State of Wyoming Has $894,000 Stock Position in Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. $AAOI

State of Wyoming grew its holdings in shares of Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI) by 129.9% during the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 10,571 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 5,973 shares during the quarter. State of Wyoming’s holdings in Applied Optoelectronics were worth $894,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the business. Allworth Financial LP increased its position in Applied Optoelectronics by 1,923.7% during 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 last quarter. Comerica Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Applied Optoelectronics in the third quarter worth about $28,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its position in shares of Applied Optoelectronics by 166.7% in the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,200 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $42,000 after buying an additional 750 shares during the last quarter. Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services LLC bought a new stake in shares of Applied Optoelectronics during the 4th quarter worth about $55,000. Finally, Headlands Technologies LLC bought a new stake in shares of Applied Optoelectronics during the 2nd quarter worth about $57,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 61.70% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Cynthia Delaney sold 56,575 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $189.23, for a total transaction of $10,705,687.25. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 59,647 shares in the company, valued at $11,287,001.81. The trade was a 48.68% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CFO Stefan J. Murry sold 33,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $173.26, for a total value of $5,717,580.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 451,906 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $78,297,233.56. This represents a 6.81% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 500,215 shares of company stock worth $86,658,774. 3.80% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Applied Optoelectronics Trading Down 7.3%

Shares of NASDAQ:AAOI opened at $110.52 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $8.87 billion, a P/E ratio of -167.45 and a beta of 3.69. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $154.12 and its 200-day moving average is $112.68. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. has a 52-week low of $18.50 and a 52-week high of $233.67. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a quick ratio of 3.03 and a current ratio of 3.83.

Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 7th. The semiconductor company reported ($0.07) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.05) by ($0.02). Applied Optoelectronics had a negative return on equity of 4.64% and a negative net margin of 8.55%.The business had revenue of $151.14 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $156.98 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted ($0.02) earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 51.3% on a year-over-year basis. Applied Optoelectronics has set its Q2 2026 guidance at -0.030-0.030 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. will post 0.6 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts recently weighed in on the company. Raymond James Financial reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research note on Wednesday, June 10th. Needham & Company LLC decreased their target price on Applied Optoelectronics from $260.00 to $220.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday. Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $220.00 price target on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a report on Monday, June 22nd. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research report on Tuesday, July 7th. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut shares of Applied Optoelectronics from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Monday, April 13th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $141.80.

About Applied Optoelectronics

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.