---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-21-100092"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACLS"
cik: "0001113232"
company_name: "AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2021-08-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T22:21:06.020754+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Axcelis Q2 revenue $147.3M (beat), guides Q3 to $170M; FY2021 revenue >$625M

## Summary
- Q2 revenue $147.3M, up 11% from Q1 $132.8M; first quarterly system revenue >$100M since 2004.
- GAAP EPS $0.55 diluted, up from $0.48 in Q1; operating profit $24M.
- Gross margin 43.5% vs 42.5% Q1; cash $220.5M; $13.4M stock repurchases.
- Q3 guidance: revenue ~$170M, EPS ~$0.70, op profit ~$32M, gross margin ~42.5%.
- Full-year 2021 revenue >$625M; strong demand for Purion implants in power devices.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-21-100092
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACLS
- cik: 0001113232
- company_name: AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2021-08-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113232/000110465921100092/0001104659-21-100092-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113232/000110465921100092/tm2123731d1_8k.htm

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