Camtek Ltd. $CAMT Shares Sold by Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio

Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio lowered its holdings in Camtek Ltd. (NASDAQ:CAMT) by 14.2% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 70,769 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 11,760 shares during the period. Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio owned 0.16% of Camtek worth $5,999,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Advisors Asset Management Inc. boosted its stake in Camtek by 61.6% in the 1st quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 769 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $45,000 after buying an additional 293 shares during the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. boosted its position in shares of Camtek by 9.0% in the first quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 4,237 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $248,000 after acquiring an additional 351 shares during the last quarter. Petrus Trust Company LTA grew its holdings in Camtek by 12.9% in the first quarter. Petrus Trust Company LTA now owns 3,706 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $217,000 after purchasing an additional 422 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its position in Camtek by 4.1% during the first quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 11,609 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $681,000 after purchasing an additional 457 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd purchased a new position in Camtek during the first quarter worth approximately $31,000. 41.93% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Camtek Stock Performance

Camtek stock opened at $104.63 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.77 billion, a PE ratio of 38.33, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.72 and a beta of 1.35. Camtek Ltd. has a one year low of $47.41 and a one year high of $110.73. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $88.95 and its 200 day moving average price is $76.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.32, a quick ratio of 4.38 and a current ratio of 5.41.

Camtek (NASDAQ:CAMT) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 5th. The semiconductor company reported $0.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.79. The company had revenue of $123.32 million for 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 business’s quarterly revenue was up 20.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.66 earnings per share. Camtek has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Camtek Ltd. will post 2.93 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have weighed in on CAMT. Jefferies Financial Group set a $105.00 price target on shares of Camtek and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 5th. Needham & Company LLC raised their price objective on Camtek from $80.00 to $98.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 5th. Bank of America lowered 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. Evercore ISI increased their target price on shares of Camtek from $82.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 6th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on shares of Camtek from $84.00 to $98.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, July 7th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $96.10.

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.