ACLS — what changed in the latest 10-Q
A section-by-section comparison of ACLS's newest periodic SEC filing (10-K/10-Q) against the prior same-form filing: paragraphs added and removed per section, with verbatim excerpts. Purely a deterministic text diff — no similarity scores, no directional read, not investment advice.
Comparing 10-Q · 2026-05-08 vs the prior 10-Q · 2025-11-06
| Section | Outcome | Added | Removed | Minor | Unchanged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD&A | Text added/removed | +19 | −46 | ~6 | 17 |
| Market risk (Item 3) | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~1 | 0 |
| Controls & procedures | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~1 | 1 |
| Legal proceedings | No paragraph-level changes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Risk factors | No material changes reported (points to the 10-K) | — | — | — | — |
| Other information | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~1 | 0 |
Counts are paragraphs; added/removed means text added or removed vs the prior filing — no direction or judgement implied.
Representative excerpts
Up to 5 excerpts of about 300 characters per section, quoted verbatim from the two SEC filings.
MD&A
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-08
Certain statements in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Words such as may, will, should, would, anticipates, expects, intends, plans, believes, seeks, estimates and similar expr…
Sales of our systems in the first three months of 2026 were down compared to the same period in the prior year, as customers have moderated the pace of investments into mature process node technologies. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the overall mature process segment represented 68% …
On September 30, 2025, the Company, Victory Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), and Veeco Instruments Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Veeco”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”). Pursuant to the Merge…
Management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations included herein and in our 2025 Form 10-K are based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The pre…
Management has not identified any need to make any material change in, and has not changed, any of our critical accounting estimates and judgments as described in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included in our 2025 Form 10-K.
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2025-11-06
Certain statements within "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including relating to obtaining applicable regulatory and stockholder approvals, satisfying other closing conditions …
Sales of our systems in the first nine months of 2025 were down compared to the same period in the prior year, as customers have moderated the pace of investments into mature process node technologies. The overall mature process segment represented 93% of our shipped systems revenue, with 1% of ship…
dynamic random-access memory (“DRAM”) applications. Of the mature process segment, power device shipments comprised 55% of total systems revenue with the general mature segment representing 38%, which includes image sensor applications.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, the geopolitical environment surrounding trade and tariffs did not have a meaningful impact on our financial results. It is difficult to predict the exact timing and magnitude of the tariffs, the duration for which the tariffs will be in place, and the i…
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued an interim final rule (the “Affiliates Rule”), effective September 29, 2025. We continue to evaluate this rule and its potential impact on our business, but based on our preliminary review, we currently do not anticipat…
How to read Risk Factors (Item 1A) in a 10-Q
A 10-Q risk-factor section usually takes one of three forms; this page classifies it as one of:
- Pointer — the filer states there have been no material changes and points back to the annual 10-K risk factors; there is no own risk text to compare this quarter.
- Partial update — the filer carves out specific updated risks ("except as set forth below"); the excerpts show exactly what is new this quarter.
- Restated in full — the quarter carries the complete risk-factor text. When the prior quarter was only a pointer there is no prior full text to diff against, so the page flags the section as restated instead.
This describes the filing structure only — it is never a judgement on whether risk went up or down.
Source: text-level diff of the two SEC EDGAR filings · deterministic (no AI-generated content) · for reference only · not investment advice