Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. $UCTT Shares Sold by AWM Investment Company Inc.

AWM Investment Company Inc. cut its holdings in Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:UCTT) by 33.1% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 140,440 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 69,477 shares during the quarter. AWM Investment Company Inc. owned approximately 0.31% of Ultra Clean worth $3,170,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of UCTT. Allworth Financial LP grew its holdings in Ultra Clean by 237.6% during the 2nd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 1,330 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $30,000 after buying an additional 936 shares during the last quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group acquired a new position in shares of Ultra Clean in the first quarter worth $33,000. AlphaQuest LLC lifted its position in shares of Ultra Clean by 1,321.9% in the first quarter. AlphaQuest LLC now owns 2,403 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $51,000 after acquiring an additional 2,234 shares in the last quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of Ultra Clean by 481.4% during the first quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 2,744 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $59,000 after acquiring an additional 2,272 shares during the last quarter. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC increased its position in Ultra Clean by 220.1% during the 2nd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 4,356 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $98,000 after purchasing an additional 2,995 shares in the last quarter. 96.06% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity at Ultra Clean

In other news, Director David T. Ibnale sold 23,500 shares of the company’s 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 completion of the sale, the director directly owned 45,241 shares in the company, valued at $1,204,767.83. This represents a 34.19% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. 1.90% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Ultra Clean Trading Down 7.2%

Shares of UCTT stock opened at $26.05 on Friday. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $26.67 and its 200-day simple moving average is $24.75. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60, a current ratio of 3.21 and a quick ratio of 1.91. Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. has a 1-year low of $16.66 and a 1-year high of $40.10. The firm has a market cap of $1.18 billion, a P/E ratio of -7.30, a PEG ratio of 1.08 and a beta of 1.94.

Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, October 28th. The semiconductor company reported $0.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.24 by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $510.00 million during 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 was down 5.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.35 earnings per share. Ultra Clean has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.110-0.310 EPS. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. will post 1.09 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

UCTT has been the subject of several analyst reports. TD Cowen boosted their target price on shares of Ultra Clean from $30.00 to $35.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 29th. Needham & Company LLC boosted 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. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d)” rating on shares of Ultra Clean in a research note on Monday. Finally, Oppenheimer restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Ultra Clean in a research report on Wednesday, October 29th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $33.33.

Ultra Clean Company Profile

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc develops and supplies critical subsystems, components and parts, and ultra-high purity cleaning and analytical services for the semiconductor industry in the United States and internationally. The company provides ultra-clean valves, high purity connectors, industrial process connectors and valves, pneumatic actuators, manifolds and safety solutions, hoses, pressure gauges, and gas line and component heaters; chemical delivery modules that deliver gases and reactive chemicals in a liquid or gaseous form from a centralized subsystem to the reaction chamber; and gas delivery systems, such as weldments, filters, mass flow controllers, regulators, pressure transducers and valves, component heaters, and an integrated electronic and/or pneumatic control system.