Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) Director Sells $10,705,687.25 in Stock

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI) Director Cynthia Delaney sold 56,575 shares of Applied Optoelectronics stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 26th. The shares were 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 document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link.

Cynthia Delaney also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, March 4th, Cynthia Delaney sold 21,000 shares of Applied Optoelectronics stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $98.02, for a total transaction of $2,058,420.00.

Applied Optoelectronics Stock Performance

Shares of Applied Optoelectronics stock opened at $158.41 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $146.55 and its 200-day simple moving average is $80.74. The stock has a market capitalization of $12.71 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -240.02 and a beta of 3.76. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. has a 12 month low of $15.06 and a 12 month 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.

Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) last announced its earnings results 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 net margin of 8.55% and a negative return on equity of 4.64%. The business had revenue of $151.14 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $156.98 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned ($0.02) earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 51.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Applied Optoelectronics has set its Q2 2026 guidance at -0.030-0.030 EPS. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. will post 0.6 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms recently weighed in on AAOI. Northland Securities reiterated a “market perform” rating and issued a $55.00 price objective on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research report on Friday, February 27th. Raymond James Financial reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $160.00 price objective on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Applied Optoelectronics from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Monday, April 13th. B. Riley Financial upgraded shares of Applied Optoelectronics from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $54.00 price objective on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 27th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $50.00 price objective on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research report on Thursday, February 19th. Three research 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’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $79.80.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Applied Optoelectronics

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of Applied Optoelectronics by 1.4% during the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 18,072 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,529,000 after purchasing an additional 243 shares in the last quarter. Comerica Bank boosted its position in shares of Applied Optoelectronics by 27.6% during the 4th quarter. Comerica Bank now owns 1,386 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $48,000 after purchasing an additional 300 shares in the last quarter. AlphaQuest LLC boosted its position in shares of Applied Optoelectronics by 7.9% during the 3rd quarter. AlphaQuest LLC now owns 7,503 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $195,000 after purchasing an additional 551 shares in the last quarter. Police & Firemen s Retirement System of New Jersey boosted its position in shares of Applied Optoelectronics by 3.6% during the 4th quarter. Police & Firemen s Retirement System of New Jersey now owns 16,073 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $560,000 after purchasing an additional 556 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Allworth Financial LP boosted its position in shares of 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 purchasing an additional 731 shares in the last quarter. 61.70% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.