AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES INC ACLS
COM NEW · Common Stock · CUSIP 054540208 · ISIN US0545402085
Engages in the design, manufacture, and servicing of capital equipment for the semiconductor manufacturing industry
- SectorIndustrials
- IndustrySpecial Industry Machinery, NEC
- HeadquartersBeverly, MA
- Founded1995
- Websiteaxcelis.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($48.1k this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 32.5m as of 2024-11-04, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $104.64. Options: 13 managers hold calls ($30.9m notional), 14 hold puts ($52.2m).
Trends to Q3 2024
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 287 |
| Q4 2022 | 328 |
| Q1 2023 | 379 |
| Q2 2023 | 406 |
| Q3 2023 | 421 |
| Q4 2023 | 421 |
| Q1 2024 | 383 |
| Q2 2024 | 391 |
| Q3 2024 | 369 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 150 | 148 |
| Q1 2023 | 192 | 172 |
| Q2 2023 | 187 | 210 |
| Q3 2023 | 209 | 199 |
| Q4 2023 | 222 | 196 |
| Q1 2024 | 172 | 258 |
| Q2 2024 | 202 | 179 |
| Q3 2024 | 181 | 202 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2023 | $102.5m | $63.1m | 0.61 |
| Q1 2024 | $75.3m | $47.7m | 0.63 |
| Q2 2024 | $72.1m | $48.1m | 0.67 |
| Q3 2024 | $30.9m | $52.2m | 1.69 |
Biggest buyers
| Boston Trust Walden Corp | New | +506.4k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Added | +384.2k |
| Amundi | Added | +296.9k |
| REINHART PARTNERS, LLC. | Added | +268.6k |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC | Added | +215.0k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP | Added | +167.2k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Added | +165.0k |
| Weiss Asset Management LP | New | +132.3k |
| PARADIGM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC/NY | Added | +127.7k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP | New | +126.0k |
Biggest sellers
| Rafferty Asset Management, LLC | Sold out | -259.6k |
| Clark Capital Management Group, Inc. | Sold out | -202.0k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Reduced | -189.9k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -140.7k |
| CITIGROUP INC | Reduced | -126.5k |
| Aberdeen Group plc | Reduced | -121.9k |
| Jackson Square Partners, LLC | Reduced | -119.6k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC | Reduced | -119.4k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC | Reduced | -110.2k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -99.8k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $10.0m95.1k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $9.0m86.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $2.9m27.8k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $2.2m20.8k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $1.5m14.3k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $1.1m10.6k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Reduced | $1.1m10.1k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $1.0m9.6k shares |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL | New | $859.8k8.2k shares |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | Added | $629.1k6.0k shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $28.4m270.9k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $10.0m95.4k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $2.7m26.2k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Added | $2.6m25.0k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $2.4m23.3k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $1.8m17.1k shares |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL | New | $1.3m12.1k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $1.3m11.8k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $859.0k8.2k shares |
| TWO SIGMA SECURITIES, LLC | Reduced | $325.0k3.1k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution filed 2025-04-29 | 15.3% |
| FMR LLC 13G · institution +2.1 pts · filed 2026-08-06 | 13.4% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-28 | 8.1% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.3% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: REINHART PARTNERS, LLC. (3.0%, 2026-07-14), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q3 2024
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 9 | $3.8m | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 8 | $8.5m | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 10 | $26.1m | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 5 | $2.6m | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $135.5k | — |
| Q1 2024 | 3 | $116.2k | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $137.3k | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $669.3k | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-06 | Titinger Jorge Director | Sold | $669.3k6.1k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q3 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 5.3m $559.8m | First filing |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.3m $449.8m | Reduced -92.8k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.2m $129.3m | Added +18.1k |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 0.08% of their portfolio | 974.4k $102.2m | Reduced -15.4k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 874.5k $91.7m | Added +28.1k |
| Senvest Management, LLC 2.82% of their portfolio | 770.5k $80.8m | Reduced -28.4k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 769.4k $80.7m | Added +384.2k |
| REINHART PARTNERS, LLC. 2.74% of their portfolio | 687.6k $72.1m | Added +268.6k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 675.9k $70.9m | Added +38.3k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 653.0k $68.5m | Reduced -5.2k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 607.8k $63.7m | Reduced -4.1k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 561.9k $58.9m | Reduced -140.7k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 526.9k $55.2m | Reduced -4.3k |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. 0.13% of their portfolio | 510.9k $53.6m | Added +55.0k |
| Boston Trust Walden Corp 0.37% of their portfolio | 506.4k $53.1m | New |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 496.0k $52.0m | Added +215.0k |
| PARADIGM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC/NY 2.22% of their portfolio | 476.9k $50.0m | Added +127.7k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 440.7k $46.2m | Reduced -23.5k |
| Amundi 0.02% of their portfolio | 425.0k $41.9m | Added +296.9k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 410.9k $43.1m | Reduced -65 |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 357.8k $37.5m | Reduced -99.8k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 347.0k $36.4m | Reduced -110.2k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 307.3k $32.2m | Reduced -433 |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.26% of their portfolio | 273.7k $28.7m | Added +167.2k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 264.8k $27.8m | Reduced -30.9k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 263.3k $27.6m | Added +89.5k |
| Boston Partners 0.03% of their portfolio | 245.6k $25.2m | Added +81 |
| Jackson Square Partners, LLC 2.20% of their portfolio | 243.3k $25.5m | Reduced -119.6k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 231.9k $24.3m | Reduced -6.4k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 203.5k $21.3m | Reduced -53.4k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.03% of their portfolio | 185.7k $19.5m | Added +165.0k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 181.1k $19.0m | Reduced -30.5k |
| Granite Investment Partners, LLC 0.79% of their portfolio | 176.2k $18.5m | Reduced -19.3k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 166.9k $17.5m | Added +48.5k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 152.7k $16.0m | Reduced -58.9k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 136.8k $14.3m | Reduced -189.9k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 135.7k $14.2m | Reduced -23.7k |
| Weiss Asset Management LP 0.35% of their portfolio | 132.3k $13.9m | New |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 126.0k $13.2m | New |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 124.5k $13.1m | Reduced -77.2k |
| OBERWEIS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/ 0.64% of their portfolio | 118.8k $12.5m | Added +27.0k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 116.7k $12.2m | Reduced -97.4k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 112.2k $11.8m | Added +21.8k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.02% of their portfolio | 110.0k $11.5m | Reduced -14.0k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 107.3k $11.2m | Added +550 |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 106.9k $11.2m | Added +36.7k |
| NEUMEIER POMA INVESTMENT COUNSEL LLC 1.04% of their portfolio | 104.5k $11.0m | Reduced -67.9k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 104.3k $10.9m | Added +29.6k |
| Man Group plc 0.03% of their portfolio | 101.7k $10.7m | Reduced -92.6k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 95.5k $10.0m | Added +56.5k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 90.4k $9.5m | Reduced -3.4k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 88.7k $9.3m | Reduced -126.5k |
| KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 86.9k $9.1m | Reduced -18.1k |
| Pier Capital, LLC 1.23% of their portfolio | 83.0k $8.7m | Added +41.8k |
| Cerity Partners LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 81.2k $8.5m | Added +915 |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 79.1k $8.3m | Reduced -82.0k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 75.3k $7.9m | Reduced -47.2k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 74.5k $7.8m | New |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.04% of their portfolio | 72.0k $7.6m | Reduced -55.4k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.04% of their portfolio | 69.2k $7.3m | Reduced -2.4k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 68.1k $7.1m | Reduced -93.4k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 66.5k $7.0m | Added +56.3k |
| KORNITZER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC /KS 0.12% of their portfolio | 64.1k $6.7m | Added +15.8k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 63.5k $6.7m | Reduced -700 |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 62.9k $6.6m | Reduced -44 |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.00% of their portfolio | 61.2k $6.4m | Added +270 |
| HARBOR CAPITAL ADVISORS, INC. 0.27% of their portfolio | 60.3k $6.3m | Added +42.8k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 58.2k $6.1m | Added +1.1k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.01% of their portfolio | 54.6k $5.7m | Added +30.6k |
| Bridge City Capital, LLC 1.32% of their portfolio | 45.6k $4.8m | Added +5.7k |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. 0.05% of their portfolio | 45.5k $4.8m | Added +31.5k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.01% of their portfolio | 45.2k $4.7m | Reduced -14.8k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 44.7k $4.7m | Added +8.5k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 43.8k $4.6m | Reduced -5.0k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 43.7k $4.6m | Reduced -79.3k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 43.0k $4.5m | Added +36.9k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 42.1k $4.4m | Reduced -94.9k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 41.5k $4.4m | Added +6.3k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 40.9k $4.3m | Added +2.5k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 39.8k $4.2m | New |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.01% of their portfolio | 39.0k $4.1m | Added +6.1k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 36.2k $3.8m | Added +11.6k |
| Creative Planning 0.00% of their portfolio | 35.7k $3.7m | Added +4.8k |
| Focus Partners Wealth 0.01% of their portfolio | 35.4k $3.7m | Added +10.3k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 33.9k $3.6m | Reduced -143 |
| Aberdeen Group plc 0.01% of their portfolio | 33.3k $3.5m | Reduced -121.9k |
| RICE HALL JAMES & ASSOCIATES, LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 33.1k $3.5m | Reduced -285 |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.00% of their portfolio | 32.8k $3.4m | Reduced -4.0k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 32.7k $3.4m | Reduced -7.7k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 32.1k $3.4m | Reduced -32.8k |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 32.0k $3.4m | Reduced -9.1k |
| EMC Capital Management 0.11% of their portfolio | 31.1k $170.0k | Added +29.9k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 30.8k $3.2m | Reduced -1.1k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 30.4k $3.2m | Reduced -16.3k |
| Homestead Advisers Corp 0.07% of their portfolio | 29.6k $3.1m | Unchanged |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 29.1k $3.1m | Reduced -35.8k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 28.7k $3.0m | Reduced -25.6k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.01% of their portfolio | 28.2k $3.0m | Reduced -1.1k |
| ISTHMUS PARTNERS, LLC 0.35% of their portfolio | 27.8k $2.9m | Reduced -5.5k |
| Moody Aldrich Partners LLC 0.51% of their portfolio | 26.9k $2.8m | Added +3.3k |