Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for ACLS in the last 90 days.
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Axcelis Technologies (ACLS) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Oct 12 close
$127.63−7.08 (−5.3%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryOct 12 closeAxcelis Technologies shares fell 5.3% to $127.63 this week, extending a pullback that has taken the stock down from levels above $142.31 and $133.48 seen earlier in October. The move follows Q2 2026 results that beat expectations, with revenue of $215 million and EPS of $1.06, alongside full-year guidance for mid-single digit revenue growth, and comes alongside a mixed set of analyst actions: Argus raised its target to $160.00, while the broader analyst set carries a consensus target of $161 against a "Sell" average rating described in one report.
The stock trades at $127.63, above both its 50-day average of $125.33 and its 200-day average of $121.50, with the 50-day above the 200-day. The GekkoIndex reads 58.4, placing ACLS in the Neutral zone, up 12.6 over five days. Price sits 9.9% above Gekko Fair Value of $116.18.
Earnings are due 3 November 2026, 21 days out, falling inside a typical 20-trading-day holding window; the prior report produced a -4.7% reaction despite an EPS beat, and the average absolute reaction has run 6.4%. No insider, Congress or unusual options activity appears in the respective 90-day and 30-day windows. Seasonality has favored the stock from this point in the calendar, averaging +3.7% over the next 20 trading days across 5 years, rising in 3 of them. The consensus analyst target of $161 and the gap to Gekko Fair Value both bear watching heading into the report.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Axcelis Technologies price vs fair value
Close $127.63200-day averageGekko Fair Value $116.18
Axcelis Technologies quick facts
- Market cap
- $3.92B
- P/E ratio
- 44.8
- Forward P/E
- 19.8
- EPS, TTM
- $2.98
- Revenue, TTM
- $866.1M
- Profit margin
- 10.7%
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 1.85
- Volume
- 198,366 avg 340,609
- 1-year return
- +50.8%
- Typical daily move
- ±5%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±9.9%
- 50-day average
- $125.33
- 200-day average
- $121.50
- Next earnings
- Nov 3
- Shares outstanding
- 30.88M
Axcelis Technologies swing-trade checklist
Axcelis Technologies scores 2 supportive, 1 mixed and 2 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
2 supportive1 mixed2 headwinds
- Trendsupportive
Above 50 and 200-day
Close $127.63 is above the 50-day ($125.33) and 200-day ($121.50) averages, and the 50-day is above the 200-day.
See the chart - GekkoIndexmixed
58.4, Neutral
Reading 58.4 is in the Neutral zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valueheadwind
9.9% above
Price is 9.9% above Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% above).
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No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings riskheadwind
Reports in 22 days
Reports on Nov 3, 2026, 22 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+3.7% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +3.7% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
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Axcelis Technologies stock chart and price history
Axcelis Technologies closed at $127.63 on Oct 12, 2026, +50.8% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $73.60 to $193.78.
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- +12.5%
- 3 months
- −10.3%
- 6 months
- +15.3%
- 1 year
- +50.8%
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About Axcelis Technologies
Axcelis Technologies designs, builds, and services ion implantation systems and related equipment used to manufacture semiconductor chips. Its product line spans high-energy, high-current, and medium-current implanters, covering a range of applications within chip fabrication. The company has built a presence around this specialized manufacturing equipment.
Beyond new equipment sales, Axcelis supports customers throughout the life of its machines, offering refurbished systems, spare parts, upgrades, routine maintenance, and training. These offerings are sold directly to chip manufacturers through the company's own sales staff, rather than through outside distributors. The business operates across North America, Europe, and Asia.
Axcelis Technologies was established in 1978 and is headquartered in Beverly, Massachusetts. Its shares trade on the NASDAQ under the ticker ACLS.
- Listed
- NASDAQ
- Sector
- Producer manufacturing
- Industry
- Industrial machinery
- Website
- axcelis.com
Axcelis Technologies GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Axcelis Technologies’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 58.4, in the Neutral zone, up 12.6 points over five sessions.
58.4Neutral
Up 12.6 points over five sessions.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 39 | +0.9% | +0.6% | ||
| Accumulation | 293 | −0.8% | −2.8% | ||
| Neutral (current zone) | 296 | +1.1% | +4.1% | ||
| Distribution | 46 | +1.9% | +7.8% | ||
| Selling | 8 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average ACLS share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.1% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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Is Axcelis Technologies stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Axcelis Technologies trades 9.9% above Gekko Fair Value of $116.18, so the shares are overvalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Axcelis Technologies shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$116.18
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
9.9% Overvalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 1.1% below the estimate.
Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
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Axcelis Technologies insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Axcelis Technologies, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in ACLS were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Axcelis Technologies has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- $244K
- As a share of market cap
- 0.01%
From company filings.
Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Dec 31
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Axcelis Technologies earnings: next date and track record
Axcelis Technologies reports on Nov 3, 2026 (22 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Nov 3, 2026
22 days away
- EPS estimate
- $1.11
- Revenue estimate
- $230.1M
8 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±6.4%average move across the report
4 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, May 7, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Axcelis reported Q1 2026 revenue of $199M and EPS of $0.72, slightly above expectations, including a $5M one-time customer settlement headwind. CS&I revenue grew 30%+ year-over-year. Memory system shipments reached highest level since Q4 2023. Bookings showed second consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth on trailing 12-month basis, driven by memory and silicon carbide demand, offset by softer general mature.
- Guidance
- Management noted encouraging silicon carbide demand signals with strong bookings and increased customer engagement. Company awaits capital spending recovery in power markets. Pending merger with Veeco is progressing; no specific revenue or EPS targets were provided in this excerpt.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | $0.72 est $0.71 | $199.0M est $195.0M | −4.7% |
| Feb 17, 2026 | $1.49 est $1.12 | $238.3M est $215.0M | −13.3% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | $1.21 est $1.00 | $213.6M est $215.0M | +2.1% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | $1.13 est $0.73 | $194.5M est $197.6M | +6.8% |
| May 6, 2025 | $1.04 est $0.39 | $192.6M est $189.2M | +11.5% |
| Feb 10, 2025 | $1.54 est $1.25 | $252.4M est $221.6M | −7.2% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | $1.49 est $1.43 | $256.6M est $255.0M | +1.9% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | $1.55 est $1.37 | $256.5M est $250.3M | −3.9% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Axcelis Technologies stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Axcelis Technologies is $161.00, +26.1% from the last close, from 5 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$161.00consensus 12-month target, +26.1% from the last close
Now $127.63Avg $161.00
Low $140High $198
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 5 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7 | B. Riley Securities | $198 | +55.1% |
| Aug 7 | Craig-Hallum | $140 | +9.7% |
| Aug 7 | Bank of America Securities | — | — |
| Aug 7 | Needham | — | — |
| Aug 6 | William Blair | — | — |
+4.1%average 20-day move after past Neutral readings
+3.7%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±5%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Axcelis Technologies seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Axcelis Technologies averaged +3.7% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | −2.4% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | −3.8% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | −3.5% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +3.7% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +1.2% | 2 of 5 |
For scale, ACLS’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 9.9%.
Axcelis Technologies market cap and key statistics
Axcelis Technologies’s market cap is $3.92B, with a P/E ratio of 44.8 and revenue of $866.1M over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $3.92B
- P/E ratio
- 44.8
- Forward P/E
- 19.8
- EPS, TTM
- $2.98
- Gekko Fair Value
- $116.18
Trading
- Volume
- 198,366
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 340,609
- 52-week high
- $193.78
- 52-week low
- $73.60
- Shares outstanding
- 30.88M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $866.1M
- Profit margin
- 10.7%
- Return on equity
- 8.9%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- −23.5%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 1.85
- Typical daily move
- ±5%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±9.9%
Axcelis Technologies stock news this week
Coverage of Axcelis Technologies this week reads negative: 3 positive, 0 neutral and 4 negative headlines.
- A Look at Axcelis Technologies Inc (ACLS) After 5.3% Decline -- GF Value $90.94 vs Price $127.63GuruFocus, Oct 12
- Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (ACLS) Stock ForecastsYahoo! Finance Canada, Oct 9
- Axcelis Technologies Inc (ACLS) Stock Down 3.5% but Still Overvalued -- GF Score: 87/100GuruFocus, Oct 8
- Axcelis Technologies Reports Q2 2026 Results: Full Earnings Call TranscriptBenzinga, Oct 6
- Axcelis Technologies Inc (ACLS) Shares Fall 3.7% -- What GF Score of 85 Tells InvestorsGuruFocus, Oct 6
- Axcelis Technologies Inc. Stock Grades | ACLSBarron's, Oct 5
Axcelis Technologies peers
Axcelis Technologies’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| AMATApplied Materials | Neutral | 9.5% below |
| LRCXLam Research | Neutral | 4.7% above |
| PHParker-Hannifin | Neutral | 2.7% above |
| TTTrane Technologies | Neutral | 19.6% above |
| JCIJohnson Controls International | Neutral | 14.4% above |
| CARRCarrier Global | Accumulation | 4.0% below |
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Axcelis Technologies stock FAQ
What is Axcelis Technologies’s market cap?
Axcelis Technologies’s market cap is $3.92B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $127.63, with 30.88M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 44.8.
What is the Axcelis Technologies stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Axcelis Technologies is $161.00, +26.1% from the last close. Of the 5 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 1 rate it a buy, 3 a hold and 1 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Axcelis Technologies stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Axcelis Technologies is overvalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $127.63 is 9.9% above Gekko Fair Value of $116.18. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Axcelis Technologies report earnings next?
Axcelis Technologies is expected to report on Nov 3, 2026 (22 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $1.11 per share on revenue of $230.1M. Axcelis Technologies beat the earnings estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports, moving 6.4% on average across the report.
What is Axcelis Technologies’s 52-week high and low?
Axcelis Technologies’s 52-week high is $193.78 and its 52-week low is $73.60; it closed at $127.63 on Oct 12, 2026, +50.8% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $201.00 on Aug 1, 2023.
Is Axcelis Technologies stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 2 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (trend and seasonality), 1 as mixed (gekkoindex) and 2 as headwinds (fair value and earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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