Research Analysts’ Recent Ratings Changes for AXT (AXTI)

A number of firms have modified their ratings and price targets on shares of AXT (NASDAQ: AXTI) recently:

• 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 AXT news, Director David C. Chang sold 100,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $8.94, for a total transaction of $894,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 207,744 shares in the company, valued at $1,857,231.36. This represents a 32.49% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Morris S. Young sold 80,000 shares of AXT stock in a transaction on Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $8.65, for a total value of $692,000.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,439,490 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $21,101,588.50. The trade was a 3.18% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Corporate insiders own 8.80% of the company’s stock.

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.