AXTI Insider Trading

Insider Ownership Percentage: 5.97%
Insider Buying (Last 12 Months): $0.00
Insider Selling (Last 12 Months): $24,526,561.60

AXT Insider Trading History Chart

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AXT Share Price & Price History

Current Price: $100.49
Price Change: Price Increase of +4.493 (4.68%)
As of 05/4/2026 09:37 AM ET

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AXT Insider Trading History

Transaction DateInsider NameTitleBuy/SellNumber of SharesAverage Share PriceTotal TransactionShares Held After TransactionDetails
3/13/2026Jesse ChenDirectorSell8,083$50.25$406,170.75109,526View SEC Filing Icon  
3/13/2026Morris S. YoungCEOSell37,905$51.13$1,938,082.652,275,328View SEC Filing Icon  
3/12/2026Jesse ChenDirectorSell6,003$48.95$293,846.85117,609View SEC Filing Icon  
3/11/2026Jesse ChenDirectorSell15,000$47.13$706,950.00123,612View SEC Filing Icon  
3/10/2026David C ChangDirectorSell20,000$46.00$920,000.0072,744View SEC Filing Icon  
3/10/2026Jesse ChenDirectorSell14,000$46.15$646,100.00138,612View SEC Filing Icon  
3/10/2026Morris S. YoungCEOSell30,832$45.60$1,405,939.202,313,233View SEC Filing Icon  
3/9/2026Jesse ChenDirectorSell12,452$37.69$469,315.88152,612View SEC Filing Icon  
3/9/2026Morris S. YoungCEOSell125,893$36.51$4,596,353.432,344,065View SEC Filing Icon  
3/6/2026Jesse ChenDirectorSell2,000$36.63$73,260.00165,064View SEC Filing Icon  
3/6/2026Morris S. YoungCEOSell8,300$39.65$329,095.002,469,958View SEC Filing Icon  
3/5/2026Jesse ChenDirectorSell11,147$38.26$426,484.22167,064View SEC Filing Icon  
3/4/2026David C ChangDirectorSell20,000$38.53$770,600.00112,744View SEC Filing Icon  
3/4/2026Jesse ChenDirectorSell8,800$38.83$341,704.00178,211View SEC Filing Icon  
3/3/2026Jesse ChenDirectorSell11,007$40.49$445,673.43187,011View SEC Filing Icon  
3/2/2026Jesse ChenDirectorSell11,320$45.59$516,078.80198,018View SEC Filing Icon  
3/2/2026Morris S. YoungCEOSell159,536$43.32$6,911,099.522,482,038View SEC Filing Icon  
12/9/2025David C ChangDirectorSell25,000$14.84$371,000.00132,744View SEC Filing Icon  
12/4/2025Morris S. YoungCEOSell35,000$12.05$421,750.002,495,564View SEC Filing Icon  
12/2/2025David C ChangDirectorSell25,000$12.33$308,250.00157,744View SEC Filing Icon  
11/28/2025David C ChangDirectorSell25,000$10.72$268,000.00182,744View SEC Filing Icon  
11/17/2025Morris S. YoungCEOSell33,130$10.39$344,220.702,476,360View SEC Filing Icon  
11/7/2025Leonard J LeblancDirectorSell3,637$8.41$30,587.17118,875View SEC Filing Icon  
11/5/2025David C ChangDirectorSell100,000$8.94$894,000.00207,744View SEC Filing Icon  
11/3/2025Morris S. YoungCEOSell80,000$8.65$692,000.002,439,490View SEC Filing Icon  
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SEC Filings (Institutional Ownership Changes) for AXT (NASDAQ:AXTI)

49.52% of AXT stock is owned by institutions. Institutional ownership can be a sign of analyst confidence in the fundamentals of the stock.

Institutional Buying and Selling by Quarter

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AXT Institutional Trading History

Reporting DateHedge FundShares HeldMarket Value% of PortfolioQuarterly Change in SharesOwnership in CompanyDetails
4/30/2026Hsbc Holdings PLC20,673$1.16M0.0%N/A0.032%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/30/2026Kestra Advisory Services LLC6,408$0.37M0.0%+6.8%0.010%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/29/2026American Capital Advisory LLC470$27K0.0%N/A0.001%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/28/2026Ariose Capital Management Ltd685,524$39.06M26.2%N/A1.069%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/27/2026Private Advisor Group LLC224,395$12.79M0.1%N/A0.350%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/27/2026Leonteq Securities AG1,000$57K0.0%N/A0.002%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/25/2026Patten Group Inc.8,779$0.50M0.1%N/A0.014%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/23/2026Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services LLC541$31K0.0%N/A0.001%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/23/2026Dupree Financial Group LLC13,778$0.79M0.3%N/A0.025%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/22/2026Pictet Asset Management Holding SA8,489$0.48M0.0%N/A0.015%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/20/2026Park Edge Advisors LLC14,712$0.84M0.2%-69.9%0.026%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/20/2026Assenagon Asset Management S.A.1,505,354$85.78M0.1%+161.9%2.708%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/17/2026Atlas Brown Inc.31,650$1.80M0.5%-19.2%0.057%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/17/2026Brookstone Capital Management12,092$0.69M0.0%N/A0.022%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/16/2026SG Americas Securities LLC1,898$0.11M0.0%N/A0.003%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
3/3/2026Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd179,725$2.94M0.7%N/A0.325%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026XTX Topco Ltd35,201$0.58M0.0%+173.7%0.064%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026SummitTX Capital L.P.13,970$0.23M0.0%N/A0.025%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026Tudor Investment Corp ET AL16,987$0.28M0.0%N/A0.031%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026Millennium Management LLC205,503$3.36M0.0%+577.2%0.372%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026Gotham Asset Management LLC63,654$1.04M0.0%N/A0.115%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026Boothbay Fund Management LLC221,293$3.62M0.1%N/A0.400%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026683 Capital Management LLC75,000$1.23M0.1%N/A0.136%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC249,820$4.09M0.0%N/A0.452%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Lazard Asset Management LLC162,530$2.66M0.0%N/A0.294%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Jump Financial LLC19,175$0.31M0.0%N/A0.035%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Osaic Holdings Inc.11,012$0.18M0.0%+1,071.5%0.020%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Arosa Capital Management LP80,000$1.31M0.2%N/A0.145%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Royal Bank of Canada10,974$0.18M0.0%-88.3%0.020%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Mangrove Partners IM LLC40,644$0.67M0.1%N/A0.074%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Graham Capital Management L.P.31,707$0.52M0.0%N/A0.057%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Persistent Asset Partners Ltd307,611$5.03M2.3%N/A0.557%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Monolith Management Ltd447,000$7.31M2.7%N/A0.809%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/16/2026Squarepoint Ops LLC37,849$0.62M0.0%N/A0.068%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/16/2026OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp22,700$0.37M0.0%N/A0.041%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/16/2026Verition Fund Management LLC18,382$0.30M0.0%N/A0.033%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/16/2026Landscape Capital Management L.L.C.44,436$0.73M0.0%N/A0.080%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/16/2026Dymon Asia Capital Singapore PTE. LTD.119,623$1.96M0.2%N/A0.216%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/16/2026Barclays PLC86,582$1.42M0.0%N/A0.157%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026Kestra Advisory Services LLC6,000$98K0.0%N/A0.011%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026Marshall Wace LLP192,050$3.14M0.0%N/A0.347%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026Walleye Capital LLC91,074$1.49M0.0%N/A0.165%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026Hudson Bay Capital Management LP67,496$1.10M0.0%N/A0.122%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc.72,377$1.18M0.0%N/A0.131%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026FirstWave Capital Management LLC44,543$0.73M0.4%N/A0.081%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026Alyeska Investment Group L.P.1,234,693$20.19M0.1%N/A2.234%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026State Street Corp249,260$4.08M0.0%+35.3%0.451%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026Wells Fargo & Company MN26,334$0.43M0.0%N/A0.048%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026Pinpoint Asset Management Singapore Pte. Ltd.34,067$0.56M0.1%+46.0%0.062%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026Oasis Management Co Ltd.10,000$0.16M0.0%N/A0.018%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/12/2026Jane Street Group LLC904,599$14.79M0.0%+1,314.6%1.637%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/12/2026Renaissance Technologies LLC86,700$1.42M0.0%+68.7%0.157%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/12/2026Dimensional Fund Advisors LP187,684$3.07M0.0%+481.8%0.340%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/12/2026Informed Momentum Co LLC115,574$1.89M0.2%N/A0.209%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/12/2026Polen Capital Management LLC22,215$0.36M0.0%N/A0.040%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/11/2026State of Wyoming4,195$69K0.0%N/A0.008%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/10/2026Goldman Sachs Group Inc.269,411$4.41M0.0%+216.6%0.487%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/9/2026Geode Capital Management LLC492,330$8.05M0.0%+10.0%0.891%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/9/2026Jefferies Financial Group Inc.14,967$0.25M0.0%+30.1%0.027%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/6/2026Nano Cap New Millennium Growth Fund L P62,000$1.01M0.9%N/A0.112%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/6/2026CloudAlpha Capital Management Limited Hong Kong1,390,730$22.74M1.1%N/A2.516%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/6/2026GSA Capital Partners LLP78,455$1.28M0.1%-64.2%0.142%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/5/2026Allworth Financial LP11,594$0.19M0.0%+3,764.7%0.021%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/3/2026Maytree Asset Management Ltd682,299$11.16M8.3%N/A1.234%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
1/29/2026Cornerstone Investment Partners LLC16,793$0.28M0.0%N/A0.030%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
1/16/2026Park Edge Advisors LLC48,800$0.80M0.2%-21.9%0.088%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
1/16/2026Formidable Asset Management LLC42,475$0.69M0.1%-9.5%0.077%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
1/15/2026Founders Capital Management3,500$57K0.0%-50.0%0.006%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
1/9/2026Assenagon Asset Management S.A.574,828$9.40M0.0%+2,404.5%1.040%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/24/2025Penn Capital Management Company LLC162,342$0.73M0.1%N/A0.348%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/17/2025Qube Research & Technologies Ltd205,822$0.92M0.0%+39.7%0.446%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/17/2025Millennium Management LLC30,345$0.14M0.0%N/A0.066%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/17/2025Destination Wealth Management101,900$0.46M0.0%N/A0.221%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/17/2025Citadel Advisors LLC405,978$1.82M0.0%+339.6%0.880%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/17/2025Bank of America Corp DE52,571$0.24M0.0%+12,816.7%0.114%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/17/2025Algert Global LLC28,800$0.13M0.0%+31.9%0.062%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/14/2025Ancora Advisors LLC25,000$0.11M0.0%N/A0.054%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/14/2025Two Sigma Investments LP139,808$0.63M0.0%-17.0%0.303%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/14/2025Bridgeway Capital Management LLC93,492$0.42M0.0%-34.2%0.203%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/13/2025Founders Capital Management7,000$31K0.0%-30.0%0.015%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/13/2025Pinpoint Asset Management Singapore Pte. Ltd.23,337$0.11M0.0%+2,333,600.0%0.051%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/13/2025Jefferies Financial Group Inc.11,500$52K0.0%N/A0.025%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/12/2025Dimensional Fund Advisors LP32,260$0.15M0.0%N/A0.070%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/12/2025Pacific Ridge Capital Partners LLC1,793,797$8.05M1.8%-2.3%3.889%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/10/2025White Pine Capital LLC719,829$3.23M0.9%-16.3%1.561%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/7/2025GSA Capital Partners LLP218,873$0.98M0.1%-55.1%0.475%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/7/2025Vanguard Group Inc.2,202,871$9.89M0.0%-3.0%4.776%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/6/2025Wesbanco Bank Inc.25,000$0.11M0.0%N/A0.054%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
10/29/2025Formidable Asset Management LLC46,925$0.21M0.0%-4.0%0.102%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
10/7/2025Assenagon Asset Management S.A.22,952$0.10M0.0%+12.4%0.050%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
8/15/2025Bridgeway Capital Management LLC142,164$0.30M0.0%-7.6%0.312%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
8/12/2025XTX Topco Ltd20,317$42K0.0%N/A0.045%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
8/12/2025White Pine Capital LLC860,411$1.80M0.6%+2.8%1.887%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
8/8/2025Creative Planning41,123$86K0.0%N/A0.090%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
8/8/2025Geode Capital Management LLC446,234$0.93M0.0%-8.6%0.979%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
8/7/2025Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.48,061$100K0.0%-80.9%0.105%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
7/9/2025Keystone Wealth Services LLC93,400$0.20M0.0%-51.7%0.205%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
7/8/2025Atlas Brown Inc.39,150$82K0.0%+100.0%0.086%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
6/27/2025Goldman Sachs Group Inc.32,266$45K0.0%-34.6%0.071%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
5/21/2025Acadian Asset Management LLC293,818$0.41M0.0%+2.8%0.644%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
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AXT logo
AXT, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and distributes compound and single element semiconductor substrates. The company offers indium phosphide for use in data center connectivity using light/lasers, high-speed data transfer in data centers, 5G communications, fiber optic lasers and detectors, consumer devices, passive optical networks, silicon photonics, photonic integrated circuits, thermo-photovoltaics, RF amplifier and switching, infrared light-emitting diode (LEDS) motion control, lidar for robotics and autonomous vehicles, and infrared thermal imaging. It also provides semi-insulating gallium arsenide (GaAs) substrates for use in Wi-Fi and IoT devices, transistors, direct broadcast television, power amplifiers, satellite communications, and solar cells; and semi-conducting GaAs substrates that are used in LEDs, screen displays using micro-LEDs, printer head lasers and LEDs, 3-D sensing using VCSELs, data center communication using VCSELs, sensors for industrial robotics/near-infrared sensors, optical couplers, solar cells, night vision goggles, lidar for robotics and autonomous vehicles, and other lasers, as well as laser machining, cutting, and drilling. In addition, the company offers germanium substrates for use in multi-junction solar cells for satellites, optical sensors and detectors, terrestrial concentrated photo voltaic cells, infrared detectors, and carrier wafer for LED. Further, it provides 6N+ and 7N+ purified gallium, boron trioxide, gallium-magnesium alloy, pyrolytic boron nitride (pBN) crucibles, and pBN insulating parts. It sells its products through direct salesforce in the United States, China, and Europe, as well as through independent sales representatives and distributors in Japan, Taiwan, Korea, and internationally. The company was formerly known as American Xtal Technology, Inc. and changed its name to AXT, Inc. in July 2000. AXT, Inc. was incorporated in 1986 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.
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Today's Range

Now: $100.49
Low: $96.00
High: $96.00

50 Day Range

MA: $55.58
Low: $28.43
High: $86.94

52 Week Range

Now: $100.49
Low: $1.23
High: $96.32

Volume

372,278 shs

Average Volume

10,452,842 shs

Market Capitalization

$6.57 billion

P/E Ratio

N/A

Dividend Yield

N/A

Beta

1.75

Who are the company insiders with the largest holdings of AXT?

AXT's top insider shareholders include:
  1. Morris S Young (CEO)
  2. Gary L Fischer (CFO)
  3. Davis Zhang (Insider)
  4. David C Chang (Director)
  5. Jesse Chen (Director)
  6. Leonard J Leblanc (Director)
  7. Robert G Ochrym (VP)
  8. Russell Christine (Director)
  9. Morris S Young (CEO)
Learn More about top insider investors at AXT.

Who are the major institutional investors of AXT?

AXT's top institutional shareholders include:
  1. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. — 2.71%
  2. Ariose Capital Management Ltd — 1.07%
  3. Private Advisor Group LLC — 0.35%
  4. Atlas Brown Inc. — 0.06%
  5. Hsbc Holdings PLC — 0.03%
  6. Park Edge Advisors LLC — 0.03%
Learn More about top institutional investors of AXT stock.

Which major investors are selling AXT stock?

In the last quarter, AXTI stock was sold by these institutional investors:
  1. Park Edge Advisors LLC
  2. Atlas Brown Inc.
In the last year, company insiders that have sold AXT company stock include:
  1. Morris S Young (CEO)
  2. David C Chang (Director)
  3. Jesse Chen (Director)
  4. Leonard J Leblanc (Director)
Learn More investors selling AXT stock.

Which major investors are buying AXT stock?

During the previous quarter, AXTI stock was purchased by institutional investors including:
  1. Assenagon Asset Management S.A.
  2. Ariose Capital Management Ltd
  3. Private Advisor Group LLC
  4. Hsbc Holdings PLC
  5. Dupree Financial Group LLC
  6. Brookstone Capital Management
  7. Patten Group Inc.
  8. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA