Eileen Evans Sells 926 Shares of Axcelis Technologies (NASDAQ:ACLS) Stock

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACLS) EVP Eileen Evans sold 926 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $155.51, for a total transaction of $144,002.26. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 31,295 shares in the company, valued at $4,866,685.45. The trade was a 2.87% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link.

Axcelis Technologies Price Performance

Shares of ACLS stock traded up $4.43 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $156.94. 476,936 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 773,529. Axcelis Technologies, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $55.93 and a fifty-two week high of $171.61. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $119.70 and its two-hundred day moving average is $97.89. The company has a market cap of $4.82 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 48.89, a P/E/G ratio of 11.91 and a beta of 1.93. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a current ratio of 4.59 and a quick ratio of 2.99.

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

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Axcelis Technologies

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Close Asset Management Ltd acquired a new position in Axcelis Technologies in the third quarter valued at approximately $27,000. REAP Financial Group LLC acquired a new position in Axcelis Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Advisory Services Network LLC acquired a new position in Axcelis Technologies in the third quarter valued at approximately $32,000. Caitlin John LLC bought a new stake in Axcelis Technologies in the third quarter valued at approximately $32,000. Finally, EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in Axcelis Technologies by 145.1% in the second quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 451 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $31,000 after purchasing an additional 267 shares in the last quarter. 89.98% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

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

About Axcelis Technologies

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.