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CAMT vs. AMAT, FORM, KLAC, LRCX, MKSI, MTSI, NVMI, TER, VECO, and ONTO

Should you be buying Camtek stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Camtek include Applied Materials (AMAT), FormFactor (FORM), KLA (KLAC), Lam Research (LRCX), MKS (MKSI), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), Nova (NVMI), Teradyne (TER), Veeco Instruments (VECO), and Onto Innovation (ONTO). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

Camtek vs. Its Competitors

Camtek (NASDAQ:CAMT) and Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Camtek has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Applied Materials has a beta of 1.77, meaning that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Camtek has a net margin of 28.36% compared to Applied Materials' net margin of 23.88%. Applied Materials' return on equity of 40.96% beat Camtek's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Camtek28.36% 23.95% 14.98%
Applied Materials 23.88%40.96%22.99%

Camtek presently has a consensus price target of $96.10, suggesting a potential upside of 22.96%. Applied Materials has a consensus price target of $193.88, suggesting a potential upside of 21.78%. Given Camtek's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Camtek is more favorable than Applied Materials.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Camtek
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73
Applied Materials
1 Sell rating(s)
13 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.52

Applied Materials has higher revenue and earnings than Camtek. Applied Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Camtek, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Camtek$429.23M8.30$118.51M$2.7328.63
Applied Materials$27.18B4.67$7.18B$8.3918.98

41.9% of Camtek shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of Applied Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 79.4% of Camtek shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Applied Materials shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Applied Materials had 26 more articles in the media than Camtek. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Applied Materials and 10 mentions for Camtek. Applied Materials' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Camtek's score of 1.25 indicating that Applied Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Camtek
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Applied Materials
29 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Applied Materials beats Camtek on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CAMT vs. The Competition

MetricCamtekELEC MSRNG INST IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.57B$14.93B$30.14B$9.89B
Dividend YieldN/A0.27%3.16%4.49%
P/E Ratio28.6528.84418.8726.58
Price / Sales8.306.791,603.45162.32
Price / Cash27.7267.8034.3228.92
Price / Book5.696.339.206.52
Net Income$118.51M$297.53M$807.47M$266.21M
7 Day Performance-11.01%-4.20%-1.29%-0.96%
1 Month Performance-19.24%6.49%2.18%3.61%
1 Year Performance-6.47%46.66%24,024.39%24.03%

Camtek Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CAMT
Camtek
3.3652 of 5 stars
$78.16
+1.9%
$96.10
+23.0%
-6.6%$3.58B$429.23M28.75400News Coverage
Positive News
AMAT
Applied Materials
4.868 of 5 stars
$161.99
-0.3%
$193.88
+19.7%
-14.8%$129.45B$27.18B19.3135,700Positive News
FORM
FormFactor
3.8441 of 5 stars
$29.21
+0.2%
$38.29
+31.1%
-36.1%$2.25B$763.60M52.162,115
KLAC
KLA
4.5185 of 5 stars
$879.55
+1.1%
$890.59
+1.3%
+13.8%$114.84B$12.16B28.9415,200Positive News
Insider Trade
LRCX
Lam Research
4.3799 of 5 stars
$101.28
+1.2%
$107.30
+5.9%
+27.6%$126.66B$18.44B24.3519,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MKSI
MKS
4.8796 of 5 stars
$106.22
+0.9%
$119.80
+12.8%
-6.7%$7.07B$3.59B26.9610,200Positive News
Analyst Revision
MTSI
MACOM Technology Solutions
3.3885 of 5 stars
$126.69
+0.4%
$146.13
+15.3%
+32.9%$9.39B$729.58M-125.441,700Positive News
NVMI
Nova
2.454 of 5 stars
$254.78
+0.8%
$282.50
+10.9%
+19.4%$7.43B$672.40M34.664,149News Coverage
Positive News
TER
Teradyne
4.8187 of 5 stars
$117.07
+1.5%
$114.44
-2.2%
-3.9%$18.34B$2.82B36.376,500Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
VECO
Veeco Instruments
3.5413 of 5 stars
$24.97
-1.1%
$27.33
+9.5%
-26.7%$1.52B$717.30M24.481,231Positive News
ONTO
Onto Innovation
4.6838 of 5 stars
$108.34
-0.1%
$137.86
+27.2%
-45.1%$5.32B$987.32M26.821,551Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:CAMT) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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