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Ultra Clean (UCTT) Competitors

$27.69
+0.99 (+3.71%)
(As of 10:04 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$27.25
$27.79
50-Day Range
$23.23
$29.67
52-Week Range
$22.15
$40.80
Volume
8,253 shs
Average Volume
270,404 shs
Market Capitalization
$1.24 billion
P/E Ratio
25.58
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$48.33

UCTT vs. PLAB, NVTS, INDI, SMTC, HIMX, IMOS, MXL, SGH, ICHR, and LASR

Should you be buying Ultra Clean stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ultra Clean include Photronics (PLAB), Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS), indie Semiconductor (INDI), Semtech (SMTC), Himax Technologies (HIMX), ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (IMOS), MaxLinear (MXL), SMART Global (SGH), Ichor (ICHR), and nLIGHT (LASR). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.

Ultra Clean vs.

Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) and Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.

83.6% of Ultra Clean shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.4% of Photronics shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Ultra Clean shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Photronics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Photronics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ultra Clean.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ultra Clean$2.37B0.50$40.40MN/AN/A
Photronics$824.55M1.60$118.79M$1.9211.00

In the previous week, Ultra Clean and Ultra Clean both had 2 articles in the media. Photronics' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Ultra Clean's score of -0.32 indicating that Photronics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ultra Clean
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Photronics
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ultra Clean has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Photronics has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ultra Clean presently has a consensus price target of $48.33, indicating a potential upside of 81.02%. Photronics has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.57%. Given Ultra Clean's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Ultra Clean is more favorable than Photronics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ultra Clean
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Photronics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Ultra Clean received 129 more outperform votes than Photronics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.50% of users gave Ultra Clean an outperform vote while only 66.36% of users gave Photronics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Ultra CleanOutperform Votes
484
67.50%
Underperform Votes
233
32.50%
PhotronicsOutperform Votes
355
66.36%
Underperform Votes
180
33.64%

Photronics has a net margin of 13.48% compared to Ultra Clean's net margin of 0.03%. Photronics' return on equity of 10.72% beat Ultra Clean's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ultra Clean0.03% 5.31% 2.59%
Photronics 13.48%10.72%8.82%

Summary

Ultra Clean beats Photronics on 9 of the 16 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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UCTT vs. The Competition

MetricUltra CleanSemiconductors & related devices IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.22B$29.37B$16.50B$6.70B
Dividend YieldN/A2.48%2.81%6.96%
P/E Ratio25.5842.07263.5413.53
Price / Sales0.5013.49504.3076.10
Price / Cash5.1619.0728.7822.84
Price / Book1.345.428.664.47
Net Income$40.40M$897.73M$521.78M$176.27M
7 Day Performance0.38%0.77%0.86%1.15%
1 Month Performance12.75%8.18%14.89%9.57%
1 Year Performance-19.82%-0.50%13.99%2.60%

Ultra Clean Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PLAB
Photronics
1.7349 of 5 stars
$21.12
-2.2%
$21.00
-0.6%
+13.2%$1.32B$824.55M11.001,828Gap Up
NVTS
Navitas Semiconductor
2.2714 of 5 stars
$7.09
+1.7%
$9.98
+40.8%
+70.8%$1.27B$37.94M-9.58230Positive News
High Trading Volume
INDI
indie Semiconductor
1.9065 of 5 stars
$7.18
+0.3%
$13.92
+93.8%
-8.7%$1.29B$110.80M-7.89600Short Interest ↑
SMTC
Semtech
2.4275 of 5 stars
$16.40
+0.1%
$34.33
+109.3%
-43.7%$1.05B$756.53M-2.392,248Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
HIMX
Himax Technologies
2.2265 of 5 stars
$5.91
+0.3%
$8.00
+35.4%
-17.2%$1.03B$1.20B14.782,181Positive News
IMOS
ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES
2.3506 of 5 stars
$25.46
+2.0%
N/A+20.2%$925.73M$789.40M18.455,290Short Interest ↓
Positive News
MXL
MaxLinear
2.1169 of 5 stars
$18.10
+1.5%
$26.36
+45.7%
-48.2%$1.48B$1.12B-452.391,368
SGH
SMART Global
2.1829 of 5 stars
$16.62
+0.2%
$29.40
+76.9%
+1.4%$862.91M$1.44B-4.763,000Positive News
ICHR
Ichor
2.3664 of 5 stars
$26.25
-1.2%
$37.83
+44.1%
-1.7%$771.23M$1.28B-45.262,980
LASR
nLIGHT
1.4228 of 5 stars
$13.49
+4.2%
$14.67
+8.7%
+30.8%$629.79M$214.71M-12.041,100Analyst Report
News Coverage
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:UCTT) was last updated on 11/29/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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