Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI) Receives $113.80 Consensus Target Price from Analysts

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI) has earned an average rating of “Hold” from the seven brokerages that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 12-month target price among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $113.80.

AAOI has been the subject of a number of research reports. Raymond James Financial reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a report on Wednesday, June 10th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Applied Optoelectronics from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Monday, April 13th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $220.00 price objective on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research note on Monday, June 22nd.

Applied Optoelectronics Stock Performance

AAOI stock opened at $139.00 on Thursday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $169.00 and a 200 day moving average price of $104.24. Applied Optoelectronics has a fifty-two week low of $18.50 and a fifty-two week high of $233.67. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 3.83 and a quick ratio of 3.03. The stock has a market capitalization of $11.15 billion, a PE ratio of -210.61 and a beta of 3.69.

Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) last released its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The semiconductor company reported ($0.07) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.05) by ($0.02). The firm had revenue of $151.14 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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 quarterly revenue was up 51.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted ($0.02) earnings per share. Applied Optoelectronics has set its Q2 2026 guidance at -0.030-0.030 EPS. Analysts forecast that Applied Optoelectronics will post 0.6 EPS for the current year.

Insider Transactions at Applied Optoelectronics

In other Applied Optoelectronics news, 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 sale, the insider directly owned 462,430 shares in the company, valued at approximately $80,120,621.80. This trade represents a 7.81% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, CEO Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) Lin sold 59,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, June 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $166.53, for a total transaction of $9,825,270.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 1,302,436 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $216,894,667.08. This represents a 4.33% 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. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 500,215 shares of company stock valued at $86,716,414. Corporate insiders own 3.80% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Applied Optoelectronics

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Allworth Financial LP raised its holdings in Applied Optoelectronics by 1,923.7% during the 4th 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. Comerica Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Applied Optoelectronics during the third quarter worth $28,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its position in Applied Optoelectronics by 166.7% in the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,200 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $42,000 after acquiring an additional 750 shares in the last quarter. Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services LLC bought a new position in Applied Optoelectronics during the 4th quarter worth about $55,000. Finally, Headlands Technologies LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Applied Optoelectronics in the 2nd quarter valued at about $57,000. 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.