AXT, Inc. Q3 FY2025 Earnings Call

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Date: Q3 2025 Earnings Conference Call (ended September 30, 2025)

Key Executives: Dr. Morris Young (CEO), Gary Fischer (CFO), Tim Bettles (VP Business Development)

Financial Performance Highlights

  • Revenue: $28.0 million, up 56% sequentially from $18.0 million in Q2 2025 and up 18% year-over-year from $23.6 million in Q3 2024.
  • Revenue Breakdown: Indium Phosphide (InP) $13.1 million (data center/PON); Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) $7.5 million; Germanium $0.64 million; Raw materials JV $6.7 million. Geographic: Asia Pacific 87%, Europe 12%, North America 1%.
  • Gross Margin (Non-GAAP): 22.4%, improved from 8.2% in Q2 2025 and slightly down from 24.3% in Q3 2024 (GAAP: 22.3% vs. 8.0% Q2 2025 and 24.0% Q3 2024).
  • Operating Expenses (Non-GAAP): $6.7 million, down from $7.6 million in Q2 2025 and $8.3 million in Q3 2024 (GAAP: $7.3 million vs. $8.2 million Q2 and $9.1 million Q3 2024).
  • Operating Loss (Non-GAAP): $0.384 million, improved from $6.1 million loss in Q2 2025 and $2.6 million loss in Q3 2024 (GAAP loss: $1.1 million vs. $6.7 million Q2 and $3.4 million Q3 2024).
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Operator: Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to AXT's Third Quarter 2025 Financial Conference Call. Leading the call today is Dr. Morris Young, Chief Executive Officer; and Gary Fischer, Chief Financial Officer. In addition, Tim Bettles, Vice President of Business Development, will be participating in the Q&A portion of the call. My name is Kelvin, and I will be your coordinator today. I would now like to turn the call over to Leslie Green, Investor Relations for AXT. Please go ahead. Leslie Green: Thank you, Kelvin, 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, the timing of receipt of export permits, ability to increase orders in succeeding quarters to control costs and expenses, to improve manufacturing yields and efficiencies or to utilize our manufacturing capacity. We wish to caution you that such statements deal with future events are based on management's current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could ca
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