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UCTT vs. AEIS, AMAT, COHU, ICHR, KLAC, KLIC, LRCX, MKSI, NXPI, and ONTO

Should you be buying Ultra Clean stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ultra Clean include Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), Applied Materials (AMAT), Cohu (COHU), Ichor (ICHR), KLA (KLAC), Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC), Lam Research (LRCX), MKS (MKSI), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), and Onto Innovation (ONTO). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

Ultra Clean vs. Its Competitors

Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) and Advanced Energy Industries (NASDAQ:AEIS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and dividends.

Advanced Energy Industries has a net margin of 5.13% compared to Ultra Clean's net margin of -7.15%. Advanced Energy Industries' return on equity of 12.38% beat Ultra Clean's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ultra Clean-7.15% 5.32% 2.54%
Advanced Energy Industries 5.13%12.38%6.58%

Ultra Clean has a beta of 2.14, meaning that its share price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advanced Energy Industries has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Advanced Energy Industries had 6 more articles in the media than Ultra Clean. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Advanced Energy Industries and 4 mentions for Ultra Clean. Advanced Energy Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Ultra Clean's score of 1.30 indicating that Advanced Energy Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ultra Clean
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Advanced Energy Industries
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

96.1% of Ultra Clean shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Ultra Clean shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Ultra Clean presently has a consensus price target of $30.67, suggesting a potential upside of 2.26%. Advanced Energy Industries has a consensus price target of $154.44, suggesting a potential downside of 23.77%. Given Ultra Clean's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Ultra Clean is more favorable than Advanced Energy Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ultra Clean
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Advanced Energy Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82

Advanced Energy Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ultra Clean. Ultra Clean is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advanced Energy Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ultra Clean$2.10B0.65$23.70M-$3.38-8.87
Advanced Energy Industries$1.48B5.16$54.21M$2.2191.68

Summary

Advanced Energy Industries beats Ultra Clean on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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UCTT vs. The Competition

MetricUltra CleanELEC IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.36B$3.84B$33.67B$10.81B
Dividend YieldN/A1.34%3.18%4.81%
P/E Ratio-8.87122.51105.6630.91
Price / Sales0.652.361,292.14133.93
Price / Cash10.5425.2038.6161.86
Price / Book1.452.087.626.61
Net Income$23.70M$86.21M$820.47M$277.10M
7 Day Performance4.28%2.27%2.47%2.57%
1 Month Performance11.20%3.65%3.63%3.79%
1 Year Performance-15.73%0.60%24,146.25%33.01%

Ultra Clean Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UCTT
Ultra Clean
1.9046 of 5 stars
$29.99
+0.4%
$30.67
+2.3%
-14.5%$1.36B$2.10B-8.878,237Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
AEIS
Advanced Energy Industries
4.3833 of 5 stars
$182.15
+7.4%
$154.44
-15.2%
+88.7%$6.40B$1.48B82.4210,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AMAT
Applied Materials
4.3769 of 5 stars
$219.48
+4.5%
$204.54
-6.8%
+24.5%$167.26B$27.18B26.1635,700Trending News
Analyst Forecast
COHU
Cohu
1.4878 of 5 stars
$21.28
+6.7%
$27.17
+27.7%
-9.4%$930.83M$401.78M-11.383,024News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
ICHR
Ichor
2.848 of 5 stars
$20.47
+11.9%
$23.80
+16.3%
-16.7%$627.85M$849.04M-33.562,380Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
KLAC
KLA
4.7063 of 5 stars
$1,025.00
+4.3%
$979.89
-4.4%
+77.6%$129.41B$12.16B33.7315,200Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
KLIC
Kulicke and Soffa Industries
3.4147 of 5 stars
$40.04
+4.9%
$42.00
+4.9%
-5.7%$1.99B$706.23M500.502,746News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
LRCX
Lam Research
4.5034 of 5 stars
$137.81
+4.9%
$122.00
-11.5%
+98.1%$165.66B$18.44B33.1319,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
MKSI
MKS
4.6134 of 5 stars
$133.03
+9.7%
$127.80
-3.9%
+43.8%$8.14B$3.59B33.7610,200Analyst Forecast
NXPI
NXP Semiconductors
4.772 of 5 stars
$216.70
+5.5%
$257.06
+18.6%
-8.3%$51.78B$12.61B25.8333,100Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
ONTO
Onto Innovation
4.1548 of 5 stars
$130.18
+7.3%
$141.43
+8.6%
-33.6%$5.95B$987.32M32.221,551News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:UCTT) was last updated on 10/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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