NASDAQ:ACLSAxcelis Technologies Stock Price, Forecast & News

Axcelis Technologies' stock was trading at $21.16 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ACLS stock has increased by 26.5% and is now trading at $26.76. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Axcelis Technologies in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Axcelis Technologies.

Axcelis Technologies is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Axcelis Technologies.

Axcelis Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:ACLS) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 5th. The semiconductor company reported $0.33 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.30 by $0.03. The semiconductor company earned $118.99 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $94.58 million. Axcelis Technologies had a return on equity of 5.35% and a net margin of 5.99%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 30.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.18 earnings per share. View Axcelis Technologies' earnings history.

Axcelis Technologies announced that its board has approved a stock repurchase plan on Monday, January 14th 2019, which permits the company to buyback $35,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 5.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Axcelis Technologies issued an update on its first quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, April, 14th. The company provided EPS guidance of ~$0.30 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.21. The company issued revenue guidance of ~$118 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $94.58 million.

5 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Axcelis Technologies' stock. Their forecasts range from $15.00 to $32.00. On average, they expect Axcelis Technologies' stock price to reach $25.20 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.8%. View analysts' price targets for Axcelis Technologies.

Media coverage about ACLS stock has trended neutral this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Axcelis Technologies earned a media sentiment score of 0.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the semiconductor company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutAxcelis Technologies.

Axcelis Technologies saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,080,000 shares, an increase of 6.9% from the April 30th total of 1,010,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 357,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.0 days. Currently, 3.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Axcelis Technologies' Current Options Chain.

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Axcelis Technologies trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "ACLS."

Axcelis Technologies' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.93%), Primecap Management Co. CA (8.45%), Wellington Management Group LLP (7.26%), Senvest Management LLC (6.63%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (3.29%) and State Street Corp (3.04%). Company insiders that own Axcelis Technologies stock include Dennis Thomas St, Douglas A Lawson, John E Aldeborgh, John T Kurtzweil, Kevin J Brewer, Lynnette C Fallon, Mary G Puma, R John Fletcher, Russell Low and William J Bintz. View institutional ownership trends for Axcelis Technologies.

ACLS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Senvest Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Primecap Management Co. CA, Rice Hall James & Associates LLC, Rice Hall James & Associates LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, Morgan Stanley, and Two Sigma Advisers LP. Company insiders that have sold Axcelis Technologies company stock in the last year include John E Aldeborgh, John T Kurtzweil, Kevin J Brewer, Lynnette C Fallon, Mary G Puma, R John Fletcher, Russell Low, and William J Bintz. View insider buying and selling activity for Axcelis Technologies.

ACLS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Russell Investments Group Ltd., Wellington Management Group LLP, Mackay Shields LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, State Street Corp, Deutsche Bank AG, State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System, and Geode Capital Management LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Axcelis Technologies.

Shares of ACLS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of ACLS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $26.76.

Axcelis Technologies has a market capitalization of $879.87 million and generates $342.96 million in revenue each year. The semiconductor company earns $17.03 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.50 on an earnings per share basis. Axcelis Technologies employs 1,009 workers across the globe.

The official website for Axcelis Technologies is www.axcelis.com.

Axcelis Technologies' mailing address is 108 CHERRY HILL DRIVE, BEVERLY MA, 01915. The semiconductor company can be reached via phone at 978-787-4000 or via email at [email protected]