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sellWeak cluster of 2

Morris S Young sold $422k of AXTI

CEO at AXT INC. 35,000 shares at an average of $12.05, traded Dec 4, 2025, filed Dec 8, 2025.

Warning score
34
Value
$422k
35,000 shares
Holdings after
2,495,564
-1% from before
From 52-week low
+943%
low $1.16, close $12.10
From 52-week high
0%
high $12.10, as of Dec 4, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    CEO
    +25
  • Trade size
    $422k at market
    +16
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 1.4% of holdings
    0
  • Cluster
    2 insiders selling within 14 days
    +8
  • Exercise and sell
    Shares came from an option exercise in the same filing
    -15

What happened after comparable sells

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

This signal so far: 1m +89.7%, 3m +203.4%, 6m +614.2%.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

AXTIOct 12, 2026 · close 61.98
Since filing Dec 8, 2025: +387.6%SPY +15.0% · excess +372.6%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001437749-25-037125, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Dec 4, 2025MOption exercise
Common Stock
+32,680$3.06$100k2,494,040Dec 8, 2025
Dec 4, 2025MOption exercise
Common Stock
+17,331$5.77$100k2,511,371Dec 8, 2025
Dec 4, 2025MOption exercise
Common Stock
+19,193$5.21$100k2,530,564Dec 8, 2025
Dec 4, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stockindirect: By Young Family Trust DTD
-35,000$12.05$422k2,495,564Dec 8, 2025
Dec 4, 2025MOption exercise
Stock Option (Right to Buy)derivative
-32,680$0.00$0589,273Dec 8, 2025
Dec 4, 2025MOption exercise
Stock Option (Right to Buy)derivative
-17,331$0.00$0571,942Dec 8, 2025
Dec 4, 2025MOption exercise
Stock Option (Right to Buy)derivative
-19,193$0.00$0552,749Dec 8, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at AXT INC and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
31Weak
AXTIsell
AXT INC
Leonard J Leblanc
director
$384k
4,000 shares
-3%
42Moderate
AXTIsell 4
AXT INC
Leonard J Leblanc
director
$221k
2,500 shares
-2%
59Moderate
AXTIsell 4
AXT INC
David C Chang
director
$926k
8,333 shares
-11%
56Moderate
AXTIsell 4
AXT INC
Jesse Chen
director
$711k
6,172 shares
-11%
65Notable
AXTIsell 4
AXT INC
Jesse Chen
director
$2.0M
22,000 shares
-28%
60Notable
AXTIsell 4
AXT INC
Jesse Chen
director
$1.5M
16,500 shares
-17%
55Moderate
AXTIsell 4
AXT INC
Jesse Chen
director
$1.1M
10,133 shares
-10%
49Moderate
AXTIsell 4
AXT INC
Jesse Chen
director
$579k
5,200 shares
-5%
50Moderate
AXTIsell 4
AXT INC
Morris S Young
CEO
$22M
197,498 shares
-8%
72Notable
AXTIsell 4
AXT INC
Gary L Fischer
CFO
$4.5M
89,032 shares
-32%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

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