With 1.47 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.39 million shares. The 52-week range on UCTT shows that it touched its highest point at $56.47 and its lowest point at $23.03 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $48.00. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.15.
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 down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -8.22%, but this was down by -35.53% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -36.46% while six-month performance fell -36.36%. The stock lost -44.98% in the past year, while it has lost -33.88% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for UCTT yields 0.52 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.00. For the next quarter, that number is 0.31. This implies an EPS growth rate of 32.29% for this year and 57.35% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 45.10 million UCTT shares are outstanding with a float of 43.90 million shares on hand for trading.
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.
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 $1.43022 being high and $1.33006 being low. For UCTT, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.3825.
Summary of Insider Activity:
Insiders traded UCTT stock several times over the past three months with 0 Buys and 0 Sells. In these transactions, 0 shares were bought while 0 shares were sold. The number of buy transactions has remained unchanged to 0 while that of sell transactions has remained unmoved to 0 over the past year. The total number of shares bought during that period was 0 while 0 shares were sold.
