9,680 Shares in Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. $AAOI Bought by Inceptionr LLC

Inceptionr LLC bought a new stake in Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI) during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor bought 9,680 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $251,000.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. AlphaQuest LLC raised its position in Applied Optoelectronics by 7.9% during the third quarter. AlphaQuest LLC now owns 7,503 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $195,000 after purchasing an additional 551 shares in the last quarter. Ameritas Investment Partners Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Applied Optoelectronics by 28.8% in the 2nd quarter. Ameritas Investment Partners Inc. now owns 5,488 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $141,000 after purchasing an additional 1,226 shares in the last quarter. Arizona State Retirement System boosted its holdings in shares of Applied Optoelectronics by 13.1% in the 3rd quarter. Arizona State Retirement System now owns 15,750 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $408,000 after purchasing an additional 1,828 shares in the last quarter. Pinpoint Asset Management Singapore Pte. Ltd. bought a new position in shares of Applied Optoelectronics during the 2nd quarter valued at about $49,000. Finally, Headlands Technologies LLC purchased a new position in shares of Applied Optoelectronics during the 2nd quarter valued at about $57,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 61.70% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms recently weighed in on AAOI. B. Riley Financial upgraded Applied Optoelectronics from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $54.00 target price for the company in a research report on Friday, February 27th. Northland Securities reiterated a “market perform” rating and set a $55.00 price target on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research report on Friday, February 27th. Rosenblatt Securities reissued a “buy” rating and set a $50.00 price target on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. Needham & Company LLC boosted their price objective on shares of Applied Optoelectronics from $43.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 27th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research note on Wednesday, January 21st. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Applied Optoelectronics presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $52.80.

Applied Optoelectronics Trading Down 16.4%

NASDAQ AAOI opened at $106.19 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $7.99 billion, a PE ratio of -163.37 and a beta of 3.20. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. has a 1-year low of $9.71 and a 1-year high of $128.96. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $54.51 and a 200-day moving average of $37.80. The company has a current ratio of 2.63, a quick ratio of 1.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18.

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

Insider Activity

In related news, Director William H. Yeh sold 15,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, March 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $105.76, for a total transaction of $1,586,400.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 238,819 shares in the company, valued at $25,257,497.44. This represents a 5.91% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director Richard B. Black sold 3,231 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $95.00, for a total transaction of $306,945.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 164,363 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $15,614,485. The trade was a 1.93% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 273,433 shares of company stock valued at $23,341,962. Corporate insiders own 4.50% 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.