Lbp Am Sa Sells 66,000 Shares of Camtek Ltd. $CAMT

Lbp Am Sa lowered its stake in shares of Camtek Ltd. (NASDAQ:CAMT) by 38.3% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 106,400 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 66,000 shares during the period. Lbp Am Sa’s holdings in Camtek were worth $8,997,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Taylor Frigon Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in Camtek by 18.2% during the 2nd quarter. Taylor Frigon Capital Management LLC now owns 32,518 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $2,750,000 after acquiring an additional 5,005 shares during the period. Lifestyle Asset Management Inc. bought a new position in Camtek during the 2nd quarter valued at about $368,000. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC lifted its stake in Camtek by 110.5% during the 1st 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 valued at $59,527,000 after acquiring an additional 532,944 shares during the period. Fred Alger Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Camtek in the 1st quarter worth approximately $453,000. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Camtek by 12.1% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 149,223 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $8,749,000 after purchasing an additional 16,117 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 41.93% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

CAMT has been the topic of several recent research reports. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Camtek to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, August 11th. Needham & Company LLC increased their price objective on shares of Camtek from $80.00 to $98.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 5th. Oppenheimer initiated coverage on shares of Camtek in a research note on Wednesday, July 2nd. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $100.00 price objective on the stock. Bank of America cut shares of Camtek from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $95.00 price objective on the stock. in a research note on Wednesday, August 6th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group set a $105.00 price objective on shares of Camtek and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 5th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Camtek currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $96.10.

Camtek Trading Up 8.0%

Camtek stock opened at $113.42 on Thursday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $89.80 and a 200 day moving average of $77.44. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.17 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 41.55, a P/E/G ratio of 2.73 and a beta of 1.39. Camtek Ltd. has a 12-month low of $47.41 and a 12-month high of $113.71. The company has a current ratio of 5.41, a quick ratio of 4.38 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.32.

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

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.