Brokerages Set Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACLS) Target Price at $101.50

Shares of Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACLS) have been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the six research firms that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, two have given a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 1 year price target among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $101.50.

ACLS has been the topic of several analyst reports. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Axcelis Technologies from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, January 3rd. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Axcelis Technologies in a research report on Monday, December 22nd. Zacks Research cut Axcelis Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Friday, February 20th. B. Riley Financial reduced their target price on Axcelis Technologies from $94.00 to $91.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, February 18th. Finally, Bank of America lifted their price target on Axcelis Technologies from $90.00 to $100.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 13th.

Insider Buying and Selling at Axcelis Technologies

In other Axcelis Technologies news, Director Jorge Titinger sold 1,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $80.00, for a total value of $80,000.00. Following the sale, the director owned 6,477 shares in the company, valued at $518,160. This trade represents a 13.37% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Axcelis Technologies

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Salomon & Ludwin LLC bought a new stake in Axcelis Technologies in the third quarter valued at approximately $25,000. REAP Financial Group LLC bought a new position in Axcelis Technologies during the 4th quarter worth approximately $25,000. Close Asset Management Ltd bought a new position in Axcelis Technologies during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $27,000. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Axcelis Technologies by 145.1% in the 2nd quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 451 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $31,000 after purchasing an additional 267 shares during the period. Finally, Caitlin John LLC acquired a new position in shares of Axcelis Technologies in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $32,000. Institutional investors own 89.98% of the company’s stock.

Axcelis Technologies Trading Up 1.6%

Shares of NASDAQ:ACLS opened at $85.77 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $2.63 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.63, a P/E/G ratio of 10.09 and a beta of 1.78. Axcelis Technologies has a 1 year low of $40.40 and a 1 year high of $102.93. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a current ratio of 4.77 and a quick ratio of 3.11. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $87.49 and its 200 day simple moving average is $86.36.

Axcelis Technologies (NASDAQ:ACLS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 17th. The semiconductor company reported $1.49 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.12 by $0.37. The firm had revenue of $238.33 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $215.04 million. Axcelis Technologies had a return on equity of 13.73% and a net margin of 14.33%.The company’s quarterly revenue was down 5.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.54 EPS. Axcelis Technologies has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.710-0.710 EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that Axcelis Technologies will post 2.55 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Axcelis Technologies Company Profile

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.