Quantitative Investment Management LLC Purchases Shares of 9,955 Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. $AAOI

Quantitative Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 9,955 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,474,000.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. BlackRock Inc. bought a new stake in Applied Optoelectronics during the second quarter worth $955,672,000. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in Applied Optoelectronics by 7.7% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,982,660 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $173,696,000 after acquiring an additional 358,090 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. boosted its holdings in Applied Optoelectronics by 5,208.9% during the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,512,309 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $122,439,000 after acquiring an additional 3,446,150 shares during the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD boosted its holdings in Applied Optoelectronics by 5,321.6% during the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 2,229,757 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $77,730,000 after acquiring an additional 2,188,630 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Hawk Ridge Capital Management LP grew its stake in shares of Applied Optoelectronics by 106.2% in the 4th quarter. Hawk Ridge Capital Management LP now owns 1,700,900 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $59,293,000 after acquiring an additional 875,903 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 61.70% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Applied Optoelectronics

In other Applied Optoelectronics news, insider Shu-Hua (Joshua) Yeh sold 6,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $147.73, for a total value of $886,380.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 377,498 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $55,767,779.54. The trade was a 1.56% 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 David C. Kuo sold 29,227 shares of the 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 transaction, the insider directly owned 149,078 shares in the company, valued at $24,825,959.34. The trade was a 16.39% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Insiders sold a total of 264,382 shares of company stock valued at $44,224,007 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 3.80% of the company’s stock.

Applied Optoelectronics Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:AAOI opened at $107.69 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $9.11 billion, a P/E ratio of -138.06 and a beta of 3.76. The company’s 50-day moving average is $120.47 and its 200 day moving average is $128.21. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12, a quick ratio of 2.13 and a current ratio of 2.78. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $18.50 and a fifty-two week high of $233.67.

Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) last released its earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The semiconductor company reported $0.06 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.02 by $0.04. Applied Optoelectronics had a negative return on equity of 1.98% and a negative net margin of 9.57%.The business had revenue of $191.92 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $190.48 million. During the same period last year, the business posted ($0.16) earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 86.3% on a year-over-year basis. Applied Optoelectronics has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.110-0.260 EPS. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts recently weighed in on AAOI shares. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Applied Optoelectronics from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 8th. B. Riley Financial reaffirmed a “neutral” rating on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research report on Friday, August 7th. Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $220.00 price objective on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research note on Friday, August 7th. Needham & Company LLC dropped their target price on shares of Applied Optoelectronics from $220.00 to $190.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, August 7th. Finally, Raymond James Financial restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $178.00 target price on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research note on Tuesday, August 11th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Applied Optoelectronics has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $139.40.

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.