ACLS AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES INC

Did the company actually spend money buying back stock in 3+ of the last 4 quarters?

Bought back stock in 4/4 quarters. Q1 2026: $18M, Q3 2025: $15M, Q2 2025: $15M, Q1 2025: $15M

Is the most recent quarter's buyback spend more than 15% above the trailing average?

Latest quarter $18M vs trailing avg $15M (+20%)

What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30%+. Bear: negative FCF or no buybacks.

Buyback $64M / FCF $1M = 8692% of FCF

How fast are they shrinking the float? Bull: 2%+ annually. Bear: under 0.5%.

Repurchased 2,900,000 shares = 9.4% of 30,717,000 outstanding (annualized)

Are officers and directors buying stock with their own money on the open market?

No insider open-market purchases in the last 12 months

Are both company buybacks and insider buying independently active? Bull when the company is buying back stock in 2+ quarters and insiders have made 2+ open-market purchases.

Need both buyback and insider purchase data

Over the last 90 days, are insiders net buyers or net sellers on the open market?

Insiders bought $0M, sold $2M in the last 90 days (net selling)

Active buyback + insiders net selling 3x+ more than buying. Company cash may be supporting price while insiders exit.

Company buying back stock while insiders sold 2200009.4x more than bought. 1 C-suite officers among sellers

• Low Russell (PRESIDENT AND CEO) sold 7,468 shares on 2026-05-06
• Low Russell (PRESIDENT AND CEO) sold 1,244 shares on 2026-05-01
• Low Russell (PRESIDENT AND CEO) sold 1,244 shares on 2026-04-01
• Low Russell (PRESIDENT AND CEO) sold 1,244 shares on 2026-03-24