Investors often turn to recommendations made by Wall Street analysts before making a Buy, Sell, or Hold decision about a stock. While media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm employed (or sell-side) analysts often affect a stock's price, do they really matter?Before we discuss the reliability of brokerage recommendations and how to use them to your advantage, let's see what these Wall Street heavyweights think about Axcelis Technologies (ACLS) .Axcelis currently has an average brokerage re ...

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The artificial intelligence (AI) and accelerated computing bull market continues to build a head of steam. Investors can't get enough of leaders like Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) that are crafting next-generation computing systems.But for some investors, the price tags on stocks like Nvidia may have gotten too high to stomach. That's OK. There are some far smaller AI-related businesses trading at relatively attractive valuations that might suit long-term investors. Two such small AI stocks worth a look at right no ...

BEVERLY, Mass., Feb. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACLS), a leading supplier of enabling ion implantation solutions for the semiconductor industry, announced today that Gregory Graves and Necip Sayiner have been elected to the Company's Board of Directors. Greg Graves Necip Sayiner "We are pleased to welcome Gregory Graves and Dr. Necip Sayiner to the Axcelis board," said President and CEO of Axcelis Technologies, Russell Low. "We believe their combined experience in semi ...

Valued at $591.8 billion in 2022, the global semiconductor market is expected to reach $1.88 trillion by 2032, exhibiting a CAGR of 12.28%. The rising penetration of digital technologies largely propels this growth, rapid adoption of AI and growing demand in the industrial and automotive industries have largely propelled this growth. This data demonstrates that semiconductor usage will continue to skyrocket for the foreseeable future. These semiconductor stocks are prime to master this industry and deliver ...

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K (Mark One) ☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 ☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to Commission file number 000-30941 AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 34-1818596 (State or other juri sdictio ...

Investors often turn to recommendations made by Wall Street analysts before making a Buy, Sell, or Hold decision about a stock. While media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm employed (or sell-side) analysts often affect a stock's price, do they really matter?Let's take a look at what these Wall Street heavyweights have to say about Axcelis Technologies (ACLS) before we discuss the reliability of brokerage recommendations and how to use them to your advantage.Axcelis currently has an avera ...

Ignatiev Introduction Back in June 2023, we wrote a piece on Axcelis Technologies (NASDAQ:ACLS), a specialist in ion implantation technology, when it was flourishing at around lifetime highs. Whilst we appreciated some facets of the business (and still do), we were less certain of its ability to generate ample alpha at those lofty levels, and hence went with a HOLD rating back then. Since then, the stock has given up over 30% of its value, and whilst some risks still remain, we are now prepared to be more b ...

Here are three stocks added to the Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell) List today:Arrow Financial Corporation (AROW) is a bank holding company. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings has been revised 10.4% downward over the last 60 days.Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (ACLS) is a semiconductor fabrication equipment company. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings has been revised 7.4% downward over the last 60 days.BP p.l.c. (BP) is a carbon company.The Zacks Consensus Estimate for ...

The semiconductor industry has been red-hot over the last few years, and it isn't just Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices delivering substantial gains for investors. The digital economy is forever expanding, and more products and services require advanced chip hardware, which is creating pockets of opportunity for a number of companies.Axcelis Technologies (ACLS -2.39%) is one of them. Shares of the semiconductor service company have rocketed higher by more than 440% over the last five years, even after acco ...