AWM Investment Company Inc. Raises Stock Position in Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. $UCTT

Key Points

• AWM Investment Company Inc. has increased its stake in Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. by 13.5%, acquiring an additional 25,000 shares during the first quarter, bringing its total ownership to 209,917 shares valued at approximately $4.5 million.
• Multiple hedge funds have also increased their holdings in Ultra Clean, with Shapiro Capital Management LLC boosting its stake by 66.8% and holding nearly 2.75 million shares worth about $98.7 million.
• Analysts have a buy rating for Ultra Clean, with Needham & Company raising its price target from $26.00 to $30.00, and the company's current market capitalization is approximately $1.08 billion.

AWM Investment Company Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:UCTT - Free Report) by 13.5% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 209,917 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after purchasing an additional 25,000 shares during the period. AWM Investment Company Inc. owned about 0.46% of Ultra Clean worth $4,494,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. EP Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in Ultra Clean in the first quarter worth approximately $205,000. Royal Bank of Canada raised its position in Ultra Clean by 35.8% in the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 25,926 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $555,000 after acquiring an additional 6,841 shares during the period. Paradigm Capital Management Inc. NY raised its position in Ultra Clean by 15.2% in the first quarter. Paradigm Capital Management Inc. NY now owns 758,200 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $16,233,000 after acquiring an additional 100,000 shares during the period. Ieq Capital LLC bought a new position in Ultra Clean in the first quarter worth approximately $231,000. Finally, Keeley Teton Advisors LLC raised its position in Ultra Clean by 62.5% in the first quarter. Keeley Teton Advisors LLC now owns 17,729 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $380,000 after acquiring an additional 6,821 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 96.06% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Needham & Company LLC increased their price target on shares of Ultra Clean from $26.00 to $30.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 29th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of $30.67.

Ultra Clean Price Performance

UCTT traded up $0.08 during trading on Monday, hitting $24.46. 93,861 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 517,525. The company has a market cap of $1.11 billion, a PE ratio of -7.23, a P/E/G ratio of 0.95 and a beta of 2.14. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is $23.83 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $22.53. Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. has a 1 year low of $16.66 and a 1 year high of $41.90. The company has a current ratio of 3.06, a quick ratio of 1.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59.

Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Monday, July 28th. The semiconductor company reported $0.27 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.27. The company had revenue of $518.80 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $500.83 million. Ultra Clean had a negative net margin of 7.15% and a positive return on equity of 5.32%. Ultra Clean's quarterly revenue was up .5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.32 earnings per share. Ultra Clean has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.140-0.340 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. will post 1.09 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Ultra Clean 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.