Brokers Issue Forecasts for ACLS Q3 Earnings

Key Points

• DA Davidson projects that Axcelis Technologies will report earnings of $0.87 per share for Q3 2025 and maintains a "Buy" rating with a price target of $90.00.
• B. Riley has increased its price target for the company from $58.00 to $75.00 while maintaining a "neutral" rating.
• Axcelis Technologies recently reported earnings of $1.13 per share, exceeding consensus estimates of $0.73, despite a 24.2% year-over-year revenue decline.

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACLS - Free Report) - Research analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Axcelis Technologies in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, August 6th. DA Davidson analyst T. Diffely forecasts that the semiconductor company will post earnings per share of $0.87 for the quarter. DA Davidson has a "Buy" rating and a $90.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Axcelis Technologies' current full-year earnings is $2.55 per share.

Separately, B. Riley lifted their price target on shares of Axcelis Technologies from $58.00 to $75.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Wednesday, June 18th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $90.00.

Axcelis Technologies Price Performance

Axcelis Technologies stock opened at $75.72 on Thursday. The company's fifty day moving average price is $69.59 and its 200 day moving average price is $61.44. Axcelis Technologies has a 1 year low of $40.40 and a 1 year high of $117.57. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.43 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.48 and a beta of 1.58. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a quick ratio of 4.08 and a current ratio of 6.01.

Axcelis Technologies (NASDAQ:ACLS - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, August 5th. The semiconductor company reported $1.13 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.73 by $0.40. The firm had revenue of $194.54 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $185.15 million. Axcelis Technologies had a net margin of 17.69% and a return on equity of 16.26%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 24.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.55 EPS.

Institutional Trading of Axcelis Technologies

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB boosted its holdings in Axcelis Technologies by 50.3% in the second quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 481 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $34,000 after purchasing an additional 161 shares in the last quarter. Bank of Montreal Can boosted its holdings in Axcelis Technologies by 3.9% in the fourth quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 4,540 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $317,000 after purchasing an additional 170 shares in the last quarter. Perkins Coie Trust Co boosted its holdings in Axcelis Technologies by 9.2% in the first quarter. Perkins Coie Trust Co now owns 2,675 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $133,000 after purchasing an additional 225 shares in the last quarter. Eagle Bay Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Axcelis Technologies by 3.8% in the first quarter. Eagle Bay Advisors LLC now owns 7,585 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $377,000 after acquiring an additional 275 shares during the period. Finally, Advisors Asset Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Axcelis Technologies by 16.3% in the first quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,969 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $98,000 after acquiring an additional 276 shares during the period. 89.98% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Axcelis Technologies

In other Axcelis Technologies news, Director John T. Kurtzweil sold 1,682 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $61.93, for a total transaction of $104,166.26. Following the sale, the director directly owned 35,050 shares in the company, valued at $2,170,646.50. This represents a 4.58% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Company insiders own 0.48% of the company's stock.

Axcelis Technologies Company Profile

Axcelis Technologies, Inc designs, manufactures, and services ion implantation and other processing equipment used in the fabrication of semiconductor chips in the United States, Europe, and Asia Pacific. The company offers high energy, high current, and medium current implanters for various application requirements.

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