Camtek's (CAMT) "Hold (C)" Rating Reiterated at Weiss Ratings

Key Points

• Camtek's stock received a "hold (C)" rating from Weiss Ratings, while other analysts maintain a more positive outlook with ratings of "buy" or "outperform."
• The company's shares have experienced a 4.8% increase, trading at $117.09, with a market capitalization of $5.34 billion.
• For its most recent quarter, Camtek reported earnings of $0.79 EPS, meeting analysts' expectations, and a revenue increase of 20.2% year-over-year.

Camtek (NASDAQ:CAMT - Get Free Report)'s stock had its "hold (c)" rating restated by Weiss Ratings in a report issued on Wednesday,Weiss Ratings reports.

Other research analysts have also issued research reports about the stock. Jefferies Financial Group set a $105.00 target price on shares of Camtek and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 5th. Oppenheimer assumed coverage on shares of Camtek in a research report on Wednesday, July 2nd. They set an "outperform" rating and a $100.00 price objective for the company. Evercore ISI upped their price objective on shares of Camtek from $82.00 to $100.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 6th. Needham & Company LLC upped their price objective on shares of Camtek from $80.00 to $98.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 5th. Finally, Bank of America lowered shares of Camtek from a "buy" rating to a "neutral" rating and set a $95.00 price objective for the company. in a research report on Wednesday, August 6th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Camtek has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $99.60.

Camtek Stock Up 4.8%

Shares of CAMT stock traded up $5.31 on Wednesday, hitting $117.09. The company's stock had a trading volume of 739,165 shares, compared to its average volume of 478,858. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.32, a current ratio of 5.41 and a quick ratio of 4.38. Camtek has a fifty-two week low of $47.41 and a fifty-two week high of $119.26. The firm's fifty day moving average price is $91.62 and its 200-day moving average price is $79.16. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 42.89, a P/E/G ratio of 3.03 and a beta of 1.39.

Camtek (NASDAQ:CAMT - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 5th. The semiconductor company reported $0.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.79. Camtek had a net margin of 28.36% and a return on equity of 23.95%. The business had revenue of $123.32 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $121.57 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.66 EPS. Camtek's quarterly revenue was up 20.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Camtek has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Research analysts anticipate that Camtek will post 2.93 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Trading of Camtek

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in CAMT. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. bought a new stake in Camtek during the first quarter worth about $1,055,000. Blue Trust Inc. lifted its position in shares of Camtek by 9.0% during the first quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 4,237 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $248,000 after purchasing an additional 351 shares in the last quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Camtek during the first quarter worth approximately $1,101,000. HBK Sorce Advisory LLC lifted its position in shares of Camtek by 9.8% during the first quarter. HBK Sorce Advisory LLC now owns 8,524 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $500,000 after purchasing an additional 759 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. lifted its position in shares of Camtek by 1.7% during the first quarter. Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. now owns 980,074 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $57,462,000 after purchasing an additional 16,200 shares in the last quarter. 41.93% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

About Camtek

Camtek Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and sells inspection and metrology equipment for semiconductor industry. The company provides Eagle-i, a system that delivers 2D inspection and metrology capabilities; Eagle-AP, which addresses the advanced packaging market using software and hardware technologies that deliver superior 2D and 3D inspection and metrology capabilities on the same platform; and Golden Eagle, a panel inspection and metrology system to address the challenges fanout wafer level packaging applications.

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