Camtek (CAMT) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AVTR or CAMT?

95.1% of Avantor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.9% of Camtek shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Avantor shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 79.4% of Camtek shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate AVTR or CAMT?

Avantor currently has a consensus target price of $25.08, indicating a potential upside of 64.16%. Camtek has a consensus target price of $107.50, indicating a potential upside of 85.50%. Given Camtek's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Camtek is more favorable than Avantor.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Avantor	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77
Camtek	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is AVTR or CAMT 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
Avantor	10.49%	12.17%	5.38%
Camtek	27.61%	24.99%	14.81%

Does the media prefer AVTR or CAMT?

In the previous week, Avantor had 4 more articles in the media than Camtek. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Avantor and 16 mentions for Camtek. Avantor's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Camtek's score of 1.10 indicating that Avantor is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Avantor	17 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Camtek	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, AVTR or CAMT?

Avantor has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Camtek has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AVTR or CAMT?

Camtek received 366 more outperform votes than Avantor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.30% of users gave Camtek an outperform vote while only 66.10% of users gave Avantor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Avantor	Outperform Votes 193 66.10%	Underperform Votes 99 33.90%
Camtek	Outperform Votes 559 71.30%	Underperform Votes 225 28.70%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, AVTR or CAMT?

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
Avantor	$6.78B	1.53	$711.50M	$1.04	14.69
Camtek	$429.23M	6.16	$118.51M	$2.42	23.95

Summary

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