Camtek (CAMT) Competitors

Camtek (NASDAQ:CAMT) and Avantor (NYSE:AVTR) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CAMT or AVTR?

41.9% of Camtek shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of Avantor shares are owned by institutional investors. 79.4% of Camtek shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Avantor shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer CAMT or AVTR?

Camtek currently has a consensus price target of $114.11, suggesting a potential upside of 81.22%. Avantor has a consensus price target of $25.50, suggesting a potential upside of 57.72%. Given Camtek's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Camtek is more favorable than Avantor.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Camtek	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Avantor	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77

Is CAMT or AVTR more profitable?

Camtek has a net margin of 27.61% compared to Avantor's net margin of 10.49%. Camtek's return on equity of 24.99% beat Avantor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Camtek	27.61%	24.99%	14.81%
Avantor	10.49%	12.17%	5.38%

Does the media prefer CAMT or AVTR?

In the previous week, Avantor had 7 more articles in the media than Camtek. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Avantor and 7 mentions for Camtek. Avantor's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Camtek's score of 0.68 indicating that Avantor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Camtek	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Avantor	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, CAMT or AVTR?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Camtek	$429.23M	6.69	$118.51M	$2.42	26.02
Avantor	$6.78B	1.62	$711.50M	$1.04	15.55

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CAMT or AVTR?

Camtek received 365 more outperform votes than Avantor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.50% of users gave Camtek an outperform vote while only 65.98% of users gave Avantor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Camtek	Outperform Votes 557 71.50%	Underperform Votes 222 28.50%
Avantor	Outperform Votes 192 65.98%	Underperform Votes 99 34.02%

Which has more volatility and risk, CAMT or AVTR?

Camtek has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avantor has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Camtek beats Avantor on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.