NASDAQ:CAMT - Camtek Stock Price, Forecast & News

Camtek trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CAMT."

Camtek declared an annual dividend on Tuesday, August 6th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, August 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.17 per share on Wednesday, September 4th. This represents a yield of 1.9%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, August 20th. This is an increase from Camtek's previous annual dividend of $0.14. View Camtek's Dividend History.

Camtek LTD. (NASDAQ:CAMT) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 20th. The semiconductor company reported $0.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.11 by $0.03. The semiconductor company earned $33.20 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $32.50 million. Camtek had a return on equity of 16.52% and a net margin of 16.41%. The business's quarterly revenue was up .0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.17 earnings per share. View Camtek's Earnings History.

Camtek is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Camtek.

Camtek issued an update on its first quarter 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 20th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $33-34 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $33.05 million.

2 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Camtek's stock. Their forecasts range from $14.00 to $16.00. On average, they anticipate Camtek's share price to reach $15.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 36.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Camtek.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Camtek in the last year. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Camtek.

News stories about CAMT stock have been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Camtek earned a news sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the semiconductor company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Camtek.

Camtek saw a decrease in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 219,100 shares, a decrease of 16.7% from the January 15th total of 263,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 98,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.2 days. Approximately 1.0% of the company's stock are short sold. View Camtek's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Camtek include Topcon (TOPCF), Nova Measuring Instruments (NVMI), CyberOptics (CYBE), Perceptron (PRCP), Optex Systems Hldg InCorp (OPXS) and ProPhotonix (STKR).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Camtek investors own include Celadon Group (CGI), Highway (HIHO), Plug Power (PLUG), Calithera Biosciences (CALA), Evolus (EOLS), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Zumiez (ZUMZ), AT&T (T) and Verizon Communications (VZ).

Camtek's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Renaissance Technologies LLC (4.99%), Acadian Asset Management LLC (3.34%), Phoenix Holdings Ltd. (3.25%), Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. (2.44%), Royce & Associates LP (1.13%) and Noked Israel Ltd (0.56%).

CAMT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Phoenix Holdings Ltd., ARK Investment Management LLC and Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co. Ltd..

CAMT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Noked Israel Ltd, Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd., Cypress Capital Management LLC WY, Isthmus Partners LLC, Acadian Asset Management LLC, Royce & Associates LP, Marshall Wace LLP and Renaissance Technologies LLC.

Shares of CAMT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CAMT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $11.01.

Camtek has a market capitalization of $402.31 million and generates $134.02 million in revenue each year. The semiconductor company earns $21.99 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.54 on an earnings per share basis. View Additional Information About Camtek.

The official website for Camtek is http://www.camtek.com/.

Camtek's mailing address is RAMAT GAVRIEL INDUSTRIAL ZONE P.O. BOX 544, MIGDAL HAEMEK L3, 23150. The semiconductor company can be reached via phone at 972-4604-8100 or via email at [email protected]