Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd Boosts Holdings in Camtek Ltd. $CAMT

Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd lifted its position in shares of Camtek Ltd. (NASDAQ:CAMT) by 0.4% during the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 2,142,171 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 7,500 shares during the quarter. Camtek comprises about 1.8% of Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd’s holdings, making the stock its 14th largest holding. Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd’s holdings in Camtek were worth $182,976,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in CAMT. ARK Investment Management LLC lifted its holdings in Camtek by 38.2% in the 2nd quarter. ARK Investment Management LLC now owns 27,386 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $2,316,000 after buying an additional 7,566 shares in the last quarter. Taylor Frigon Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of Camtek by 18.2% during the second quarter. Taylor Frigon Capital Management LLC now owns 32,518 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $2,750,000 after acquiring an additional 5,005 shares during the last quarter. Stephens Inc. AR purchased a new position in Camtek in the second quarter valued at about $561,000. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in Camtek by 1.9% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 1,002,302 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $58,715,000 after purchasing an additional 18,316 shares in the last quarter. Finally, EFG Asset Management North America Corp. increased its holdings in Camtek by 12.9% during the 2nd quarter. EFG Asset Management North America Corp. now owns 65,404 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $5,522,000 after purchasing an additional 7,456 shares during the last quarter. 41.93% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Camtek Trading Down 1.2%

NASDAQ:CAMT opened at $94.76 on Wednesday. Camtek Ltd. has a 12-month low of $47.41 and a 12-month high of $129.41. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.32, a current ratio of 5.41 and a quick ratio of 4.38. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $109.66 and a 200 day simple moving average of $90.69. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.32 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.71, a P/E/G ratio of 3.24 and a beta of 1.46.

Camtek (NASDAQ:CAMT) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November 10th. The semiconductor company reported $0.82 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.80 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $125.99 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $125.04 million. Camtek had a net margin of 28.36% and a return on equity of 23.95%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 12.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.75 earnings per share. Camtek has set its Q4 2025 guidance at EPS. Equities research analysts predict that Camtek Ltd. will post 2.93 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on CAMT. Jefferies Financial Group set a $105.00 price target on shares of Camtek and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 5th. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their target price on Camtek from $98.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, October 13th. Barclays boosted their price target on Camtek from $85.00 to $120.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 11th. Needham & Company LLC raised their price objective on Camtek from $80.00 to $98.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 5th. Finally, Evercore ISI lifted their price objective on shares of Camtek from $100.00 to $130.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 11th. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $116.80.

Camtek 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.