FY2025 EPS Estimates for Camtek Cut by Cantor Fitzgerald

Camtek Ltd. (NASDAQ:CAMT - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald lowered their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Camtek in a report issued on Thursday, February 13th. Cantor Fitzgerald analyst M. Prisco now forecasts that the semiconductor company will post earnings per share of $2.95 for the year, down from their prior estimate of $3.03. Cantor Fitzgerald currently has a "Neutral" rating and a $100.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Camtek's current full-year earnings is $2.53 per share.

Several other equities analysts have also recently commented on CAMT. Northland Securities boosted their target price on shares of Camtek from $102.00 to $120.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. Stifel Nicolaus reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a $105.00 price target on shares of Camtek in a report on Thursday, December 12th. Barclays decreased their price target on shares of Camtek from $140.00 to $120.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Friday, January 17th. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a $110.00 price target on shares of Camtek in a report on Thursday, February 13th. Finally, StockNews.com raised shares of Camtek from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Wednesday, November 20th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $114.11.

Camtek Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:CAMT traded down $1.82 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $85.00. The stock had a trading volume of 673,752 shares, compared to its average volume of 629,124. The company's 50-day moving average price is $87.75 and its 200-day moving average price is $83.89. The company has a market capitalization of $3.86 billion, a P/E ratio of 39.17, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.43 and a beta of 1.34. The company has a quick ratio of 4.36, a current ratio of 5.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38. Camtek has a fifty-two week low of $69.83 and a fifty-two week high of $140.50.

Camtek (NASDAQ:CAMT - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 12th. The semiconductor company reported $0.68 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.74 by ($0.06). Camtek had a return on equity of 24.21% and a net margin of 26.53%.

Institutional Trading of Camtek

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Value Aligned Research Advisors LLC grew its position in Camtek by 3.2% during the fourth quarter. Value Aligned Research Advisors LLC now owns 229,583 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $18,543,000 after buying an additional 7,217 shares during the period. Palisades Investment Partners LLC raised its stake in Camtek by 9.8% in the fourth quarter. Palisades Investment Partners LLC now owns 64,709 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $5,227,000 after purchasing an additional 5,789 shares in the last quarter. USS Investment Management Ltd purchased a new stake in Camtek in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $1,619,000. Vident Advisory LLC raised its stake in shares of Camtek by 32.6% during the fourth quarter. Vident Advisory LLC now owns 6,411 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $518,000 after acquiring an additional 1,576 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sphera Management Technology Funds Ltd purchased a new position in shares of Camtek during the fourth quarter worth approximately $3,041,000. Institutional investors own 41.93% of the company's stock.

Camtek Company Profile

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.