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

Shares of Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:UCTT) have earned a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the seven analysts that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, five have given a buy recommendation and one has assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price objective among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $129.00.

UCTT has been the topic of a number of research reports. Wall Street Zen upgraded Ultra Clean from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Sunday, August 9th. Weiss Ratings lowered Ultra Clean from a “sell (d)” rating to a “sell (d-)” rating in a research report on Friday, August 7th. UBS Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Ultra Clean in a research note on Tuesday, August 4th. Needham & Company LLC boosted their price target on shares of Ultra Clean from $92.00 to $125.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 4th. Finally, Oppenheimer upped their price target on shares of Ultra Clean from $115.00 to $150.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 4th.

Insider Buying and Selling at Ultra Clean

In other Ultra Clean news, Director Emily M. Liggett sold 8,198 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $92.18, for a total value of $755,691.64. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 38,152 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,516,851.36. This represents a 17.69% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, General Counsel Paul Yoonku Cho sold 944 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 sale, the general counsel owned 22,941 shares in the company, valued at $2,050,237.17. The trade was a 3.95% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 39,329 shares of company stock valued at $3,540,599 in the last ninety days. Company insiders own 1.80% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Ultra Clean

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in UCTT. BlackRock Inc. bought a new stake in Ultra Clean during the 2nd quarter valued at $986,722,000. Invesco Ltd. grew its stake in shares of Ultra Clean by 63.1% in the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,399,834 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $86,118,000 after purchasing an additional 1,315,407 shares in the last quarter. Paradigm Capital Management Inc. NY bought a new position in shares of Ultra Clean in the second quarter worth $86,723,000. Cooper Creek Partners Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Ultra Clean in the first quarter worth $36,486,000. Finally, Millennium Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Ultra Clean by 944.8% during the fourth quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 559,955 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $14,184,000 after purchasing an additional 506,363 shares during the period. 96.06% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Ultra Clean Price Performance

UCTT opened at $87.88 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $3.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -169.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.91 and a beta of 1.88. Ultra Clean has a fifty-two week low of $21.49 and a fifty-two week high of $144.22. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $100.24 and its 200 day moving average price is $79.45. The company has a quick ratio of 1.25, a current ratio of 2.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.84.

Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) last issued its 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. Ultra Clean had a negative net margin of 1.07% and a positive return on equity of 6.99%. The firm had revenue of $644.90 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $587.65 million. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.27 earnings per share. Ultra Clean’s revenue was up 24.3% on a year-over-year basis. Ultra Clean has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.830-1.030 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect 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.