Camtek Ltd. (CAMT) vs Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (KLIC)

Camtek Ltd. and Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. are both Semiconductor Equipment & Materials companies. Camtek Ltd. is the larger, with a market value of $4.3B against $3.1B — 1.4× the size. Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 27.4× against 122×. Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 44.4% against 11.8%. Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. has the higher net margin (12.2% vs 7.03%) and the higher return on invested capital (19.8% vs 13.0%). Only Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. pays a dividend (1.35%). Across the 23 metrics below, Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. leads on 16 and Camtek Ltd. on 7.

Valuation

Metric CAMT KLIC Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
P/E 121.83 27.40 33.70
P/S 8.57 3.34 4.22
P/B 6.08 3.48 2.94
Price to free cash flow 18.65 76.88 31.49
EV/EBITDA 33.92 14.71 22.64
EV/Sales 8.29 2.81 4.97
Earnings yield 0.82% 3.65% 2.02%
Free cash flow yield 5.36% 1.30% 2.27%

Profitability

Metric CAMT KLIC Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Gross margin 50.23% 48.18% 46.86%
Operating margin 23.46% 13.21% 12.02%
Net margin 7.03% 12.18% 10.16%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 4.34% 6.73%
Return on equity 5.31% 13.23% 5.31%
Return on assets 3.07% 9.47% 4.10%
Return on invested capital 13.01% 19.84% 6.36%

Growth

Metric CAMT KLIC Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.83% 44.44% 15.82%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (57.02%) 100.32% (4.56%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 26.06% 0.97% 10.11%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 18.42% (66.74%) 0.00%

Health

Metric CAMT KLIC Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Debt to equity 0.69 0.00 0.09
Current ratio 7.38 3.44 3.56
Net debt to EBITDA (1.06) (9.36) (0.49)

Dividend

Metric CAMT KLIC Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Dividend yield 0.00% 1.35% 0.59%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.38 0.16

Size

Metric CAMT KLIC Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Market cap 4.29b 3.13b 3.04b

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