Stephens Inc. AR bought a new stake in Camtek Ltd. (NASDAQ:CAMT - Free Report) in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 6,632 shares of the semiconductor company's stock, valued at approximately $561,000.
A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in CAMT. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC boosted its position in shares of Camtek by 110.5% in the 1st quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 1,015,307 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $59,527,000 after purchasing an additional 532,944 shares during the period. Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd lifted its position in Camtek by 27.8% during the 1st quarter. Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd now owns 2,134,671 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $123,622,000 after acquiring an additional 464,671 shares during the period. Phoenix Financial Ltd. lifted its position in Camtek by 266.0% during the 1st quarter. Phoenix Financial Ltd. now owns 469,178 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $27,740,000 after acquiring an additional 341,000 shares during the period. Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. lifted its position in Camtek by 27.6% during the 1st quarter. Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. now owns 1,448,441 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $84,922,000 after acquiring an additional 312,988 shares during the period. Finally, First Wilshire Securities Management Inc. lifted its position in Camtek by 1,525.1% during the 1st quarter. First Wilshire Securities Management Inc. now owns 194,802 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $11,421,000 after acquiring an additional 182,815 shares during the period. 41.93% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
A number of analysts have weighed in on CAMT shares. Evercore ISI increased their price objective on Camtek from $82.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 6th. B. Riley increased their price objective on Camtek from $120.00 to $145.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, October 10th. Northland Securities set a $140.00 price objective on Camtek in a research report on Tuesday, October 7th. Needham & Company LLC raised their price target on Camtek from $80.00 to $98.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, August 5th. Finally, Oppenheimer initiated coverage on Camtek in a report on Wednesday, July 2nd. They issued an "outperform" rating and a $100.00 price target for the company. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $110.30.
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Camtek Stock Performance
NASDAQ CAMT opened at $119.15 on Friday. Camtek Ltd. has a 1-year low of $47.41 and a 1-year high of $127.08. The company has a market capitalization of $5.43 billion, a P/E ratio of 43.64, a PEG ratio of 3.01 and a beta of 1.39. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $99.17 and a 200 day moving average price of $84.33. 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 (NASDAQ:CAMT - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 5th. The semiconductor company reported $0.79 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.79. Camtek had a return on equity of 23.95% and a net margin of 28.36%.The firm had revenue of $123.32 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $121.57 million. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.66 EPS. Camtek's quarterly revenue was up 20.2% on a year-over-year basis. Camtek has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that Camtek Ltd. will post 2.93 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Camtek Company Profile
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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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