Y.D. More Investments Ltd increased its holdings in shares of Camtek Ltd. (NASDAQ:CAMT - Free Report) by 6.0% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 525,413 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after purchasing an additional 29,580 shares during the period. Camtek accounts for approximately 3.8% of Y.D. More Investments Ltd's holdings, making the stock its 6th largest position. Y.D. More Investments Ltd owned about 1.16% of Camtek worth $42,905,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Advisors Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Camtek by 78.8% in the 3rd quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 329 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 145 shares during the last quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp grew its position in Camtek by 1.6% in the third quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 9,561 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $755,000 after acquiring an additional 148 shares during the last quarter. Prentiss Smith & Co. Inc. raised its stake in Camtek by 10.8% during the fourth quarter. Prentiss Smith & Co. Inc. now owns 2,786 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $225,000 after acquiring an additional 272 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its holdings in shares of Camtek by 23,300.0% in the second quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 468 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $59,000 after acquiring an additional 466 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB acquired a new stake in shares of Camtek in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $53,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 41.93% of the company's stock.
Camtek Trading Down 5.5 %
NASDAQ CAMT traded down $4.99 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $86.32. 984,305 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 620,340. The firm has a market cap of $3.92 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 39.78, a PEG ratio of 1.43 and a beta of 1.34. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $86.24 and a 200 day simple moving average of $84.77. The company has a current ratio of 5.28, a quick ratio of 4.36 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38. Camtek Ltd. has a 1-year low of $69.83 and a 1-year high of $140.50.
Camtek (NASDAQ:CAMT - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November 12th. The semiconductor company reported $0.75 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.06. Camtek had a net margin of 26.53% and a return on equity of 24.21%. The company had revenue of $112.30 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $108.51 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.46 EPS. The company's quarterly revenue was up 39.5% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities analysts forecast that Camtek Ltd. will post 2.53 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
CAMT has been the subject of several research reports. Northland Securities increased their price objective on shares of Camtek from $102.00 to $120.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. Stifel Nicolaus reissued a "buy" rating and set a $105.00 price objective on shares of Camtek in a report on Thursday, December 12th. Needham & Company LLC restated a "buy" rating and set a $95.00 price objective on shares of Camtek in a research report on Wednesday, November 13th. StockNews.com upgraded Camtek from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 20th. Finally, Barclays reduced their price target on Camtek from $140.00 to $120.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Friday, January 17th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $112.44.
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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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