Research Analysts Offer Predictions for AXT Q2 Earnings

AXT Inc (NASDAQ:AXTI) – Investment analysts at B. Riley upped their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for AXT in a research report issued on Wednesday, July 9th. B. Riley analyst D. Kang now expects that the semiconductor company will post earnings per share of ($0.15) for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of ($0.16). B. Riley currently has a “Buy” rating and a $4.30 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for AXT’s current full-year earnings is ($0.12) per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for AXT’s Q3 2025 earnings at ($0.13) EPS, FY2025 earnings at ($0.58) EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at ($0.11) EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at ($0.08) EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at ($0.05) EPS and FY2026 earnings at ($0.28) EPS.

AXT (NASDAQ:AXTI) last released its earnings results on Thursday, May 1st. The semiconductor company reported ($0.20) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.13) by ($0.07). AXT had a negative return on equity of 8.54% and a negative net margin of 19.10%.

A number of other analysts also recently issued reports on AXTI. Wedbush reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $4.50 target price on shares of AXT in a research note on Tuesday, April 29th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of AXT to a “sell” rating in a report on Friday, April 25th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and four have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, AXT presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $4.70.

AXT Price Performance

Shares of AXT stock opened at $2.36 on Monday. AXT has a 1-year low of $1.13 and a 1-year high of $4.03. The stock has a market cap of $107.63 million, a P/E ratio of -5.49 and a beta of 2.07. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $1.83 and its 200-day simple moving average is $1.78.

Institutional Trading of AXT

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Atlas Brown Inc. boosted its stake in AXT by 100.0% during the second quarter. Atlas Brown Inc. now owns 39,150 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $82,000 after buying an additional 19,575 shares during the period. Acadian Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of AXT by 2.8% in the 1st quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 293,818 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $412,000 after acquiring an additional 8,039 shares during the last quarter. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. increased its holdings in AXT by 75.0% in the 1st quarter. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. now owns 530,269 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $748,000 after purchasing an additional 227,333 shares during the last quarter. Algert Global LLC acquired a new position in AXT during the first quarter worth $31,000. Finally, GSA Capital Partners LLP boosted its position in shares of AXT by 43.2% during the first quarter. GSA Capital Partners LLP now owns 533,264 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $752,000 after buying an additional 160,858 shares during the period. 49.52% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About AXT

AXT, Inc designs, develops, manufactures, and distributes compound and single element semiconductor substrates. The company offers indium phosphide for use in data center connectivity using light/lasers, high-speed data transfer in data centers, 5G communications, fiber optic lasers and detectors, consumer devices, passive optical networks, silicon photonics, photonic integrated circuits, thermo-photovoltaics, RF amplifier and switching, infrared light-emitting diode (LEDS) motion control, lidar for robotics and autonomous vehicles, and infrared thermal imaging.