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UCTT vs. ACLS, AEIS, AMAT, COHU, ICHR, KLAC, LRCX, MKSI, NXPI, and TER

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

Ultra Clean vs. Its Competitors

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

Axcelis Technologies has a net margin of 18.58% compared to Ultra Clean's net margin of 1.31%. Axcelis Technologies' return on equity of 18.55% beat Ultra Clean's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ultra Clean1.31% 5.50% 2.65%
Axcelis Technologies 18.58%18.55%13.78%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ultra Clean$2.10B0.52$23.70M$0.6238.94
Axcelis Technologies$1.02B2.24$200.99M$5.4612.99

96.1% of Ultra Clean shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Axcelis Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Ultra Clean shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Axcelis Technologies shares are held 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 currently has a consensus price target of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 53.27%. Axcelis Technologies has a consensus price target of $136.00, indicating a potential upside of 91.68%. Given Axcelis Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Axcelis Technologies is more favorable than Ultra Clean.

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
Axcelis Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29

Ultra Clean has a beta of 2.07, meaning that its share price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Axcelis Technologies has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Axcelis Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than Ultra Clean. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Axcelis Technologies and 2 mentions for Ultra Clean. Ultra Clean's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Axcelis Technologies' score of 0.34 indicating that Ultra Clean is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ultra Clean
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Axcelis Technologies
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Ultra Clean and Axcelis Technologies tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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 CleanELEC IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.14B$3.45B$27.79B$9.02B
Dividend YieldN/A1.54%3.13%4.08%
P/E Ratio38.9452.0236.8920.04
Price / Sales0.522.012,062.11108.84
Price / Cash8.8819.5634.7728.59
Price / Book1.161.767.245.55
Net Income$23.70M$86.21M$763.56M$248.49M
7 Day Performance1.43%0.45%1.59%4.87%
1 Month Performance16.51%9.58%5.16%6.63%
1 Year Performance-55.36%-37.00%52,288.96%20.38%

Ultra Clean Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UCTT
Ultra Clean
4.192 of 5 stars
$24.14
-4.4%
$37.00
+53.3%
-53.4%$1.14B$2.10B38.948,237Gap Down
ACLS
Axcelis Technologies
4.5462 of 5 stars
$69.69
flat
$136.00
+95.1%
-50.0%$2.24B$1.02B12.761,563
AEIS
Advanced Energy Industries
4.3078 of 5 stars
$132.50
+0.1%
$126.89
-4.2%
+28.3%$4.99B$1.48B68.3010,000Positive News
AMAT
Applied Materials
4.7693 of 5 stars
$183.07
-0.1%
$200.24
+9.4%
-21.4%$146.91B$28.09B22.2735,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast
COHU
Cohu
2.9602 of 5 stars
$19.24
-0.7%
$28.43
+47.8%
-41.0%$894.66M$401.78M-10.403,024Positive News
Gap Down
ICHR
Ichor
4.5222 of 5 stars
$19.64
+0.7%
$34.00
+73.1%
-45.9%$670.12M$892.12M-40.922,380
KLAC
KLA
4.5934 of 5 stars
$895.74
+0.7%
$815.39
-9.0%
+6.7%$118.45B$9.81B32.5615,230Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
LRCX
Lam Research
4.5138 of 5 stars
$97.34
+0.1%
$93.97
-3.5%
-9.8%$124.51B$14.91B27.1317,450Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MKSI
MKS
4.7279 of 5 stars
$99.36
-0.8%
$130.82
+31.7%
-23.8%$6.70B$3.59B29.6610,200News Coverage
Insider Trade
NXPI
NXP Semiconductors
4.9706 of 5 stars
$218.49
+0.7%
$244.78
+12.0%
-17.4%$55.20B$12.61B23.8034,500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TER
Teradyne
4.9499 of 5 stars
$89.92
-0.5%
$114.33
+27.2%
-40.1%$14.42B$2.82B25.406,500Options Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:UCTT) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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