Equities Analysts Issue Forecasts for Camtek FY2025 Earnings

Camtek Ltd. (NASDAQ:CAMT) – Stock analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald issued their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Camtek in a report issued on Tuesday, January 21st. Cantor Fitzgerald analyst M. Prisco anticipates that the semiconductor company will post earnings per share of $3.03 for the year. Cantor Fitzgerald has a “Neutral” rating and a $100.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Camtek’s current full-year earnings is $2.53 per share.

Other analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. Stifel Nicolaus reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $105.00 price objective on shares of Camtek in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $95.00 price target on shares of Camtek in a report on Wednesday, November 13th. StockNews.com raised shares of Camtek from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 20th. Northland Securities lifted their target price on shares of Camtek from $102.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. Finally, Barclays reduced their price target on Camtek from $140.00 to $120.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, January 17th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $112.44.

Camtek Stock Performance

Camtek stock opened at $107.14 on Wednesday. Camtek has a fifty-two week low of $69.83 and a fifty-two week high of $140.50. The company has a market capitalization of $4.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 49.37, a PEG ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 1.33. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $81.08 and a two-hundred day moving average of $87.34. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a quick ratio of 4.36 and a current ratio of 5.28.

Camtek (NASDAQ:CAMT) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November 12th. The semiconductor company reported $0.75 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.69 by $0.06. Camtek had a net margin of 26.53% and a return on equity of 24.21%. The business had revenue of $112.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $108.51 million. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.46 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 39.5% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd lifted its stake in shares of Camtek by 21.5% in the 3rd quarter. Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd now owns 1,515,452 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $121,734,000 after purchasing an additional 268,258 shares in the last quarter. Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. grew its stake in Camtek by 9.3% during the fourth quarter. Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. now owns 963,874 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $77,852,000 after buying an additional 81,709 shares during the period. Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. grew its stake in Camtek by 7.5% during the third quarter. Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. now owns 856,453 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $68,388,000 after buying an additional 60,088 shares during the period. Two Sigma Advisers LP raised its stake in shares of Camtek by 107.5% in the 3rd quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP now owns 720,700 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $57,548,000 after acquiring an additional 373,400 shares during the period. Finally, UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Camtek by 16.0% during the 3rd quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 486,606 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $38,855,000 after acquiring an additional 67,250 shares in the last quarter. 41.93% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other 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.