BN · rank #17 · 2026-10-20
CAMT
NASDAQ · $6.02B (USD)
The exact numbers the algorithm saw.
| Composite score Z-score blend of the factors below; drives the rank. | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Forward revenue growth Consensus forward revenue growth. | +34.5% |
| Forward net margin Consensus forward net margin. | +10.0% |
| Net margin TTM Trailing twelve month net margin. | +9.6% |
| Margin expansion Forward minus trailing net margin (percentage points). | +0.4% |
| Forward PEG Forward P/E to growth. Below 1 is cheap for the growth. | 2.14 |
| Debt / FCF Net debt relative to free cash flow. Lower is safer. | — |
| Analyst upside Spread between the consensus 12m target and the current price. | +36.7% |
| Last EPS surprise Most recent reported EPS versus consensus. | +16% |
| Market cap (USD) | $6.02B |
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Summary
Camtek (CAMT) designs and sells optical inspection and metrology systems for advanced packaging, HBM, and hybrid-bonding processes, with ~75% of revenue tied to AI-driven semiconductor applications.
Rationale
The bottleneck-solver thesis is directly reinforced by Camtek's role as a critical gatekeeper for defect detection in sub-150nm hybrid-bonding and HBM stacking, processes where yield loss is catastrophically expensive and no internal substitute is disclosed, supported by $600M+ YTD order intake and accelerating revenue guidance toward $180M in Q4.
Material risks
- 1Competing inspection vendors (KLA, Onto Innovation) or large OSAT/IDM customers developing comparable defect-sensitivity tools could erode Camtek's application-specific moat, which rests on performance differentiation rather than a disclosed sole-source contract.
- 2AI advanced-packaging capex is concentrated and lumpy—a demand normalization or inventory digestion cycle among a handful of HBM/CoWoS customers would disproportionately hit CAMT given its revenue concentration in that segment.
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