Brokerages Set Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:UCTT) Target Price at $81.25

Shares of Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:UCTT) have been assigned a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the five brokerages that are covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation and four have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 12 month target price among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $81.25.

UCTT has been the topic of several recent research reports. Needham & Company LLC boosted their price objective on shares of Ultra Clean from $50.00 to $70.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (d)” rating on shares of Ultra Clean in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Craig Hallum reissued a “buy” rating and set a $100.00 price target on shares of Ultra Clean in a report on Tuesday. Oppenheimer lifted their price objective on Ultra Clean from $35.00 to $85.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday. Finally, TD Cowen boosted their target price on Ultra Clean from $35.00 to $70.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Ultra Clean news, Director David T. Ibnale sold 23,500 shares of the stock in a transaction on 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 transaction, the director owned 45,241 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,204,767.83. This represents a 34.19% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. 1.90% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Ultra Clean

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in UCTT. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Ultra Clean by 6.2% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,990,724 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $126,415,000 after purchasing an additional 293,048 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. increased its holdings in Ultra Clean by 63.1% in the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,399,834 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $86,118,000 after buying an additional 1,315,407 shares in the last quarter. Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC increased its holdings in Ultra Clean by 41.5% in the second quarter. Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC now owns 2,754,163 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $62,161,000 after buying an additional 808,277 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp lifted its position in shares of Ultra Clean by 5.0% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,852,482 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $46,923,000 after acquiring an additional 87,931 shares during the period. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Ultra Clean by 4.1% during the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,122,908 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $25,347,000 after acquiring an additional 44,041 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 96.06% of the company’s stock.

Ultra Clean Stock Down 11.7%

UCTT opened at $59.47 on Tuesday. Ultra Clean has a 52 week low of $16.66 and a 52 week high of $73.80. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $42.70 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $31.79. The company has a quick ratio of 1.91, a current ratio of 3.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60. The company has a market cap of $2.71 billion, a PE ratio of -14.87, a P/E/G ratio of 1.98 and a beta of 2.02.

Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) last announced its earnings results on Monday, February 23rd. The semiconductor company reported $0.22 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.23 by ($0.01). Ultra Clean had a negative net margin of 8.82% and a positive return on equity of 3.88%. The company had revenue of $506.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $503.34 million. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.51 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 10.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Ultra Clean has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.180-0.340 EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Ultra Clean will post 1.09 EPS for the current year.

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.