Axcelis Technologies (NASDAQ:ACLS) reported quarterly earnings of $0.72 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.71 by 1.41 percent. This is a 30.77 percent decrease over earnings of $1.04 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $198.956 million which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $195.029 million by 2.01 percent. This is a 3.32 percent increase over sales of $192.563 million the same period last year.