Meitav Investment House Ltd. Has $72.11 Million Holdings in Camtek Ltd. $CAMT

Meitav Investment House Ltd. decreased its holdings in Camtek Ltd. (NASDAQ:CAMT) by 9.6% during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 850,180 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 90,443 shares during the period. Camtek comprises 1.1% of Meitav Investment House Ltd.’s portfolio, making the stock its 25th largest holding. Meitav Investment House Ltd.’s holdings in Camtek were worth $72,107,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC boosted its position in Camtek by 110.5% during the first quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 1,015,307 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $59,527,000 after purchasing an additional 532,944 shares during the period. Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd boosted its position in Camtek by 27.8% during the first quarter. Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd now owns 2,134,671 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $123,622,000 after purchasing an additional 464,671 shares during the period. Phoenix Financial Ltd. boosted its position in Camtek by 266.0% during the first quarter. Phoenix Financial Ltd. now owns 469,178 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $27,740,000 after purchasing an additional 341,000 shares during the period. Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. boosted its position in shares of Camtek by 27.6% in the first quarter. Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. now owns 1,448,441 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $84,922,000 after acquiring an additional 312,988 shares during the period. Finally, First Wilshire Securities Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of Camtek by 1,525.1% in the first quarter. First Wilshire Securities Management Inc. now owns 194,802 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $11,421,000 after acquiring an additional 182,815 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 41.93% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

CAMT has been the subject of several research reports. Evercore ISI increased their price objective on Camtek from $82.00 to $100.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 6th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Camtek in a research report on Saturday, September 27th. Needham & Company LLC increased their price objective on Camtek from $80.00 to $98.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 5th. Jefferies Financial Group set a $105.00 price objective on Camtek and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 5th. Finally, Oppenheimer assumed coverage on Camtek in a research report on Wednesday, July 2nd. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $100.00 price objective for the company. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Camtek presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $96.10.

Camtek Price Performance

Shares of CAMT opened at $116.68 on Tuesday. Camtek Ltd. has a 1 year low of $47.41 and a 1 year high of $119.26. The company has a current ratio of 5.41, a quick ratio of 4.38 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.32. The stock has a market cap of $5.32 billion, a P/E ratio of 42.74, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.94 and a beta of 1.39. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $90.97 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $78.66.

Camtek (NASDAQ:CAMT) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, August 5th. The semiconductor company reported $0.79 EPS for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.79. The firm had revenue of $123.32 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $121.57 million. Camtek had a return on equity of 23.95% and a net margin of 28.36%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 20.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.66 EPS. Camtek has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, equities analysts predict that Camtek Ltd. will post 2.93 earnings per share for the current year.

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.