Recent Investment Analysts’ Ratings Updates for AXT (AXTI)

AXT (NASDAQ: AXTI) has recently received a number of price target changes and ratings updates:

• 10/31/2025 – AXT was given a new $10.00 price target on by analysts at Northland Securities.
• 10/31/2025 – AXT had its price target raised by analysts at B. Riley from $4.00 to $9.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/31/2025 – AXT had its price target raised by analysts at Needham & Company LLC from $5.00 to $10.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/29/2025 – AXT was given a new $7.00 price target on by analysts at Wedbush. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 10/8/2025 – AXT had its “sell (d-)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 9/27/2025 – AXT had its “sell (d-)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director David C. Chang sold 100,000 shares of AXT stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $8.94, for a total transaction of $894,000.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 207,744 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,857,231.36. The trade was a 32.49% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CEO Morris S. Young sold 80,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $8.65, for a total transaction of $692,000.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 2,439,490 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $21,101,588.50. This represents a 3.18% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. 8.80% of the stock is owned by insiders.

AXT, Inc designs, develops, manufactures, and distributes compound and single element semiconductor substrates. The company offers indium phosphide for use in data center connectivity using light/lasers, high-speed data transfer in data centers, 5G communications, fiber optic lasers and detectors, consumer devices, passive optical networks, silicon photonics, photonic integrated circuits, thermo-photovoltaics, RF amplifier and switching, infrared light-emitting diode (LEDS) motion control, lidar for robotics and autonomous vehicles, and infrared thermal imaging.