CAMT vs AMAT vs ASML Stock Comparison

Camtek, Applied Materials and Asml Holding Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CAMT Camtek Ltd
$128.90 -12.3% 1M +6.9% 1Y
Market cap
$5.91B
P/E
156.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$509.02M
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Equipment Technology
1 win
AMAT Applied Materials Inc /De
$395.93 -18.4% 1M +71.2% 1Y
Market cap
$314.21B
P/E
33.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$30.84B
Div. yield
0.50%
Semiconductor Equipment Technology
5 wins
ASML Asml Holding Nv
$1,635.57 -6.2% 1M +54.3% 1Y
Market cap
$630.38B
P/E
58.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$37.62B
Div. yield
0.68%
Semiconductor Equipment Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Applied Materials leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Applied Materials 5, Asml Holding 4, Camtek 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCAMTAMATASMLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $5.91B $314.21B $630.38B ASML
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 156.4x 33.9x 58.1x AMAT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 37.3x 29.3x 34.3x AMAT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +7.9% +7.8% +22.9% ASML
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 7.4% 30.1% 29.1% AMAT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 25.3% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -0.3x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.50% 0.68% ASML
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +6.9% +71.2% +54.3% AMAT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +27.5%/yr +23.8%/yr +15.0%/yr CAMT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 71.6% 60.5% 46.8% ASML
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 43/100 58/100 47/100 AMAT

Percentile Scorecard

CAMTAMATASML

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCAMTAMATASML
Valuation 38 #59 of 94 55 #43 of 94 18 #77 of 94
Growth 32 #63 of 92 46 #50 of 92 82 #17 of 92
Profitability 53 #43 of 90 89 #11 of 90 79 #20 of 90
Financial Health 51 #49 of 99 48 #52 of 99 13 #86 of 99
Shareholder Returns – 53 #35 of 73 42 #43 of 73
Overall 43 58 47
  • CAMT ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • AMAT ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • ASML ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCAMTAMATASMLSPY
1 month -12.3%-18.4%-6.2% -0.2%
3 months -8.0%-16.9%+3.3% +3.9%
6 months -28.6%+3.9%+18.1% +8.2%
Year to date +21.2%+54.1%+52.9% +12.9%
1 year +6.9%+71.2%+54.3% +12.3%
3 years +157.6%+201.5%+177.2% +87.4%
3 years, per year +37.1%+44.5%+40.5% +23.3%
5 years +236.2%+191.1%+101.1% +67.9%
5 years, per year +27.5%+23.8%+15.0% +10.9%
10 years +4,168.2%+1,271.9%+1,471.9% +261.1%
10 years, per year +45.6%+29.9%+31.7% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCAMTAMATASMLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 71.6%60.5%46.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 74.5%62.2%46.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.862.772.27 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.101.181.16 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -63.2%-55.4%-56.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -37.9%-45.2%-17.8% -1.2%
52-week high $207.46$723.00$1,989.44 $779.14
52-week low $94.40$220.23$966.57 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCAMTAMATASML
P/E now vs peer median 156.4xmedian 45.6x 33.9xmedian 45.6x 58.1xmedian 45.6x
P/S now vs peer median 11.6xmedian 7.7x 10.2xmedian 7.7x 16.8xmedian 7.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 29.0x 32.2xmedian 29.0x —median 29.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 40.6x 55.9xmedian 40.6x 50.3xmedian 40.6x
P/B now vs peer median 8.3xmedian 4.6x 12.3xmedian 4.6x 27.4xmedian 4.6x
PEG now vs peer median -7.04median 2.28 2.28median 2.28 2.40median 2.28

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCAMTAMATASML
Revenue $509.02M $30.84B $37.62B
Gross profit $254.77M $15.23B $19.58B
Operating income $118.02M $9.14B –
Net income $56.14M $9.27B –
Free cash flow – $5.62B –
R&D $57.52M $3.97B –
EPS (diluted) $0.76 $11.58 $28.13
Cash & equivalents $215.23M $7.04B $15.17B
Total debt – $26.11B $5.16B
Shares (diluted) 49.37M 800.00M 388.90M
Enterprise value $4.80B $279.65B $586.07B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCAMTAMATASML
P/E 156.4x 33.9x 58.1x
P/FCF – 55.9x 50.3x
P/Operating cash flow – 37.4x –
P/S 11.6x 10.2x 16.8x
P/B 8.3x 12.3x 27.4x
P/Tangible book 8.5x 12.4x 28.1x
EV/EBITDA – 32.2x –
EV/EBIT 47.5x 34.1x –
EV/Revenue 11.0x 10.1x 16.5x
EV/FCF – 55.4x –
EV/Operating cash flow – 37.1x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -7.04 2.28 2.40

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCAMTAMATASML
Revenue growth (1Y) 7.9% 7.8% 22.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 17.9% 5.1% 19.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 7.4% 9.8% 24.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 19.7% 7.3% 20.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) -6.0% 6.0% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 18.9% 6.0% –
Net income growth (1Y) -65.6% 35.6% –
Net income CAGR (3Y) -16.3% 12.9% –
EPS growth (1Y) -71.8% 36.0% 35.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -22.2% 14.9% 24.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 9.0% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 1.6% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -3.4% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -7.0% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCAMTAMATASML
Gross margin 50.1% 49.4% 52.0%
EBITDA margin – 31.4% –
Operating margin 23.2% 29.6% –
Pretax margin 9.2% 34.8% –
Net margin 7.4% 30.1% 29.1%
FCF margin – 18.2% –
Operating cash flow margin – 27.2% –
Return on equity 8.1% 37.4% –
Return on assets 4.3% 22.1% –
Return on invested capital – 25.3% –
Return on capital employed 9.9% 29.0% –
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.7x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 0.9x –
Stock comp / revenue – 2.3% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCAMTAMATASML
Debt / assets – 15.0% 8.7%
Debt / equity – 0.3x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – -0.3x –
Debt / FCF – 1.2x –
Liabilities / assets 47.0% 41.1% 61.2%
Equity / assets 53.0% 58.9% 38.8%
Interest coverage – 33.0x –
Current ratio 7.4x 2.4x 1.3x
Quick ratio 3.6x 1.6x 0.7x
Cash ratio 2.4x 0.9x 0.5x
Altman Z-score 7.48 14.32 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCAMTAMATASML
Dividend yield – 0.5% 0.7%
Net buyback yield – 0.6% –
Shareholder yield 0.0% 1.1% 0.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCAMTAMATASML
Forward P/E 37.3xFY2026 29.3xFY2026 34.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.46FY2026 $13.50FY2026 $47.62FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +6.1%FY2026 +43.3%FY2026 +61.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +53.2% +32.7% +42.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $568.64MFY2026 $32.74BFY2026 $47.18BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +14.6%FY2026 +15.4%FY2026 +20.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +42.5% +38.2% +42.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCAMTAMATASML
Held by institutions 41.7% 83.6% 19.8%
Institutions holding 234 3,505 2,492
Change in shares held, QoQ -12.5% +6.0% +8.0%
Institutions buying 126 1,789 1,359
Institutions selling 68 1,349 782
Buyers to sellers 1.85 1.33 1.74

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CAMTAMATASML
CAMT 1.00 0.75 0.71
AMAT 0.75 1.00 0.81
ASML 0.71 0.81 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CAMT, AMAT and ASML?

Asml Holding (ASML) is the largest by market capitalisation: Camtek (CAMT) $5.91B, Applied Materials (AMAT) $314.21B, Asml Holding (ASML) $630.38B.

Which stock is cheaper, CAMT, AMAT and ASML?

Applied Materials (AMAT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Camtek (CAMT) 156.4x, Applied Materials (AMAT) 33.9x, Asml Holding (ASML) 58.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Applied Materials (AMAT) is cheapest (Camtek (CAMT) 37.3x, Applied Materials (AMAT) 29.3x, Asml Holding (ASML) 34.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Asml Holding (ASML) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Camtek (CAMT) +7.9%, Applied Materials (AMAT) +7.8%, Asml Holding (ASML) +22.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Applied Materials (AMAT) has the highest net margin (Camtek (CAMT) 7.4%, Applied Materials (AMAT) 30.1%, Asml Holding (ASML) 29.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Applied Materials (AMAT) returned the most: Camtek (CAMT) +6.9%, Applied Materials (AMAT) +71.2%, Asml Holding (ASML) +54.3%. Over five years, Camtek (CAMT) compounded fastest (Camtek (CAMT) +27.5%/yr, Applied Materials (AMAT) +23.8%/yr, Asml Holding (ASML) +15.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Asml Holding (ASML) has the highest dividend yield: Camtek (CAMT) 0.00%, Applied Materials (AMAT) 0.50%, Asml Holding (ASML) 0.68%. Camtek (CAMT) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Asml Holding (ASML) has been the steadiest (Camtek (CAMT) 71.6%, Applied Materials (AMAT) 60.5%, Asml Holding (ASML) 46.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CAMT, AMAT and ASML?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Applied Materials (AMAT) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.