FY2025 EPS Estimates for Camtek Reduced by Cantor Fitzgerald

Camtek Ltd. (NASDAQ:CAMT) – Analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald lowered their FY2025 earnings estimates for Camtek in a report released on Thursday, February 13th. Cantor Fitzgerald analyst M. Prisco now expects that the semiconductor company will earn $2.95 per share for the year, down from their prior forecast 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.

CAMT has been the topic of several other research reports. Stifel Nicolaus reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $105.00 price objective on shares of Camtek in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. Northland Securities raised their price objective 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. StockNews.com raised shares of Camtek from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 20th. Barclays dropped their price target on shares of Camtek from $140.00 to $120.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 17th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $110.00 price target on shares of Camtek in a research report on Thursday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Camtek has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $114.11.

Camtek Price Performance

Shares of CAMT opened at $88.49 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $4.01 billion, a PE ratio of 40.78, a PEG ratio of 1.43 and a beta of 1.34. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $86.96 and its 200 day moving average price is $84.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a quick ratio of 4.36 and a current ratio of 5.28. Camtek has a twelve month low of $69.83 and a twelve month high of $140.50.

Camtek (NASDAQ:CAMT) 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 net margin of 26.53% and a return on equity of 24.21%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Camtek

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of CAMT. Creative Planning acquired a new stake in shares of Camtek in the third quarter worth $334,000. Blue Trust Inc. grew its stake in shares of Camtek by 47.7% in the third quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 4,020 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $321,000 after acquiring an additional 1,299 shares during the last quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Camtek in the third quarter worth $9,174,000. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. acquired a new stake in shares of Camtek in the third quarter worth $2,495,000. Finally, Parcion Private Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Camtek in the third quarter worth $274,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 41.93% of the company’s stock.

About Camtek

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.