Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) CFO Sells 4,000 Shares

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI) CFO Stefan Murry sold 4,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, July 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $122.09, for a total transaction of $488,360.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 380,576 shares in the company, valued at $46,464,523.84. This represents a 1.04% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Applied Optoelectronics Stock Up 12.1%

NASDAQ AAOI traded up $13.57 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $125.45. 9,940,374 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 10,556,936. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. has a 52-week low of $18.50 and a 52-week high of $233.67. The firm has a market cap of $10.07 billion, a PE ratio of -190.08 and a beta of 3.69. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $163.96 and a 200 day simple moving average of $109.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 3.83 and a quick ratio of 3.03.

Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 7th. The semiconductor company reported ($0.07) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates 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 business had revenue of $151.14 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $156.98 million. During the same quarter last year, the company posted ($0.02) EPS. Applied Optoelectronics’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. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. will post 0.6 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

AAOI has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research report on Wednesday, June 10th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research note on Tuesday, July 7th. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and set a $220.00 price target on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a report on Monday, June 22nd. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered Applied Optoelectronics from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Monday, April 13th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Applied Optoelectronics has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $113.80.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Applied Optoelectronics

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in AAOI. Cinctive Capital Management LP purchased a new stake in shares of Applied Optoelectronics during the third quarter valued at $800,000. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. purchased a new position in Applied Optoelectronics in the 1st quarter worth about $4,125,000. Next Century Growth Investors LLC bought a new position in Applied Optoelectronics during the 4th quarter valued at about $16,220,000. 1492 Capital Management LLC bought a new position in Applied Optoelectronics during the 4th quarter valued at about $7,529,000. Finally, Penn Capital Management Company LLC boosted its holdings in shares of 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 valued at $15,565,000 after acquiring 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 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.