AWM Investment Company Inc. Purchases 25,000 Shares of Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. $UCTT

AWM Investment Company Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:UCTT) by 13.5% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 209,917 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 25,000 shares during the quarter. AWM Investment Company Inc. owned 0.46% of Ultra Clean worth $4,494,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Shapiro Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Ultra Clean by 66.8% in the 4th quarter. Shapiro Capital Management LLC now owns 2,746,482 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $98,736,000 after buying an additional 1,099,899 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of Ultra Clean by 62.9% during the first quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 1,681,675 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $36,005,000 after purchasing an additional 649,642 shares during the period. Nuveen LLC purchased a new stake in Ultra Clean in the first quarter worth about $6,893,000. Nuveen Asset Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Ultra Clean by 41.3% during the fourth quarter. Nuveen Asset Management LLC now owns 714,504 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $25,686,000 after purchasing an additional 208,910 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Paradigm Capital Management Inc. NY boosted its holdings 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 purchasing an additional 100,000 shares during the last quarter. 96.06% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, General Counsel Paul Yoonku Cho sold 4,084 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, June 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $21.06, for a total value of $86,009.04. Following the transaction, the general counsel owned 23,345 shares in the company, valued at approximately $491,645.70. This represents a 14.89% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Corporate insiders own 1.90% of the company’s stock.

Ultra Clean Trading Down 1.1%

NASDAQ UCTT opened at $23.76 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $1.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -7.03, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.94 and a beta of 2.14. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $23.75 and its 200 day moving average price is $22.94. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a current ratio of 3.06 and a quick ratio of 1.86. Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. has a 12 month low of $16.66 and a 12 month high of $41.90.

Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) 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 firm had revenue of $518.80 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $500.83 million. Ultra Clean had a negative net margin of 7.15% and a positive return on equity of 5.32%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up .5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.32 EPS. Ultra Clean has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.140-0.340 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts expect 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.