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AXTI — AXT INC

US Technology Semiconductors equity mkt cap 4.8B
70.74 -3.29% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 2.48 · high 140.83

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Performance

1 day-3.29%
1 week-13.35%
1 month+33.65%
3 months-41.55%
6 months+138.34%
Year to date+322.08%
1 year+2718.33%
3 years+2811.11%
5 years+637.64%

Technicals

RSI 1451.1
vs 50-day avg+3.85%
vs 200-day avg+35.94%
Volatility 1y153.2%
Max drawdown 1y-73.75%
Avg volume 30d11.7M
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Measured signals that fired on AXTI

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-03Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-31Short volume far above its own normal
short
-0.76% over 21 days · t = -2.79 · n = 5,897
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-31Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-13Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-09Bollinger bandwidth breaks out of its own compression
structure
-0.63% over 21 days · t = -2.80 · n = 7,196
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-05-15Institutional holders jumped in a quarter
ownership
-0.52% over 21 days · t = -0.38 · n = 1,553
not distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-08-17LEBLANC LEONARD J
Director
Open-market sale4.0K96.07384.3K
2026-08-07LEBLANC LEONARD J
Director
Open-market sale2.0K88.31176.6K
2026-06-15CHANG DAVID C
Director
Open-market sale8.3K111.17926.4K
2026-06-15CHEN JESSE
Director
Open-market sale6.2K115.24711.3K
2026-06-12CHEN JESSE
Director
Open-market sale13.0K95.771.2M
2026-06-12YOUNG MORRIS S
CEO
Gift1.2K0.000
2026-06-11CHEN JESSE
Director
Open-market sale9.0K88.55796.9K
2026-06-10CHEN JESSE
Director
Open-market sale9.0K86.73780.6K
2026-06-10LEBLANC LEONARD J
Director
Open-market sale50089.5944.8K
2026-06-09CHEN JESSE
Director
Open-market sale1.5K93.30139.9K

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
JANE STREET GROUP, LLC138.2M2.4M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC129.8M2.3M
E20 Capital Ltd117.9M2.1M
Assenagon Asset Management S.A.85.8M1.5M
MORGAN STANLEY82.3M1.4M
WT Asset Management Ltd76.8M1.3M
Anther Capital Ltd74.5M1.3M
E Fund Management Co., Ltd.71.9M1.3M
BlackRock, Inc.63.8M1.1M
UBS Group AG62.5M1.1M

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Latest SEC filings

formfiledperiod
42026-08-192026-06-10on EDGAR ↗
42026-08-192026-08-17on EDGAR ↗
1442026-08-17on EDGAR ↗
10-Q2026-08-132026-06-30on EDGAR ↗
SCHEDULE 13G/A2026-08-12on EDGAR ↗
1442026-08-07on EDGAR ↗
8-K2026-07-302026-07-30on EDGAR ↗
8-K2026-07-292026-07-26on EDGAR ↗

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d33.3% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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