Optics Stocks Drop on Anthropic News, WSJ Report: Lumentum Down 10%, Corning Down 8%, AXT Down 12%
Optics stocks are getting hit hard at midday Tuesday as a risk-off wave washes through AI hardware names.
24/7 Wall Street8/18/2026Negative
AXTI
AXT IncNASDAQTECHNOLOGYSEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT & MATERIALS
Key Statistics
Market Cap
$6.29B
P/E Ratio
2399.25
EPS
$0.04
Beta
1.93
52W High
$143.16
52W Low
$2.20
50-Day MA
$69.19
200-Day MA
$50.25
Dividend Yield
—
Profit Margin
3.23%
Forward P/E
117.65
PEG Ratio
12.09
About AXT Inc
AXT, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and distributes single element and composite semiconductor substrates. The company is headquartered in Fremont, California.
Fundamentals
| Revenue (TTM) | $125.51M |
| Gross Profit (TTM) | $40.39M |
| EBITDA | $13.45M |
| Operating Margin | 21.90% |
| Return on Equity | 1.01% |
| Return on Assets | 0.34% |
| Revenue/Share (TTM) | $2.47 |
| Book Value | $14.43 |
| Price-to-Book | 6.06 |
| Price-to-Sales (TTM) | 50.14 |
| EV/Revenue | 40.04 |
| EV/EBITDA | 332.02 |
| Quarterly Earnings Growth (YoY) | -57.10% |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth (YoY) | 164.80% |
| Shares Outstanding | $65.57M |
| Float | $61.60M |
| % Insiders | 3.99% |
| % Institutions | 72.94% |
Historical Volatility
HV 10-Day
163.37%
HV 20-Day
197.30%
HV 30-Day
185.75%
HV 60-Day
172.30%
HV Rank
90.9%
Volatility is currently contracting
Analyst Ratings
Consensus ($91.60 target)
3
Buy2
HoldLatest News
AXT, Inc. Announces Financial Conference Participation for the Third Quarter 2026
FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $AXTI--AXT, Inc. (Nasdaq: AXTI), a leading manufacturer of compound semiconductor substrates, today announced that it will participate in the upcoming financial conferences: Needham 7th Annual Virtual Semiconductor & SemiCap 1x1 Conference on Aug. 20th 9th Annual B. Riley Securities Consumer & TMT Conference on Sept. 10th in New York Morgan Stanley ASIA Best Corporate Day on Sept. 21st-22nd in New York About AXT, Inc. AXT is a material science company that dev.
Business Wire8/17/2026Neutral
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AXT's 399.3% YTD surge comes amid record InP revenues, AI data-center demand and long-term supply deals that could support its premium valuation.
Zacks Investment Research8/17/2026Positive
Earnings Estimates Moving Higher for AXT (AXTI): Time to Buy?
AXT (AXTI) shares have started gaining and might continue moving higher in the near term, as indicated by solid earnings estimate revisions.
Zacks Investment Research8/12/2026Positive
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Zacks Investment Research8/3/2026Positive
AXTI Q2 Earnings Beat on Record InP Demand, Revenues Rise Y/Y
AXT's Q2 earnings and revenues top estimates as record indium phosphide demand, AI data-center growth and stronger productivity lift results.
Zacks Investment Research7/31/2026Positive
AXTI Q2 Earnings Call Highlights AI Capacity Expansion
AXT highlighted surging indium phosphide demand, AI data center connectivity growth and capacity expansion plans as it targets higher output and margins.
Zacks Investment Research7/31/2026Positive
AXT, Inc. (AXTI) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
AXT, Inc. (AXTI) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha7/31/2026Neutral
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Data last updated: 8/18/2026