Camtek Ltd. $CAMT Shares Sold by Renaissance Group LLC

Renaissance Group LLC lowered its holdings in shares of Camtek Ltd. (NASDAQ:CAMT) by 12.7% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 13,627 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 1,975 shares during the period. Renaissance Group LLC’s holdings in Camtek were worth $1,152,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Camtek during the 1st quarter worth about $31,000. Advisors Asset Management Inc. raised its holdings in Camtek by 61.6% during the first quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 769 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $45,000 after purchasing an additional 293 shares in the last quarter. Optimum Investment Advisors lifted its position in Camtek by 60.0% in the second quarter. Optimum Investment Advisors now owns 1,200 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $101,000 after purchasing an additional 450 shares during the period. Petrus Trust Company LTA lifted its position in Camtek by 12.9% in the first quarter. Petrus Trust Company LTA now owns 3,706 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $217,000 after purchasing an additional 422 shares during the period. Finally, State of Wyoming boosted its stake in Camtek by 111.0% during the 1st quarter. State of Wyoming now owns 4,264 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $250,000 after purchasing an additional 2,243 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 41.93% of the company’s stock.

Camtek Stock Performance

Shares of CAMT opened at $100.04 on Thursday. The company has a 50-day moving average of $110.04 and a two-hundred day moving average of $90.76. The stock has a market cap of $4.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.64, a PEG ratio of 3.24 and a beta of 1.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.32, a current ratio of 5.41 and a quick ratio of 4.38. Camtek Ltd. has a one year low of $47.41 and a one year high of $129.41.

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

CAMT has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price objective on Camtek from $98.00 to $115.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, October 13th. Jefferies Financial Group set a $105.00 price target on shares of Camtek and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 5th. B. Riley raised their price objective on shares of Camtek from $120.00 to $145.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, October 10th. 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 research note on Tuesday, November 11th. Finally, Northland Securities set a $140.00 target price on shares of Camtek in a research note on Tuesday, October 7th. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $116.80.

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.