With 0.3 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.4 million shares. During the session, the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials company that operates in wider Technology sector, reached to the highest price of $38.82 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $37.5. The 52-week range on UCTT shows that it touched its highest point at $56.47 and its lowest point at $31.38 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $57.75. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.09.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of UCTT was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 7.87%, but this was up by 1.84% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 1.04% while six-month performance fell -29.62%. The stock gained 19.47% in the past year, while it has gained 7.87% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for UCTT yields 0.07 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.77. For the next quarter, that number is 0.44. This implies an EPS growth rate of 146.87% for this year and 100.00% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 45.10 million UCTT shares are outstanding with a float of 43.87 million shares on hand for trading. On 2024-12-13, short shares totaled 1.18 million, which was 260.99999 higher than short shares on 1731628800. In addition to Mr. James P. Scholhamer as the firm’s CEO & Director, Ms. Sheri L. Savage serves as its CFO & Senior VP of Finance.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.91991997 of UCTT’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-09-27, UCTT reported revenue of $540400000.0 and operating income of $25200000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $41200000.0 and diluted EPS was -$0.05.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for UCTT since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With UCTT analysts setting a high price target of 70.0 and a low target of 44.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 57.75. Based on these targets, UCTT could surge 80.51% to reach the target high and rise by 13.46% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 48.92% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $1.47972 being high and $1.29579 being low. For UCTT, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.3825. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.63 and the low estimate is $0.51. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.55.
