AXT (NASDAQ:AXTI) CEO Morris Young Sells 159,536 Shares

AXT Inc (NASDAQ:AXTI) CEO Morris Young sold 159,536 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, March 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $43.32, for a total value of $6,911,099.52. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 2,482,038 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $107,521,886.16. The trade was a 6.04% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link.

AXT Stock Performance

NASDAQ:AXTI opened at $39.13 on Thursday. AXT Inc has a fifty-two week low of $1.13 and a fifty-two week high of $47.03. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $23.64 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $13.01. The company has a market capitalization of $2.16 billion, a PE ratio of -81.52 and a beta of 1.75.

AXT (NASDAQ:AXTI) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 19th. The semiconductor company reported ($0.05) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.04) by ($0.01). AXT had a negative net margin of 24.07% and a negative return on equity of 10.59%. The firm had revenue of $23.04 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $24.24 million. Research analysts predict that AXT Inc will post -0.12 EPS for the current year.

Trending Headlines about AXT

Here are the key news stories impacting AXT this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Large institutional investors added meaningful positions in Q4 2025 (e.g., Davidson Kempner, Hood River, Point72), which creates underlying demand and longer‑term support for the stock. Quiver Quantitative
• Positive Sentiment: Brainhole Technology disclosed a reinvestment that includes AXT shares, representing an external investor allocating proceeds into AXTI — a potential vote of confidence/near‑term buying interest. TipRanks
• Neutral Sentiment: Reported short‑interest figures in feeds are inconsistent/zero (displaying 0/NaN), so there’s no clear short‑interest signal to explain price moves or a short‑squeeze narrative today.
• Neutral Sentiment: Technical momentum has been very strong over months (large YTD gains and recent highs), but some market commentary notes decelerating upside — a mixed technical picture for near‑term direction.
• Negative Sentiment: CEO Morris S. Young sold 159,536 shares on Mar 2 (~$6.9M at the reported average), a sizeable insider disposition that likely weighed on sentiment; SEC filing: SEC Filing
• Negative Sentiment: Director Jesse Chen executed two recent sales (11,320 shares on Mar 2 and 11,007 shares on Mar 3), reducing his holdings and contributing to intraday selling pressure; trade report: InsiderTrades
• Negative Sentiment: Aggregate insider activity shows heavy net selling (multiple insiders selling and few/no purchases reported over recent months), which is a negative governance/sentiment signal for traders and likely exacerbated short‑term outflows. Quiver Quantitative

Institutional Investors Weigh In On AXT

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. CloudAlpha Capital Management Limited Hong Kong acquired a new position in AXT during the 4th quarter valued at about $22,738,000. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. purchased a new position in shares of AXT during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $20,187,000. Jane Street Group LLC grew its holdings in AXT by 1,314.6% during the fourth quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 904,599 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $14,790,000 after buying an additional 840,650 shares in the last quarter. White Pine Capital LLC raised its position in AXT by 2.8% in the 2nd quarter. White Pine Capital LLC now owns 860,411 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,798,000 after buying an additional 23,467 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Maytree Asset Management Ltd purchased a new stake in AXT in the 4th quarter valued at $11,156,000. 49.52% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts recently commented on the company. UBS Group set a $35.00 target price on AXT in a research note on Tuesday, February 17th. Wedbush lifted their price objective on shares of AXT from $8.50 to $28.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, February 20th. Needham & Company LLC lowered shares of AXT from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 20th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of AXT from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, February 14th. Finally, Northland Securities set a $20.00 price objective on shares of AXT in a research report on Monday, December 22nd. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $22.80.

AXT Company Profile

AXT, Inc (NASDAQ: AXTI) is a global supplier of compound and single-element semiconductor substrates, offering a range of materials critical for high-performance electronic and optoelectronic devices. Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Fremont, California, AXT specializes in the development, manufacture and distribution of wafers composed of gallium arsenide (GaAs), indium phosphide (InP), gallium nitride (GaN) and other compound semiconductor materials. These substrates serve as the foundational platforms for devices used in data communications, wireless infrastructure, advanced computing, consumer electronics and photovoltaic applications.

AXT’s product portfolio encompasses a variety of wafer sizes, dopant concentrations and crystal orientations, tailored to meet the precise specifications of its customers.