Stefan Murry Sells 3,000 Shares of Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) Stock

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI) CFO Stefan Murry sold 3,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $33.75, for a total value of $101,250.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 283,971 shares in the company, valued at approximately $9,584,021.25. This represents a 1.05% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link.

Applied Optoelectronics Trading Up 0.8%

NASDAQ:AAOI traded up $0.29 on Wednesday, hitting $34.47. 2,085,576 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 4,838,418. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a quick ratio of 1.63 and a current ratio of 2.31. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. has a 52 week low of $9.71 and a 52 week high of $41.96. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -10.70 and a beta of 3.26. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $29.96 and its 200 day moving average price is $28.26.

Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, November 6th. The semiconductor company reported ($0.09) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.10) by $0.01. The company had revenue of $118.63 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $119.77 million. Applied Optoelectronics had a negative net margin of 36.97% and a negative return on equity of 7.34%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 82.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned ($0.21) EPS. Applied Optoelectronics has set its Q4 2025 guidance at -0.130–0.040 EPS. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. will post -1.18 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

AAOI has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. B. Riley reissued a “sell” rating and issued a $15.00 price target on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research note on Monday, November 10th. Needham & Company LLC upped their price objective on Applied Optoelectronics from $38.00 to $43.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $50.00 price target on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research report on Friday, December 19th. Finally, Northland Securities set a $45.00 price objective on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and two have 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 $35.60.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Applied Optoelectronics

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. CloudAlpha Capital Management Limited Hong Kong increased its stake in Applied Optoelectronics by 410.7% during the 2nd quarter. CloudAlpha Capital Management Limited Hong Kong now owns 1,408,983 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $36,197,000 after purchasing an additional 1,133,115 shares in the last quarter. Hawk Ridge Capital Management LP bought a new position in Applied Optoelectronics during the 3rd quarter worth about $21,392,000. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. acquired a new stake in shares of Applied Optoelectronics in the 3rd quarter valued at about $19,738,000. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Applied Optoelectronics by 13.6% in the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,624,570 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $119,915,000 after purchasing an additional 551,910 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Citigroup Inc. boosted its position in shares of Applied Optoelectronics by 60.0% during the third quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 1,160,456 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $30,091,000 after buying an additional 435,349 shares during the period. 61.70% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.