Calamos Advisors LLC Purchases New Position in Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. $UCTT

Calamos Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:UCTT) in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm purchased 89,869 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,588,000.

Several other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Goodman Financial Corp raised its holdings in Ultra Clean by 3.7% during the 4th quarter. Goodman Financial Corp now owns 558,019 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $14,135,000 after buying an additional 20,011 shares during the period. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH purchased a new position in Ultra Clean during the fourth quarter worth $564,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in Ultra Clean by 90.6% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 589,055 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $16,052,000 after acquiring an additional 279,953 shares during the last quarter. Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC bought a new position in Ultra Clean during the first quarter valued at $710,000. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC raised its stake in shares of Ultra Clean by 902.9% in the fourth quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 126,043 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $3,193,000 after acquiring an additional 113,475 shares during the period. 96.06% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Ultra Clean news, CFO Sheri Savage sold 15,766 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $89.47, for a total transaction of $1,410,584.02. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 50,710 shares in the company, valued at $4,537,023.70. This trade represents a 23.72% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Emily M. Liggett sold 8,198 shares of Ultra Clean stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $92.18, for a total value of $755,691.64. Following the sale, the director directly owned 38,152 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,516,851.36. This trade represents a 17.69% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 80,106 shares of company stock valued at $6,734,589 over the last 90 days. 1.80% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on UCTT shares. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Ultra Clean from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 7th. Needham & Company LLC upped their price target on shares of Ultra Clean from $70.00 to $92.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. TD Cowen increased their price objective on shares of Ultra Clean from $100.00 to $130.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 9th. Zacks Research raised shares of Ultra Clean from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, May 25th. Finally, Oppenheimer raised their price objective on shares of Ultra Clean from $100.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 9th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, four have assigned a Buy rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $113.40.

Ultra Clean Price Performance

Shares of UCTT stock opened at $102.11 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.86, a current ratio of 3.07 and a quick ratio of 1.72. The company has a market capitalization of $4.58 billion, a P/E ratio of -23.80, a P/E/G ratio of 1.39 and a beta of 1.83. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $98.82 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $71.04. Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. has a one year low of $21.28 and a one year high of $144.22.

Ultra Clean (NASDAQ:UCTT) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The semiconductor company reported $0.31 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.27 by $0.04. Ultra Clean had a negative net margin of 9.38% and a positive return on equity of 4.28%. The firm had revenue of $533.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $525.28 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.28 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 2.9% on a year-over-year basis. Ultra Clean has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.440-0.600 EPS. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. will post 2.14 EPS for the current year.

Ultra Clean Company Profile

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc is a global supplier of critical consumables and process tools for the semiconductor manufacturing industry. The company specializes in precision parts cleaning, chemical–mechanical planarization (CMP) slurries, surface conditioning pads, and specialty components used in wafer fabrication and advanced packaging. Ultra Clean also provides assembly and test hardware, tooling, and automated modules designed to support complex front-end and back-end processes in semiconductor fabs.

Ultra Clean’s product portfolio encompasses a range of cleaning systems and consumables aimed at particle and film removal, as well as CMP slurries and pads that are engineered for uniform material removal and planarization.