Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd Has $775,000 Stake in Camtek Ltd. (NASDAQ:CAMT)

Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd grew its holdings in Camtek Ltd. (NASDAQ:CAMT) by 4.0% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 9,600 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 366 shares during the period. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd’s holdings in Camtek were worth $775,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Advisors Asset Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of Camtek by 78.8% in the 3rd 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 in the last quarter. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB bought a new stake in shares of Camtek in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $53,000. Sanctuary Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Camtek in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $209,000. Prentiss Smith & Co. Inc. grew its stake in shares of Camtek by 10.8% in the 4th quarter. Prentiss Smith & Co. Inc. now owns 2,786 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $225,000 after buying an additional 272 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Stifel Financial Corp grew its stake in shares of Camtek by 77.3% in the 3rd quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 3,151 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $252,000 after buying an additional 1,374 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 41.93% of the company’s stock.

Camtek Stock Down 0.4 %

CAMT opened at $74.52 on Friday. Camtek Ltd. has a 1-year low of $69.83 and a 1-year high of $140.50. The company has a current ratio of 5.00, a quick ratio of 4.11 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.36. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.38 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.79, a P/E/G ratio of 1.89 and a beta of 1.34. The business has a 50 day moving average of $88.08 and a 200-day moving average of $83.47.

Camtek (NASDAQ:CAMT) last posted 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 27.61% and a return on equity of 24.99%. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Camtek Ltd. will post 2.93 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

CAMT has been the subject of several recent research reports. Barclays lowered their price target on Camtek from $140.00 to $120.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, January 17th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $110.00 price target on shares of Camtek in a research note on Thursday, February 13th. Northland Securities upped their target price on Camtek from $102.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. Stifel Nicolaus reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $105.00 target price on shares of Camtek in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald initiated coverage on Camtek in a research report on Monday, January 13th. They set a “neutral” rating and a $100.00 target price for the company. Two 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’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Camtek currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $114.11.

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.