LSV Asset Management Buys 114,600 Shares of Axcelis Technologies, Inc. $ACLS

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LSV Asset Management boosted its holdings in Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACLS – Free Report) by 36.4% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 429,500 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 114,600 shares during the quarter. LSV Asset Management’s holdings in Axcelis Technologies were worth $34,506,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

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

Axcelis Technologies Price Performance

ACLS opened at $156.94 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a current ratio of 4.59 and a quick ratio of 2.99. The company has a market capitalization of $4.82 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 48.89, a P/E/G ratio of 12.49 and a beta of 1.93. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $121.12 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $98.41. Axcelis Technologies, Inc. has a 1 year low of $55.93 and a 1 year high of $171.61.

Axcelis Technologies (NASDAQ:ACLS – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data 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. The firm had revenue of $198.96 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $195.03 million. Axcelis Technologies had a net margin of 11.93% and a return on equity of 12.19%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 3.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.88 EPS. Axcelis Technologies has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.900- EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that Axcelis Technologies, Inc. will post 2.86 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have issued reports on ACLS. B. Riley Financial upgraded shares of Axcelis Technologies from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $150.00 price target for the company in a report on Monday, April 20th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Axcelis Technologies from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, April 20th. Finally, Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Axcelis Technologies from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 12th. 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 stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $116.25.

Check Out Our Latest Stock Analysis on Axcelis Technologies

Insider Activity

In other Axcelis Technologies news, Director Gregory B. Graves sold 3,225 shares of Axcelis Technologies stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $141.61, for a total transaction of $456,692.25. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 5,473 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $775,031.53. The trade was a 37.08% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director John T. Kurtzweil sold 3,500 shares of Axcelis Technologies stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $138.79, for a total transaction of $485,765.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 32,990 shares in the company, valued at $4,578,682.10. This represents a 9.59% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 32,453 shares of company stock worth $4,891,714. Company insiders own 0.49% of the company’s stock.

Axcelis Technologies Profile

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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.

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