FY2025 EPS Estimates for Camtek Reduced by Cantor Fitzgerald

Camtek Ltd. (NASDAQ:CAMT) – Equities researchers at Cantor Fitzgerald cut their FY2025 EPS estimates for Camtek in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, February 13th. Cantor Fitzgerald analyst M. Prisco now anticipates that the semiconductor company will post earnings of $2.95 per share for the year, down from their prior forecast of $3.03. Cantor Fitzgerald has a “Neutral” rating and a $100.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Camtek’s current full-year earnings is $2.53 per share.

CAMT has been the topic of a number of other research reports. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Camtek from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 20th. Stifel Nicolaus reissued a “buy” rating and set a $105.00 price objective on shares of Camtek in a report on Thursday, December 12th. Northland Securities lifted their price objective on Camtek from $102.00 to $120.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. Barclays cut their price objective on Camtek from $140.00 to $120.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Friday, January 17th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating and set a $110.00 price objective on shares of Camtek in a report on Thursday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $114.11.

Camtek Stock Up 1.6 %

CAMT opened at $88.49 on Friday. Camtek has a fifty-two week low of $69.83 and a fifty-two week high of $140.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a current ratio of 5.28 and a quick ratio of 4.36. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $86.96 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $84.22. The company has a market capitalization of $4.01 billion, a P/E ratio of 40.78, a P/E/G ratio of 1.43 and a beta of 1.34.

Camtek (NASDAQ:CAMT) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The semiconductor company reported $0.68 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.74 by ($0.06). Camtek had a return on equity of 24.21% and a net margin of 26.53%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Advisors Asset Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Camtek by 78.8% in the third quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 329 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 145 shares during the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp raised its holdings in shares of Camtek by 364.0% in the fourth quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 413 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 324 shares during the last quarter. Huntington National Bank raised its holdings in Camtek by 42.4% during the 4th quarter. Huntington National Bank now owns 413 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $33,000 after purchasing an additional 123 shares during the last quarter. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB acquired a new position in Camtek during the 3rd quarter valued at about $53,000. Finally, Optimum Investment Advisors boosted its stake in shares of Camtek by 43.3% in the 4th quarter. Optimum Investment Advisors now owns 2,150 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $174,000 after purchasing an additional 650 shares during the last quarter. 41.93% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.