Ultratech, Inc. (UTEK)

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Good grief how can this maintain their lofty valuations? Very little upside but huge downside potential.

P/E of 60?? I'd be very surprised if they can actually grow at that rate, there hasn't been any clear growth trend in the past yrs/quarters. Wayyy overpriced.

pile o crap

Possible future growth is overpriced into the stock.

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Recent developements have caused me to think that they have finally found their niche and streamlined their production

ridiculous P/E. Unsustainable

I simply used the screener to identify 1-star companies with the highest 52-week gain. The 1-star rating should mean they are bad companies and the 52-week gain should mean they are overpriced. We’ll see how it works!

bad management

If it keeps making its comback at this rate I will be in the money. They got off to a slow start but looks to me like they have that behind them and its straight up from here.

This stock is going gangbusters. No specific news, but given the general economy, it is startling how much it has risen since the beginning of April. Looking into what the latest inside trades that have happened over the past quarter.

Look at the PE and share price down

6

Connected to Xethanol... a dead penny stock. Cuban shorted both of them... this one is dead too soon enough.

bad smell

A recent softball interview by their CEO had him claiming that ultratech was once ahead of its time. By being an American company based in high paying silicon valley, they went after the low end of the market early on. When their customers were paying anything for technology UT was trying to minimize revinue by being the low cost supplier.
Several VPs and their president have left within the past year or so, and one can only wonder if they were fed up working for such a incompetent CEO.

On the up side the CEO is old, maybe he'll be forced out and replaced with someone who can make money.

great fundamentals, expected 2000% growth next year..

The major impediment Ultratech, Inc (UTEK) suffers from is operating in niche markets that are susceptible to entry by firms with much greater scale and resources. Otherwise, Ultratech envisages an upside potential, with hefty cash and sound financial position to weather the downturns of the chip equipment industry.

UTEK primarily manufactures and markets photolithography and laser thermal processing equipment for manufacturers of integrated circuits and nanotechnology components. With operations spread across all over, Ultratech now holds more than 80% share in the advanced packaging lithography industry and is strategically moving away from its traditional business as a supplier of photolithography tools.

Advanced packaging is an emerging area and offers enough opportunities to cherish in the electronics market. Endorsing the same, Ultratech has concentrated its business in two niche markets, advanced packaging lithography and laser processing, which are expected to grow at a rate of over 25% over the next several years. Likewise, as the trend toward faster and smaller electronic devices continues, UTEK is likely to garner the maximum.

With 12 years of research expenses on its laser-processing tool, Ultratech has built up a strong patent portfolio for its product, giving it an edge over its competitors. Going forward, the company believes that its laser-processing product will be the major growth engine, thereby boosting its revenues by double-digit growth rate in 2007. With improved manufacturing and installation efficiencies, supported by aggressive cost-cutting measures, profit margins of the company are likely to see an increase in the coming years.

As advanced packaging market is in infant stage, UTEK is strategically focusing on the same. With international operations contributing significantly to its top-line, the increased demand from emerging economies portrays a positive operating environment for the company, going ahead.