ACLS Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Axcelis Technologies | NASDAQ:ACLS)

Axcelis Technologies Inc designs, manufactures, and services ion implantation and other processing equipment used in the fabrication of semiconductor chips. In addition to equipment, the company provides aftermarket lifecycle products and services, including used tools, spare parts, equipment upgrades, maintenance services, and customer training. Geographically, the group has a business presence in North America, Asia Pacific, and Europe, of which key revenue is derived from the Asia Pacific.

Axcelis Technologies trades on the NASDAQ stock market under the symbol ACLS.

As of May 13, 2025, ACLS stock price climbed to $62.86 with 465,973 million shares trading.

ACLS has a beta of 1.74, meaning it tends to be more sensitive to market movements. ACLS has a correlation of 0.36 to the broad based SPY ETF.

ACLS has a market cap of $2.02 billion. This is considered a Mid Cap stock.

Last quarter Axcelis Technologies reported $193 million in Revenue and $1.04 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $8 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.66.

In the last 3 years, ACLS traded as high as $201.00 and as low as $40.40.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that ACLS belongs to (by Net Assets): IJR, IWM, VTI, VB, VGT.

ACLS has underperformed the market in the last year with a return of -44.8%, while SPY returned +14.0%. This shows that you would have done better investing in the overall market (through SPY) over the last year than in ACLS shares. However, ACLS has outperformed the market in the last 3 month and 2 week periods, returning +4.5% and +29.3%, while SPY returned -2.5% and +6.5%, respectively. This indicates ACLS has been having a stronger performance recently.

ACLS support price is $59.39 and resistance is $64.91 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that ACLS shares will trade within this expected range on the day.