AXT Inc’s filing revealed that its Director CHANG DAVID C unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.37 million on Dec 09 ’25. In the deal valued at $14.84 per share,25,000 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, CHANG DAVID C now holds 132,744 shares worth roughly $2.95 million.
Then, YOUNG MORRIS S sold 37,160 shares, generating $462,902 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $12.46, the CEO now owns 2,458,404 shares.
Before that, YOUNG MORRIS S bought 37,160 shares. AXT Inc shares valued at $462,910 were divested by the Officer at a price of $12.46 per share.
B. Riley Securities downgraded its AXT Inc [AXTI] rating to a Neutral from a a Buy in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Craig Hallum’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in late February from “a Hold” to “a Buy”. B. Riley Securities also remained covering AXTI and has increased its forecast on February 23, 2024 with a “Buy” recommendation from previously “Neutral” rating. Craig Hallum revised its rating on February 17, 2023. It rated AXTI as “a Hold” which previously was an “a Buy”.
Price Performance Review of AXTI
On Monday, AXT Inc [NASDAQ:AXTI] saw its stock fall -3.26% to $22.24. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 33.41%. AXT Inc shares have risen nearly 934.42% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 36.02% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in AXT Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in AXT Inc stocks on 2025-12-31, growing by 2.09 million shares to a total of 4.1 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-11-28 was 2.01 million shares. There was a rise of 50.91%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on June 27, 2022 when Needham began covering the stock and recommended ‘”a Buy”‘ rating along with a $8 price target.
