Havemeyer Place LP Purchases New Shares in Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. $AAOI

Havemeyer Place LP purchased a new stake in Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor purchased 23,546 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $821,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Cinctive Capital Management LP purchased a new stake in Applied Optoelectronics in the 3rd quarter valued at $800,000. Diker Management LLC purchased a new stake in Applied Optoelectronics in the 3rd quarter valued at $519,000. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in Applied Optoelectronics by 13.6% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,624,570 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $119,915,000 after purchasing an additional 551,910 shares during the last quarter. AI Squared Management Ltd purchased a new stake in Applied Optoelectronics in the 3rd quarter valued at $5,043,000. Finally, Penn Capital Management Company LLC raised its position in Applied Optoelectronics by 4.7% during the 4th quarter. Penn Capital Management Company LLC now owns 446,032 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $15,565,000 after buying an additional 20,077 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 61.70% of the company’s stock.

Applied Optoelectronics Stock Up 11.1%

Shares of Applied Optoelectronics stock opened at $196.64 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $15.78 billion, a P/E ratio of -297.94 and a beta of 3.67. 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, Inc. has a one year low of $15.29 and a one year high of $233.67. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $157.31 and a two-hundred day moving average of $88.28.

Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 7th. The semiconductor company reported ($0.07) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.05) by ($0.02). The firm had revenue of $151.14 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $156.98 million. Applied Optoelectronics had a negative return on equity of 4.64% and a negative net margin of 8.55%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 51.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted ($0.02) EPS. Applied Optoelectronics has set its Q2 2026 guidance at -0.030-0.030 EPS. On average, analysts forecast that Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. will post 0.6 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have commented on AAOI shares. Needham & Company LLC upped their price objective on shares of Applied Optoelectronics from $43.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 27th. Raymond James Financial restated an “outperform” rating and set a $160.00 price objective on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research report on Friday, May 8th. B. Riley Financial upgraded shares of Applied Optoelectronics from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $54.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Friday, February 27th. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and set a $50.00 price objective on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research report on Thursday, February 19th. Finally, Northland Securities restated a “market perform” rating and set a $55.00 price objective on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research report on Friday, February 27th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $79.80.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider Shu-Hua (Joshua) Yeh sold 39,154 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 19th. The shares were 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 owned 462,430 shares in the company, valued at $80,120,621.80. This trade represents a 7.81% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, Director Cynthia Delaney sold 56,575 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $189.23, for a total transaction of $10,705,687.25. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 59,647 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $11,287,001.81. This represents a 48.68% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 331,233 shares of company stock worth $54,021,670. Insiders own 3.80% of the company’s stock.

Applied Optoelectronics 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.