean from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 7th. Finally, Oppenheimer increased their price objective on Ultra Clean from $100.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 9th.

Insider Buying and Selling at Ultra Clean

In other Ultra Clean news, insider Jeffrey L. Mckibben sold 4,205 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $87.00, for a total value 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 transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, General Counsel Paul Yoonku Cho sold 944 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $89.37, for a total transaction of $84,365.28. Following the sale, the general counsel directly owned 22,941 shares in the company, valued at $2,050,237.17. This represents a 3.95% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 80,106 shares of company stock worth $6,734,589 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 1.80% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC acquired a new stake in Ultra Clean during the 2nd quarter valued at $62,000. AdvisorNet Financial Inc bought a new position in Ultra Clean in the 1st quarter valued at $34,000. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Ultra Clean by 37.3% in the first quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 721 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $45,000 after purchasing an additional 196 shares in the last quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC boosted its stake 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 in the last quarter. Finally, Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Ultra Clean during the second quarter worth $141,000. 96.06% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Ultra Clean Price Performance

NASDAQ:UCTT opened at $100.56 on Friday. 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 company has a 50-day moving average of $100.36 and a 200-day moving average of $74.05. Ultra Clean has a 52 week low of $21.28 and a 52 week high of $144.22. The company has a market capitalization of $4.51 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -23.44, a PEG ratio of 1.35 and a beta of 1.83.

Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) last posted its earnings results 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. Ultra Clean had a negative net margin of 9.38% and a positive return on equity of 4.28%. The business had revenue of $533.70 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $525.28 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.28 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 2.9% on a year-over-year basis. Ultra Clean has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.440-0.600 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Ultra Clean will post 2.14 earnings per share for the current fiscal 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.