ACLS AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES INC

NEUTRAL Impact: 3/10 Insider Cluster (5 insiders)
Horizon days Filed May 28, 2026 Processed 8d 5h ago
Insider cluster: 5 insiders, $1.0M total

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Executive Summary

Five Axcelis insiders sold a total of ~$956K in open-market sales over a 7-day window, representing ~0.02% of the company's $4.9B market cap. The sell cluster includes the EVP General Counsel, EVP of R&D, EVP Global Customer Operations, VP Corporate Controller, and a Director, but the aggregate dollar value is immaterial relative to company size. Per academic literature, cluster sells are typically liquidity/vesting-driven and carry little predictive signal.

Key Financial Metrics

Direction
selling
Total Value
$956.0K
Insiders
5

Actionable Insight

Dollar value is too small to warrant concern — this appears to be routine portfolio diversification and/or pre-planned 10b5-1 selling. Monitor upcoming earnings (2.02) or any material agreements (1.01) for potential catalysts, but this insider cluster alone is not actionable.

Key Facts

  • 5 insiders sold open-market shares totaling roughly $956K from May 20-27, 2026
  • Total sales are ~0.02% of ACLS's $4.9B market cap — immaterial by proportionality standards
  • Sellers include C-suite (EVP GC, EVP R&D, EVP Ops) and a Director — broad but small-dollar
  • No open-market purchases reported in the cluster; net direction is selling
  • Cluster sells are weakly predictive vs cluster buys per academic literature (Cohen et al.; Alldredge 2019)

Financial Impact

Total insider sales of ~$956K, or 0.02% of market cap

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Risk Factors

  • If insider selling accelerates to >0.5% of market cap in a concentrated window, signal would strengthen

Market Snapshot

Exchange
Nasdaq
Sector
Special Industry Machinery, NEC
Analyst Consensus
58% bullish (12 analysts)

Documents Analyzed

This report is based on 1 SEC document filed with EDGAR.

DocumentAccession Number
CLUSTER Data (Synthetic)cluster-ACLS-1780002346779
9 reports for ACLS
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Jun 4, 2026
1d ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
awaiting T+5
May 28, 2026
8d ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
awaiting T+5
May 26, 2026
10d ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
awaiting T+5
May 22, 2026
14d ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
awaiting T+5
May 21, 2026
15d ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
awaiting T+5
May 15, 2026
21d ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 4/10
awaiting T+5
May 15, 2026
21d ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$146.24 $164.27▲ +12.33%▲ +10.71%$147.16 (+0.63%)
May 15, 2026
21d ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
awaiting T+5
May 6, 2026
4w ago
Insider Cluster
BEARISH ★ 6/10
$171.00 $162.15▲ +5.18%▲ +6.35%$147.16 (+13.94%)
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