Axcelis Technologies (NASDAQ:ACLS) Director Sells $456,692.25 in Stock

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACLS) Director Gregory Graves sold 3,225 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $141.61, for a total transaction of $456,692.25. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 5,473 shares in the company, valued at approximately $775,031.53. This represents a 37.08% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website.

Axcelis Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of ACLS stock opened at $156.94 on Friday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $121.12 and its 200-day simple moving average is $98.30. The company has a quick ratio of 2.99, a current ratio of 4.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. The firm has a market cap of $4.82 billion, a PE ratio of 48.89, a P/E/G ratio of 12.14 and a beta of 1.93. Axcelis Technologies, Inc. has a 12 month low of $55.93 and a 12 month high of $171.61.

Axcelis Technologies (NASDAQ:ACLS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 7th. The semiconductor company reported $0.72 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.71 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $198.96 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $195.03 million. Axcelis Technologies had a net margin of 11.93% and a return on equity of 12.19%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 3.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.88 earnings per share. Axcelis Technologies has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.900- EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Axcelis Technologies, Inc. will post 2.86 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Axcelis Technologies

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in ACLS. Royal Bank of Canada raised its position in Axcelis Technologies by 3.8% during the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 117,566 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $5,838,000 after acquiring an additional 4,324 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its position in Axcelis Technologies by 4.9% during the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 35,717 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,774,000 after acquiring an additional 1,678 shares in the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. raised its position in Axcelis Technologies by 4.6% during the first quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 19,396 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $963,000 after acquiring an additional 849 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its position in Axcelis Technologies by 7.5% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 635,393 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $31,560,000 after acquiring an additional 44,275 shares in the last quarter. Finally, UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC raised its position in Axcelis Technologies by 1.1% during the first quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 78,756 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,912,000 after acquiring an additional 836 shares in the last quarter. 89.98% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

ACLS has been the topic of a number of research reports. B. Riley Financial raised shares of Axcelis Technologies from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $150.00 price objective on the stock in a research report on Monday, April 20th. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Axcelis Technologies from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 12th. Finally, Zacks Research raised shares of Axcelis Technologies from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, April 20th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $116.25.

Axcelis Technologies Company Profile

Axcelis Technologies, Inc is a leading developer and manufacturer of ion implantation and cleaning equipment used in the fabrication of semiconductor chips. The company specializes in high-current, medium-current and high-energy ion implantation systems, which are critical for introducing precisely controlled dopants into silicon wafers. Axcelis also offers plasma-based cleaning and dry strip tools that support advanced process nodes in logic, memory and power device manufacturing.

The company’s product portfolio encompasses single-wafer and multi-wafer cluster tools designed to deliver high throughput, accuracy and uniformity for semiconductor process steps.