Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI – Get Free Report) saw unusually large options trading on Monday. Investors acquired 77,943 call options on the company. This represents an increase of approximately 32% compared to the typical daily volume of 59,120 call options.
Insider Buying and Selling at Applied Optoelectronics
In other news, insider David C. Kuo sold 29,227 shares of Applied Optoelectronics stock in a transaction on Friday, June 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $166.53, for a total transaction of $4,867,172.31. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 149,078 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $24,825,959.34. This trade represents a 16.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, CEO Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) Lin sold 59,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $166.53, for a total transaction of $9,825,270.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 1,302,436 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $216,894,667.08. The trade was a 4.33% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Insiders sold a total of 500,215 shares of company stock worth $86,716,414 in the last 90 days. Company insiders own 3.80% of the company’s stock.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. increased its position in Applied Optoelectronics by 10.4% during the 1st quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 25,579 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $393,000 after purchasing an additional 2,415 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers bought a new position in Applied Optoelectronics in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $377,000. New York State Common Retirement Fund boosted its position in Applied Optoelectronics by 36.0% in the second quarter. New York State Common Retirement Fund now owns 17,000 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $437,000 after buying an additional 4,500 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. boosted its position in Applied Optoelectronics by 50.0% in the second quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 60,817 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,562,000 after buying an additional 20,261 shares in the last quarter. Finally, First Trust Advisors LP bought a new stake in shares of Applied Optoelectronics during the second quarter worth $952,000. 61.70% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
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Applied Optoelectronics Price Performance
Shares of NASDAQ AAOI traded up $9.38 during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching $171.23. The company had a trading volume of 14,380,297 shares, compared to its average volume of 10,591,102. The firm has a market cap of $13.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -259.44 and a beta of 3.67. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $169.57 and its 200 day simple moving average is $97.59. Applied Optoelectronics has a one year low of $18.50 and a one year high of $233.67. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a quick ratio of 3.03 and a current ratio of 3.83.
Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 7th. The semiconductor company reported ($0.07) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.05) by ($0.02). Applied Optoelectronics had a negative return on equity of 4.64% and a negative net margin of 8.55%.The firm had revenue of $151.14 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $156.98 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned ($0.02) EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 51.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Applied Optoelectronics has set its Q2 2026 guidance at -0.030-0.030 EPS. On average, research analysts predict that Applied Optoelectronics will post 0.6 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Applied Optoelectronics Company Profile
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc develops and manufactures high-speed fiber-optic networking products designed to support the growing bandwidth demands of data centers, telecommunications carriers and internet content providers. The company’s core offerings include pluggable optical transceiver modules, transponders and optical components that enable data transmission at rates ranging from 1G to 400G. These products are used to facilitate long-haul, metro and intra-data center connectivity, addressing the need for scalable, low-latency and energy-efficient solutions in modern network infrastructures.
The company’s product portfolio spans small-form factor pluggable modules such as SFP+, QSFP+ and QSFP28 units, as well as more advanced form factors like CFP2 and OSFP for ultra-high-speed applications.
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