Insider Selling: Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) Director Sells $755,691.64 in Stock

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:UCTT) Director Emily Liggett sold 8,198 shares of the stock in a transaction on 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 directly 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 legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink.

Ultra Clean Stock Down 2.0%

UCTT opened at $85.57 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $3.84 billion, a PE ratio of -19.95, a P/E/G ratio of 1.20 and a beta of 1.94. 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 52 week low of $18.93 and a 52 week high of $92.29. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $75.37 and its 200 day simple moving average is $51.98.

Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The semiconductor company reported $0.31 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.27 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $533.70 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $525.28 million. Ultra Clean had a positive return on equity of 4.28% and a negative net margin of 9.38%.The firm’s revenue was up 2.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.28 earnings per share. Ultra Clean has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.440-0.600 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. will post 2.04 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

UCTT has been the subject of several analyst reports. UBS Group initiated coverage on shares of Ultra Clean in a research report on Tuesday, May 5th. They set a “buy” rating and a $130.00 price target for the company. Craig Hallum restated a “buy” rating and set a $100.00 price target on shares of Ultra Clean in a research report on Tuesday, February 24th. TD Cowen upped their price target on shares of Ultra Clean from $70.00 to $100.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Oppenheimer upped their price target on shares of Ultra Clean from $85.00 to $100.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC lifted their target price on shares of Ultra Clean from $70.00 to $92.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, four have assigned a Buy rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Ultra Clean currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $104.40.

Institutional Trading of Ultra Clean

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of UCTT. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Ultra Clean by 148.9% in the third quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 926 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 554 shares during the last quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC grew its stake in shares of 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 during the last quarter. Danske Bank A S grew its stake in shares of Ultra Clean by 450.0% in the fourth quarter. Danske Bank A S now owns 1,100 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 900 shares during the last quarter. AdvisorNet Financial Inc bought a new stake in shares of Ultra Clean in the first quarter worth about $34,000. Finally, Smartleaf Asset Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Ultra Clean by 472.9% in the second quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 1,713 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $39,000 after purchasing an additional 1,414 shares during the last quarter. 96.06% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.