Technology
AXT, Inc.(AXTI)
Live Price
Offline$84.57
-8.19% today
1Y Change
+4268.08%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 16, 2026
- Market Cap
- $4.92B
- Revenue Growth
- -11.1%
- EPS Growth
- -81.5%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.0%
Coverage: 245 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 16, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
AXT, Inc. (AXTI) is a Technology stock with a market cap of $4.92B and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $84.57 and up 4268.1% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 16, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -11.1%, EPS growth of -81.5%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue -11.1%, EPS -81.5%, free cash flow -5.0% with operating margin -13.9% and ROIC -3.2%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at price/sales 51.3. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines AXTI price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Technology peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-11.1% vs +11.9% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
-13.9% vs +22.0% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 7, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -11.1% and EPS is at -81.5%, with operating margin around -13.9%.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +27.7% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 3 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 7, 2026 | โ | +7.3% | +6.1% | -17.9% |
2026 Feb 19, 2026 | -25.0% | +24.7% | +55.9% | +144.0% |
2025 Oct 30, 2025 | +72.7% | +8.6% | +21.2% | +46.2% |
Benchmark Edge
AXTI vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
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Normalized return
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Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
AXTI Max Drawdown
-44.36%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for AXTI and SPY.
Company Overview
AXT, Inc.
NASDAQ Global Select
AXT, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and distributes compound and single element semiconductor substrates. It produces semiconductor substrates using its proprietary vertical gradient freeze technology. The company offers indium phosphide for use in data center connectivity using light/lasers, 5G communications, fiber optic lasers and detectors, passive optical networks, silicon photonics, photonic integrated circuits, terrestrial solar cells, RF amplifier and switching, infrared light-emitting diode (LEDS) motion control, lidar for robotics and autonomous vehicles, and infrared thermal imaging. It also provides semi-insulating gallium arsenide (GaAs) substrates for use in Wi-Fi and IoT devices, transistors, direct broadcast television, power amplifiers, satellite communications, and solar cells; and semi-conducting GaAs substrates that are used in LED, screen displays, printer head lasers and LEDs, 3-D sensing using VCSELs, data center communication using VCSELs, sensors for industrial robotics/near-infrared sensors, optical couplers, solar cells, night vision goggles, lidar for robotics and autonomous vehicles, and other lasers, as well as laser machining, cutting, and drilling. In addition, the company offers germanium substrates for use in multi-junction solar cells for satellites, optical sensors and detectors, terrestrial concentrated photo voltaic cells, infrared detectors, and carrier wafer for LED. Further, it provides 6N+ and 7N+ purified gallium, boron trioxide, gallium-magnesium alloy, pyrolytic boron nitride (pBN) crucibles, and pBN insulating parts. AXT, Inc. sells its products through direct salesforce in the United States, China, and Europe, as well as through independent sales representatives and distributors in Japan, Taiwan, Korea, and internationally. The company was formerly known as American Xtal Technology, Inc. and changed its name to AXT, Inc. in July 2000. AXT, Inc. was incorporated in 1986 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.
- Leadership
- Morris S. Young
- IPO Date
- May 21, 1998
- Employees
- 1.5k
- Street Address
- 4281 Technology Drive
- Mailing
- Fremont, CA, 94538
- Region
- Fremont, CA, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 510 438 4700
- Last Updated
- May 6, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- โ
- EV/EBITDA
- โ
- Price/Sales
- 51.3
- Price/Book
- 20.6
Growth
- Revenue
- -11.1%
- EPS
- -81.5%
- Free Cash Flow
- -5.0%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 21.3%
- Operating Margin
- -13.9%
- Net Margin
- -14.7%
- ROE
- -6.2%
- ROIC
- -3.2%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.26
- Current Ratio
- 2.59
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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