secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES INC (ACLS)
CIK:        0001113232
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-08-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-25-073971
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Axcelis Q2 revenue falls 24% YoY to $194.5M; GAAP EPS $0.98, non-GAAP $1.13
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- Revenue $194.5M vs $256.5M YoY; GAAP diluted EPS $0.98 vs $1.55, non-GAAP $1.13 vs $1.73.
- GAAP gross margin 44.9% (up from 43.8% YoY); non-GAAP gross margin 45.2% (up from 44.3%).
- Q3 guidance: revenue ~$200M, GAAP EPS ~$0.87, non-GAAP EPS ~$1.00.
- Share repurchases totaled $45M in Q2; CEO cites 'cyclical digestion period' in many markets.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113232/000110465925073971/0001104659-25-073971-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113232/000110465925073971/tm2522083d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-073971

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