Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) Given "Sell (D-)" Rating at Weiss Ratings

Key Points

• Ultra Clean Holdings received a "Sell (D-)" rating from Weiss Ratings, indicating potential concerns about its financial performance.
• Needham & Company raised its target price for Ultra Clean from $26.00 to $30.00, maintaining a "buy" rating, while the overall consensus rating remains a "Moderate Buy."
• The company recently reported earnings of $0.27 per share, matching analyst expectations, with a revenue of $518.80 million, slightly surpassing their forecast.

Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT - Get Free Report)'s stock had its "sell (d-)" rating reissued by equities research analysts at Weiss Ratings in a note issued to investors on Wednesday,Weiss Ratings reports.

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

Ultra Clean Stock Performance

Shares of UCTT traded up $0.87 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $28.38. 359,033 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 414,995. The company has a quick ratio of 1.86, a current ratio of 3.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59. Ultra Clean has a twelve month low of $16.66 and a twelve month high of $41.84. The company has a market cap of $1.29 billion, a P/E ratio of -8.40, a PEG ratio of 1.08 and a beta of 2.14. The stock's 50 day simple moving average is $25.06 and its 200 day simple moving average is $22.79.

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

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Ultra Clean

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of Ultra Clean by 0.3% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,847,408 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $103,783,000 after purchasing an additional 12,180 shares during the period. Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC increased its position in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 808,277 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. lifted its position in Ultra Clean by 13.8% during the 2nd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 1,913,576 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $43,189,000 after acquiring an additional 231,901 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings 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 valued at $25,347,000 after buying an additional 44,041 shares during the period. Finally, Paradigm Capital Management Inc. NY boosted its position in shares of Ultra Clean by 15.2% during 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 last quarter. 96.06% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Ultra Clean

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.

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