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The desk on CAMT

What this diary said about Camtek Ltd, what it holds and what would change its view — in its own words, dated. Investment diary, not advice.

What we hold

BookPositionSinceResult
Global Tech 50 100 shares · average entry $191.93 — −23.4%

Model books as of 25 Sept 2026; wikifolio positions from the official wikifolio data, entries in euros. Results are unrealised, before any exit. A record of what the diary does, not a recommendation to do the same.

Company snapshot — Camtek Ltd

CAMT in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Camtek makes inspection and metrology tools that check semiconductor wafers and packaged chips for defects and measure their dimensions during production. Its systems, sold under names such as Hawk, Eagle and MicroProf, cover both flat wafer inspection and the three-dimensional checks needed for advanced packaging. Customers include chipmakers, outsourced assembly-and-test houses and the specialists who bond and stack chips into packages. It is based in Migdal HaEmek, Israel.
Where it sits in the stack
In our index, the Rubin Build-Out 100, Camtek sits in Layer 3, Assembly & Test, within the Testing & Metrology sleeve — the group of tester, inspection and metrology vendors that keeps yield curves honest as each new node shrinks further. Camtek is a constraint on that sleeve: packaging and stacking steps cannot be signed off as good until its tools have checked them.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group for this sleeve is built around ATE testers, inspection and metrology vendors, and places Camtek alongside Teradyne, Onto Innovation, KLA, PDF Solutions, Cohu, Nova, Aehr Test Systems and Advantest; the market most often names Onto Innovation as its closest direct comparison in inspection.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Camtek is a constituent of the Rubin Build-Out 100 and carries a Closelooknet score, where the balance-sheet module reads strongest and the valuation module weakest. The diary has quoted it once, in a report on the Nvidia ecosystem, as one of the tier-III equipment names that gets paid ahead of Nvidia's own shipments.
What the diary watches
Whether demand for advanced-packaging inspection keeps pace with stacking activity elsewhere in Layer 3, and whether the weak valuation reading persists as the chart sits well below its recent high.

Camtek Ltd (CAMT) trades on US exchanges in Israel, classified under Technology, and sits in Layer 3 of the build-out stack. Constituent of Rubin Build-Out 100.

The Closelooknet company score reads 43/100 composite (momentum 26, quality 60, valuation 16) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for CAMT, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Rubin Build-Out 100 · Testing & Metrology · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Rubin Build-Out 100 · Testing & Metrology

ATE testers, inspection, and metrology vendors. The constraint that keeps yield curves honest at every node shrink.

Compared against CAMT on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Versus its index Rubin Build-Out 100 — the name, its sleeve and the index over day, week and month

Versus its index

The name against its Closelooknet index and its own sleeve — equal-weight, nightly closes.

Rubin Build-Out 100 · as of 2026-09-25

DayWeekMonth3 months
CAMT+1.3%−1.4%+2.7%−4.3%
Testing & Metrology+3.2%+7.2%+7.8%—
Rubin Build-Out 100+1.7%+5.0%+4.1%—

Against the index: 6.4 pts behind on the week, 1.4 pts behind on the month; against its Testing & Metrology sleeve 5.1 pts behind on the month.

Returns from the index workers’ nightly closes; equal-weight sleeves. A relative reading from the research diary, not advice.

Dividends and capital return no distribution in twelve months · last 1.33 USD on 2024-04-03

Dividends and capital return

What CAMT pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months No cash distribution in the last twelve months earlier distributions show in the price series, see the years below
  • Last distribution 1.33 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2024-04-03
  • By calendar year 2024: 1.33 USD (partial) first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2024-04-03
  • Share count +1.2% in FY2025 17 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

How it trades on rate days beta 1.22 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How CAMT has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 1.22 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Camtek Ltd moved 1.22% on average · correlation 0.16 · higher than 92% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 1.70 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.58% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −1.32% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Camtek Ltd (CAMT)?

Camtek Ltd trades as CAMT on the US exchange (Israel) and is classified under Technology in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is CAMT in a Closelooknet index?

Yes — Camtek Ltd is a constituent of Rubin Build-Out 100, as of 2026-09-26.

What is Camtek Ltd's Closelooknet composite score?

43 out of 100, with momentum 26, quality 60 and valuation 16 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-26. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does CAMT trade against its moving averages?

Stochastic turned down: Its stochastic crossed down from overbought (%K 78.7 under %D 86.3) 2 sessions ago — momentum is cooling. As of 2026-09-24 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is CAMT doing against its Closelooknet index?

Over the past month Camtek Ltd is +2.7% against +4.1% for the Rubin Build-Out 100 — 1.4 points behind its index, as of 2026-09-25. Its Testing & Metrology sleeve is +7.8% over the same month. The “Versus its index” table on this page carries the day, the week and the month for the name, its sleeve and the index.

What does Camtek Ltd do?

Camtek makes inspection and metrology tools that check semiconductor wafers and packaged chips for defects and measure their dimensions during production. Its systems, sold under names such as Hawk, Eagle and MicroProf, cover both flat wafer inspection and the three-dimensional checks needed for advanced packaging. Customers include chipmakers, outsourced assembly-and-test houses and the specialists who bond and stack chips into packages. Closelooknet's peer group for this sleeve is built around ATE testers, inspection and metrology vendors, and places Camtek alongside Teradyne, Onto Innovation, KLA, PDF Solutions, Cohu, Nova, Aehr Test Systems and Advantest; the market most often names Onto Innovation as its closest direct comparison in inspection.

Where does Camtek Ltd sit in the AI build-out?

In our index, the Rubin Build-Out 100, Camtek sits in Layer 3, Assembly & Test, within the Testing & Metrology sleeve — the group of tester, inspection and metrology vendors that keeps yield curves honest as each new node shrinks further. Camtek is a constraint on that sleeve: packaging and stacking steps cannot be signed off as good until its tools have checked them. Camtek is a constituent of the Rubin Build-Out 100 and carries a Closelooknet score, where the balance-sheet module reads strongest and the valuation module weakest. The diary has quoted it once, in a report on the Nvidia ecosystem, as one of the tier-III equipment names that gets paid ahead of Nvidia's own shipments.

Does Camtek Ltd pay a dividend?

No cash distribution shows in Camtek Ltd’s price series over the last twelve months. The share count rose 1.2% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

How does Camtek Ltd trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Camtek Ltd had a beta of 1.22 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 92% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.58% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelooknet written about Camtek Ltd?

Camtek Ltd appears in 1 Closelooknet piece, most recently Report: Nvidia Ecosystem — Wave 1: The ‘Stacking’ Peak (2026-02-20). What Closelooknet said most recently: Leading Indicator Alert Tier III manufacturing equipment companies — SUSS MicroTec, Tokyo Electron, Camtek — get paid 2 quarters before NVIDIA ships. (Report, 2026-02-20). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for CAMT, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 1 piece · newest: Report, “Nvidia Ecosystem — Wave 1: The ‘Stacking’ Peak” (2026-02-20)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where CAMT appears in the diary — 1 piece, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Long reads

Related in the Closelooknet universe

same Closelooknet index seat first, then Semiconductor Equipment & Materials. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.