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

Farther Finance Advisors LLC lowered its holdings in shares of Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:UCTT) by 74.4% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund 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 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of UCTT. Wedge Capital Management L L P NC purchased a new position in shares of Ultra Clean during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $3,174,000. Osaic Holdings Inc. grew its holdings in Ultra Clean by 312.6% during the 2nd quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 23,092 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $521,000 after buying an additional 17,495 shares during the last quarter. Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC purchased a new position in Ultra Clean during the second quarter worth $2,137,000. Pitcairn Co. raised its holdings in shares of Ultra Clean by 3.3% in the second quarter. Pitcairn Co. now owns 16,396 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $370,000 after acquiring an additional 523 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Public Sector Pension Investment Board lifted its position in shares of Ultra Clean by 7.7% in the second quarter. Public Sector Pension Investment Board now owns 153,895 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $3,473,000 after acquiring an additional 11,047 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 96.06% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms recently commented on UCTT. Needham & Company LLC lifted their price objective on Ultra Clean from $30.00 to $35.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 29th. Oppenheimer reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Ultra Clean in a report on Wednesday, October 29th. TD Cowen 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 note on Wednesday, October 29th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d)” rating on shares of Ultra Clean in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Ultra Clean presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $33.33.

Ultra Clean Stock Performance

Shares of UCTT stock opened at $33.44 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60, a quick ratio of 1.91 and a current ratio of 3.21. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -9.37, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.94 and a beta of 1.95. Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. has a one year low of $16.66 and a one year high of $40.10. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $25.94 and a 200 day moving average price of $25.55.

Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 28th. The semiconductor company reported $0.28 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.24 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $510.00 million for 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%. Ultra Clean’s revenue for the quarter was down 5.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.35 EPS. Ultra Clean has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.110-0.310 EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. will post 1.09 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director David T. Ibnale sold 23,500 shares of the firm’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 transaction, the director directly owned 45,241 shares in the company, valued at $1,204,767.83. This trade represents a 34.19% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. 1.90% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Ultra Clean Company 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.