Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) General Counsel Sells $173,780.00 in Stock

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:UCTT) General Counsel Paul Yoonku Cho sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $86.89, for a total value of $173,780.00. Following the transaction, the general counsel directly owned 15,844 shares in the company, valued at $1,376,685.16. The trade was a 11.21% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website.

Ultra Clean Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:UCTT opened at $86.38 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.72, a current ratio of 3.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.86. Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. has a twelve month low of $18.93 and a twelve month high of $88.37. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $69.28 and its 200-day moving average is $47.80. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -20.14, a PEG ratio of 1.19 and a beta of 1.94.

Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The semiconductor company reported $0.31 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.27 by $0.04. Ultra Clean had a positive return on equity of 4.28% and a negative net margin of 9.38%.The company had revenue of $533.70 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $525.28 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.28 earnings per share. Ultra Clean’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. Sell-side analysts forecast that Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. will post 2.04 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

UCTT has been the topic of a number of research reports. Zacks Research lowered Ultra Clean from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, April 24th. Craig Hallum reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $100.00 price target on shares of Ultra Clean in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. Oppenheimer upped their price target on Ultra Clean from $85.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. TD Cowen upped their price target on Ultra Clean from $70.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded Ultra Clean from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, May 2nd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, four have assigned a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $104.40.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Entropy Technologies LP bought a new position in Ultra Clean in the 1st quarter valued at $567,000. Gabelli Funds LLC grew its stake in Ultra Clean by 16.1% in the 1st quarter. Gabelli Funds LLC now owns 30,000 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,865,000 after purchasing an additional 4,153 shares during the period. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership bought a new position in Ultra Clean in the 1st quarter valued at $3,509,000. Caxton Associates LLP grew its stake in Ultra Clean by 32.8% in the 1st quarter. Caxton Associates LLP now owns 23,977 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,491,000 after purchasing an additional 5,922 shares during the period. Finally, Sei Investments Co. grew its stake in Ultra Clean by 774.8% in the 1st quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 77,983 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $4,849,000 after purchasing an additional 69,069 shares during the period. 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.