Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH Sells 13,352 Shares of Axcelis Technologies, Inc. $ACLS

Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH cut its holdings in Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACLS) by 47.7% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 14,648 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 13,352 shares during the quarter. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH’s holdings in Axcelis Technologies were worth $1,430,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of ACLS. American Century Companies Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Axcelis Technologies by 45.5% in the 2nd quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 1,659,463 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $115,648,000 after purchasing an additional 518,968 shares in the last quarter. Boston Partners lifted its stake in Axcelis Technologies by 42.3% in the 2nd quarter. Boston Partners now owns 474,043 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $33,616,000 after purchasing an additional 141,004 shares during the last quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC boosted its position in Axcelis Technologies by 1,344.8% in the third quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 109,628 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $10,388,000 after buying an additional 102,040 shares in the last quarter. Reinhart Partners LLC. boosted its position in Axcelis Technologies by 6.0% in the third quarter. Reinhart Partners LLC. now owns 1,610,332 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $157,234,000 after buying an additional 91,788 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Balyasny Asset Management L.P. bought a new stake in shares of Axcelis Technologies during the second quarter worth $6,324,000. Institutional investors own 89.98% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Axcelis Technologies

In other news, Director Jorge Titinger sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $86.05, for a total transaction of $172,100.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 7,477 shares in the company, valued at $643,395.85. This represents a 21.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, EVP Gerald M. Blumenstock sold 3,034 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $89.46, for a total transaction of $271,421.64. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 18,661 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,669,413.06. The trade was a 13.98% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Corporate insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts have recently commented on ACLS shares. Zacks Research cut Axcelis Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, December 5th. Bank of America increased their target price on Axcelis Technologies from $90.00 to $100.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 13th. Wall Street Zen lowered Axcelis Technologies from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, January 3rd. B. Riley upped their price objective on Axcelis Technologies from $84.00 to $94.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 21st. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Axcelis Technologies in a research report on Monday, December 22nd. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $102.25.

Axcelis Technologies Trading Down 4.5%

Shares of ACLS stock opened at $88.07 on Friday. Axcelis Technologies, Inc. has a 1-year low of $40.40 and a 1-year high of $102.93. The company has a current ratio of 4.95, a quick ratio of 3.32 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. The stock has a market cap of $2.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.82 and a beta of 1.73. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $87.51 and a 200-day moving average of $84.19.

Axcelis Technologies (NASDAQ:ACLS) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, November 4th. The semiconductor company reported $1.21 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.01 by $0.20. The business had revenue of $213.61 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $200.06 million. Axcelis Technologies had a return on equity of 14.58% and a net margin of 15.93%.The firm’s revenue was down 16.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.49 earnings per share. Axcelis Technologies has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.120-1.120 EPS. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Axcelis Technologies, Inc. will post 2.55 earnings per share for the current year.

About Axcelis Technologies

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.