UCTT vs. FORM, ACLS, VECO, PLAB, COHU, PDFS, XPER, AXTI, RBCN, and AMAT
Should you be buying Ultra Clean stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ultra Clean include FormFactor (FORM), Axcelis Technologies (ACLS), Veeco Instruments (VECO), Photronics (PLAB), Cohu (COHU), PDF Solutions (PDFS), Xperi (XPER), AXT (AXTI), Rubicon Technology (RBCN), and Applied Materials (AMAT). These companies are all part of the "semiconductor equipment" industry.
Ultra Clean vs. Its Competitors
FormFactor (NASDAQ:FORM) and Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking and dividends.
In the previous week, Ultra Clean had 4 more articles in the media than FormFactor. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Ultra Clean and 6 mentions for FormFactor. FormFactor's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Ultra Clean's score of 1.06 indicating that FormFactor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
FormFactor has a net margin of 9.12% compared to Ultra Clean's net margin of 0.18%. FormFactor's return on equity of 5.93% beat Ultra Clean's return on equity.
FormFactor currently has a consensus target price of $42.71, suggesting a potential upside of 24.35%. Ultra Clean has a consensus target price of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 74.12%. Given Ultra Clean's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ultra Clean is more favorable than FormFactor.
98.8% of FormFactor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Ultra Clean shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of FormFactor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Ultra Clean shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
FormFactor has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ultra Clean has a beta of 2.05, suggesting that its stock price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500.
FormFactor has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ultra Clean. Ultra Clean is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FormFactor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ultra Clean received 28 more outperform votes than FormFactor when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.06% of users gave FormFactor an outperform vote while only 67.98% of users gave Ultra Clean an outperform vote.
Summary
FormFactor and Ultra Clean tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:UCTT) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
