Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) CFO Stefan Murry Sells 4,000 Shares of Stock

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI) CFO Stefan Murry sold 4,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, July 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $122.09, for a total transaction of $488,360.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 380,576 shares in the company, valued at $46,464,523.84. The trade was a 1.04% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Applied Optoelectronics Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:AAOI opened at $125.45 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $10.07 billion, a P/E ratio of -190.08 and a beta of 3.69. The business has a 50-day moving average of $162.85 and a two-hundred day moving average of $109.69. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. 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.

Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) last issued 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 net margin of 8.55% and a negative return on equity of 4.64%. The company had revenue of $151.14 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $156.98 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted ($0.02) EPS. The business’s revenue was up 51.3% on a year-over-year basis. Applied Optoelectronics has set its Q2 2026 guidance at -0.030-0.030 EPS. On average, equities research analysts predict that Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. will post 0.6 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

AAOI has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Applied Optoelectronics from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Monday, April 13th. Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a report on Wednesday, June 10th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research note on Tuesday, July 7th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $220.00 target price on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a report on Monday, June 22nd. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $113.80.

Institutional Trading of Applied Optoelectronics

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Tema ETFs LLC acquired a new position in shares of Applied Optoelectronics during the second quarter valued at about $62,000. Allworth Financial LP grew 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 in the last quarter. NFSG Corp bought a new position in Applied Optoelectronics during the first quarter valued at about $85,000. Comerica Bank bought a new position in Applied Optoelectronics during the third quarter valued at about $28,000. Finally, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its stake in Applied Optoelectronics by 166.7% during the fourth 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 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.