CAMT vs. NVMI, ALIT, FORM, FRSH, CLVT, IPGP, POWI, SLAB, TSEM, and BLKB
Should you be buying Camtek stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Camtek include Nova (NVMI), Alight (ALIT), FormFactor (FORM), Freshworks (FRSH), Clarivate (CLVT), IPG Photonics (IPGP), Power Integrations (POWI), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), and Blackbaud (BLKB). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Nova (NASDAQ:NVMI) and Camtek (NASDAQ:CAMT) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Nova presently has a consensus target price of $221.25, indicating a potential upside of 9.70%. Camtek has a consensus target price of $90.50, indicating a potential downside of 8.46%. Given Camtek's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Nova is more favorable than Camtek.
Camtek received 99 more outperform votes than Nova when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.41% of users gave Nova an outperform vote while only 71.48% of users gave Camtek an outperform vote.
83.0% of Nova shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.9% of Camtek shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nova shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 79.4% of Camtek shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Camtek had 1 more articles in the media than Nova. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Camtek and 11 mentions for Nova. Camtek's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Nova's score of 0.19 indicating that Nova is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Nova has a net margin of 26.26% compared to Nova's net margin of 25.35%. Nova's return on equity of 20.94% beat Camtek's return on equity.
Nova has higher revenue and earnings than Camtek. Nova is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Camtek, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Nova has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Camtek has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Nova beats Camtek on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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