Stefan Murry Sells 934 Shares of Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) Stock

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI) CFO Stefan Murry sold 934 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, January 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $35.00, for a total transaction of $32,690.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 283,037 shares in the company, valued at $9,906,295. The trade was a 0.33% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink.

Applied Optoelectronics Price Performance

AAOI stock traded up $0.29 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $34.47. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 2,085,576 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,838,418. The company has a quick ratio of 1.63, a current ratio of 2.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23. The company’s fifty day moving average is $29.96 and its 200-day moving average is $28.26. The company has a market capitalization of $2.35 billion, a P/E ratio of -10.70 and a beta of 3.26. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. has a 1 year low of $9.71 and a 1 year high of $41.96.

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

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Applied Optoelectronics

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. SeaCrest Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Applied Optoelectronics during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $206,000. Penn Capital Management Company LLC purchased a new position in Applied Optoelectronics during the third quarter worth $11,057,000. Castleark Management LLC bought a new position in Applied Optoelectronics during the third quarter valued at $3,251,000. CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co lifted its holdings in shares of Applied Optoelectronics by 260.9% in the 3rd quarter. CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co now owns 11,884 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $308,000 after acquiring an additional 8,591 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Alyeska Investment Group L.P. purchased a new position in shares of Applied Optoelectronics during the 3rd quarter worth about $19,738,000. 61.70% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on AAOI. Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Needham & Company LLC increased their price objective on shares of Applied Optoelectronics from $38.00 to $43.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $50.00 target price on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a report on Friday, December 19th. B. Riley reiterated a “sell” rating and issued a $15.00 target price on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research report on Monday, November 10th. Finally, Northland Securities set a $45.00 price target on Applied Optoelectronics in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Applied Optoelectronics presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $35.60.

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.