AXT, Inc. Q1 FY2026 Earnings Call

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AXT, Inc. Q1 2026 Earnings Summary

  • Revenue: $26.9 million (Q1 2026), up from $23 million (Q4 2025) and $19.4 million (Q1 2025). Breakdown: Indium phosphide (InP) $13.6M (data center focus), Gallium arsenide (GaAs) $5.4M, Germanium $0.2M, Raw materials JV $7.6M. Geography: Asia Pacific 78%, Europe 21%, North America 1%. Top 5 customers: 32% of revenue (none >10%).
  • Gross Margin: Non-GAAP 29.9% (Q1 2026), improved from 21.5% (Q4 2025) and negative 6.1% (Q1 2025). GAAP: 29.6% vs 20.9% (Q4 2025) and negative 6.4% (Q1 2025).
  • Operating Expenses: Non-GAAP $8.6M (Q1 2026) vs $7.5M (Q4 2025) and $8.5M (Q1 2025). GAAP: $9.6M vs $8.7M (Q4 2025) and $9M (Q1 2025).
  • Operating Loss: Non-GAAP $0.55M (Q1 2026) vs $2.6M (Q4 2025) and $9.6M (Q1 2025). GAAP: $1.6M net loss vs $3.8M (Q4 2025) and $10.3M (Q1 2025).
  • Net Loss / EPS: Non-GAAP $0.585M loss or $0.01/share (Q1 2026) vs $2.3M or $0.05/share (Q4 2025) and $8.2M or $0.19/share (Q1 2025). GAAP: $1.6M or $0.03/share vs $3.6M or $0.08/share (Q4 2025) and $8.8M or $0.20/share (Q1 2025). Shares: 53.3M basic.
  • Balance Sheet: Cash, equivalents & investments $123M (down $5.1M from $128.4M at Dec 31, 2025). AR up $5.2M. Inventory up $8.5M to $90.2M. Depreciation/amortization $2.4M. Stock comp $1M.

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Operator: Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to AXT, Inc.'s First Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. Leading the call today is Doctor Morris S. Young, Chief Executive Officer, and Gary L. Fischer, Chief Financial Officer. In addition, Tim Bettles, VP of Business, will be participating in the Q&A portion of the call. My name is Tracy, and I will be your coordinator today. After today's prepared remarks, we will host a question-and-answer session. If you would like to ask a question, please press star 1 to raise your hand. I would now like to turn the call over to Leslie Green, Investor Relations for AXT, Inc. Leslie, go ahead. Leslie Green: Thank you, Tracy, and good afternoon, everyone. Before we begin, I would like to remind you that during the course of this conference call, including comments made in response to your questions, we will provide projections or make other forward-looking statements regarding, among other things, the future financial performance of the company, market conditions and trends, emerging applications using chips or devices fabricated on our substrates, our product mix, global economic and political conditions, including trade tariffs and import and export restrictions, ability to obtain China export permits, timing of receipt of export permits, our plan to list our subsidiary, Tongmei, in China, our ability to increase orders in succeeding quarters, to control costs and expenses, to improve manufacturing yields and efficiencies, or to utiliz
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