Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) Director Richard Black Sells 3,231 Shares of Stock

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI) Director Richard Black sold 3,231 shares of Applied Optoelectronics stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $95.00, for a total value of $306,945.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 164,363 shares in the company, valued at $15,614,485. This trade represents a 1.93% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website.

Applied Optoelectronics Price Performance

AAOI stock traded up $9.96 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $111.10. The company had a trading volume of 8,100,886 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,639,972. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $46.90 and a 200-day moving average price of $34.74. The company has a market capitalization of $8.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -170.92 and a beta of 3.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 2.63 and a quick ratio of 1.91. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. has a 1-year low of $9.71 and a 1-year high of $114.63.

Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 26th. The semiconductor company reported ($0.01) EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.12) by $0.11. Applied Optoelectronics had a negative net margin of 8.39% and a negative return on equity of 5.29%. The firm had revenue of $134.27 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $131.56 million. During the same period last year, the firm earned ($0.02) EPS. The company’s revenue was up 33.9% on a year-over-year basis. Applied Optoelectronics has set its Q1 2026 guidance at -0.090-0.000 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. will post -1.18 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

AAOI has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. B. Riley Financial upgraded shares of Applied Optoelectronics from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $54.00 price target for the company in a research report on Friday, February 27th. Needham & Company LLC increased their price target on shares of Applied Optoelectronics from $43.00 to $80.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 27th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research note on Wednesday, January 21st. Northland Securities restated a “market perform” rating and issued a $55.00 target price on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a report on Friday, February 27th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised shares of Applied Optoelectronics from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, February 28th. 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. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $52.80.

Institutional Trading of Applied Optoelectronics

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd acquired a new position in Applied Optoelectronics during the 4th quarter valued at about $1,375,000. Invesco Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of Applied Optoelectronics by 5,208.9% in the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,512,309 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $122,439,000 after acquiring an additional 3,446,150 shares in the last quarter. XTX Topco Ltd boosted its stake in Applied Optoelectronics by 167.6% during the 4th quarter. XTX Topco Ltd now owns 24,771 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $864,000 after purchasing an additional 15,513 shares in the last quarter. SummitTX Capital L.P. acquired a new position in Applied Optoelectronics during the fourth quarter worth about $254,000. Finally, Quadrature Capital Ltd acquired a new position in Applied Optoelectronics in the fourth quarter worth approximately $1,453,000. 61.70% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.