Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) Insider Sells $6,783,822.04 in Stock

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI) insider Shu-Hua (Joshua) Yeh sold 39,154 shares of the stock in a transaction on 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 directly owned 462,430 shares in the company, valued at approximately $80,120,621.80. This represents a 7.81% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal 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.

Shu-Hua (Joshua) Yeh also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, March 9th, Shu-Hua (Joshua) Yeh sold 50,000 shares of Applied Optoelectronics stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $97.10, for a total value of $4,855,000.00.

Applied Optoelectronics Stock Up 7.0%

AAOI opened at $176.81 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $14.19 billion, a PE ratio of -267.89 and a beta of 3.76. 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 52 week low of $15.06 and a 52 week high of $233.67. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $137.65 and its 200 day simple moving average is $74.99.

Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) last released its earnings results 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 during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $156.98 million. Applied Optoelectronics had a negative net margin of 8.55% and a negative return on equity of 4.64%. The firm’s revenue was up 51.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned ($0.02) EPS. Applied Optoelectronics has set its Q2 2026 guidance at -0.030-0.030 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. will post 0.66 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Applied Optoelectronics

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Allworth Financial LP lifted its holdings in Applied Optoelectronics by 1,923.7% in the fourth quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 769 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $27,000 after buying an additional 731 shares during the period. NFSG Corp purchased a new position in shares of Applied Optoelectronics during the first quarter valued at approximately $85,000. Comerica Bank purchased a new position in shares of Applied Optoelectronics during the third quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its holdings in shares of Applied Optoelectronics by 166.7% during the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,200 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $42,000 after purchasing an additional 750 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services LLC purchased a new position in shares of Applied Optoelectronics during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $55,000. 61.70% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts recently commented on AAOI shares. Needham & Company LLC increased their target price on Applied Optoelectronics from $43.00 to $80.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, February 27th. B. Riley Financial raised Applied Optoelectronics from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $54.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 27th. Wall Street Zen cut Applied Optoelectronics from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Monday, April 13th. Northland Securities reaffirmed a “market perform” rating and set a $55.00 price objective on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research note on Friday, February 27th. Finally, Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $160.00 price objective on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $79.80.

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.