CAMT vs. COHR, NVMI, CYBE, OPXS, MSAI, SMAP, IIVI, KLAC, ZM, and NTNX
Should you be buying Camtek stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Camtek include Coherent (COHR), Nova (NVMI), CyberOptics (CYBE), Optex Systems (OPXS), MultiSensor AI (MSAI), SportsMap Tech Acquisition (SMAP), II-VI (IIVI), KLA (KLAC), Zoom Video Communications (ZM), and Nutanix (NTNX).
Coherent (NYSE:COHR) and Camtek (NASDAQ:CAMT) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and profitability.
Coherent has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Camtek has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Camtek has a net margin of 25.35% compared to Camtek's net margin of -6.22%. Coherent's return on equity of 20.94% beat Camtek's return on equity.
Camtek has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Coherent. Coherent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Camtek, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Camtek received 7 more outperform votes than Coherent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.52% of users gave Camtek an outperform vote while only 62.70% of users gave Coherent an outperform vote.
Coherent presently has a consensus target price of $56.36, suggesting a potential downside of 1.23%. Camtek has a consensus target price of $96.25, suggesting a potential downside of 6.02%. Given Camtek's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Coherent is more favorable than Camtek.
83.3% of Coherent shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.9% of Camtek shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Coherent shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 79.4% of Camtek shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Camtek had 5 more articles in the media than Coherent. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Camtek and 5 mentions for Coherent. Coherent's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Camtek's score of 0.18 indicating that Camtek is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Camtek beats Coherent on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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