Farther Finance Advisors LLC Decreases Stock Holdings in Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. $UCTT

Farther Finance Advisors LLC lessened its holdings in Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:UCTT) by 74.4% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 5,183 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 15,076 shares during the period. Farther Finance Advisors LLC’s holdings in Ultra Clean were worth $141,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in UCTT. Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC increased its holdings in Ultra Clean by 41.5% in the 2nd quarter. Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC now owns 2,754,163 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $62,161,000 after purchasing an additional 808,277 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. boosted its position in shares of Ultra Clean by 13.8% in the second quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 1,913,576 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $43,189,000 after buying an additional 231,901 shares during the period. BNP Paribas Financial Markets grew its stake in shares of Ultra Clean by 360.3% in the second quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 271,843 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $6,135,000 after buying an additional 212,791 shares in the last quarter. Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Ultra Clean during the 2nd quarter valued at about $4,347,000. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its position in Ultra Clean by 61.3% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 452,335 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $10,209,000 after acquiring an additional 171,947 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 96.06% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director David T. Ibnale sold 23,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $26.63, for a total value of $625,805.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 45,241 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,204,767.83. The trade was a 34.19% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Company insiders own 1.90% of the company’s stock.

Ultra Clean Stock Up 5.3%

Shares of NASDAQ:UCTT opened at $33.44 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $1.52 billion, a PE ratio of -9.37, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.94 and a beta of 1.95. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $25.94 and a 200 day simple moving average of $25.55. The company has a current ratio of 3.21, a quick ratio of 1.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60. Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. has a 12-month low of $16.66 and a 12-month high of $40.10.

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

UCTT has been the subject of several recent research reports. TD Cowen increased their price objective on shares of 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 research note on Wednesday, October 29th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d)” rating on shares of Ultra Clean in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC upped their price objective on shares of Ultra Clean from $30.00 to $35.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 29th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued 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 $33.33.

Ultra Clean 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.