Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) Sets New 12-Month High – Time to Buy?

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:UCTT)’s stock price hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Wednesday . The stock traded as high as $40.43 and last traded at $40.18, with a volume of 943917 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $37.59.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on the company. Needham & Company LLC lifted their price target on Ultra Clean from $30.00 to $35.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 29th. Oppenheimer restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Ultra Clean in a report on Wednesday, October 29th. TD Cowen increased their price target on shares of Ultra Clean from $30.00 to $35.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 29th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d)” rating on shares of Ultra Clean in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $33.33.

Ultra Clean Price Performance

The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $27.53 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $26.32. The company has a quick ratio of 1.91, a current ratio of 3.21 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.99 billion, a P/E ratio of -12.25, a P/E/G ratio of 1.28 and a beta of 1.95.

Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 28th. The semiconductor company reported $0.28 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.24 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $510.00 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $505.23 million. Ultra Clean had a negative net margin of 7.66% and a positive return on equity of 5.15%. Ultra Clean’s revenue for the quarter was down 5.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.35 EPS. Ultra Clean has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.110-0.310 EPS. On average, analysts expect that Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. will post 1.09 EPS for the current year.

Insider Transactions at Ultra Clean

In other Ultra Clean news, Director David T. Ibnale sold 23,500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $26.63, for a total transaction of $625,805.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 45,241 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,204,767.83. This trade represents a 34.19% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 1.90% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Ultra Clean

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. SG Americas Securities LLC lifted its holdings in Ultra Clean by 902.9% in the fourth quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 126,043 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $3,193,000 after acquiring an additional 113,475 shares during the period. Goodman Financial Corp increased its position in shares of Ultra Clean by 3.7% during the 4th quarter. Goodman Financial Corp now owns 558,019 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $14,135,000 after purchasing an additional 20,011 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its stake in shares of Ultra Clean by 46.8% in the 4th quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 6,647 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $168,000 after purchasing an additional 2,119 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its holdings in shares of Ultra Clean by 90.6% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 589,055 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $16,052,000 after buying an additional 279,953 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Advisory Services Network LLC purchased a new position in shares of Ultra Clean in the third quarter worth approximately $45,000. Institutional investors own 96.06% of the company’s stock.

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.