6,391 Shares in Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. $AAOI Bought by Brookstone Capital Management

Posted by Brian Himes on Jun 28th, 2026

Brookstone Capital Management bought a new position in shares of Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI – Free Report) in the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 6,391 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $541,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Thompson Davis & CO. Inc. bought a new stake in Applied Optoelectronics during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $310,000. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Applied Optoelectronics during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $1,375,000. Invesco Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of Applied Optoelectronics by 5,208.9% during the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,512,309 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $122,439,000 after purchasing an additional 3,446,150 shares in the last quarter. XTX Topco Ltd grew its stake in shares of Applied Optoelectronics by 167.6% in the fourth quarter. XTX Topco Ltd now owns 24,771 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $864,000 after acquiring an additional 15,513 shares during the period. Finally, SummitTX Capital L.P. purchased a new stake in Applied Optoelectronics in the fourth quarter worth approximately $254,000. 61.70% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Applied Optoelectronics news, insider Hung-Lun (Fred) Chang sold 40,329 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $170.60, for a total value of $6,880,127.40. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 286,124 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $48,812,754.40. The trade was a 12.35% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Shu-Hua (Joshua) Yeh sold 39,154 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $173.26, for a total value of $6,783,822.04. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 462,430 shares in the company, valued at approximately $80,120,621.80. This trade represents a 7.81% 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 have sold a total of 500,215 shares of company stock worth $86,716,414 over the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 3.80% of the company’s stock.

Applied Optoelectronics Trading Down 1.8%

AAOI stock opened at $136.01 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 3.03, a current ratio of 3.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. has a twelve month low of $18.50 and a twelve month high of $233.67. The stock has a market capitalization of $10.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -206.07 and a beta of 3.66. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $169.85 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $101.36.

Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI – Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results 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 net margin of 8.55% and a negative return on equity of 4.64%. The firm had revenue of $151.14 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $156.98 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted ($0.02) EPS. The company’s revenue 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. As a group, analysts anticipate that Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. will post 0.6 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and set a $220.00 target price on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research report on Monday, June 22nd. Raymond James Financial reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research note on Wednesday, June 10th. Finally, Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Applied Optoelectronics from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Monday, April 13th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Applied Optoelectronics has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $113.80.

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About Applied Optoelectronics

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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.