---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-024204"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AXTI"
cik: "0001051627"
company_name: "AXT INC"
filed_at: "2025-07-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T22:08:06.420410+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AXT Q2 2025 revenue $18M, net loss $7M; GaAs export delays and China sluggishness

## Summary
- Revenue $18.0M, down 36% YoY from $27.9M; QoQ down from $19.4M.
- GAAP net loss $7.0M ($0.16/sh) vs loss $1.5M YoY; non-GAAP loss $6.4M ($0.15/sh).
- GAAP gross margin 8.0%, improved from (6.4%) Q1 but down from 27.4% YoY.
- CEO: longer GaAs export permit processing & China demand sluggishness; AI-driven InP demand growing.
- Tongmei STAR Market IPO still pending CSRC approval; expects completion in coming months.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-024204
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AXTI
- cik: 0001051627
- company_name: AXT INC
- filed_at: 2025-07-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/1051627/000143774925024204/0001437749-25-024204-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051627/000143774925024204/axti20250604_8k.htm

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