16,193 Shares in Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. $AAOI Bought by Maverick Capital Ltd.

Maverick Capital Ltd. bought a new stake in Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI) during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 16,193 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,370,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. purchased a new position in shares of Applied Optoelectronics in the 1st quarter worth about $4,125,000. Next Century Growth Investors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Applied Optoelectronics in the 4th quarter valued at about $16,220,000. Andar Capital Management HK Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of Applied Optoelectronics during the 1st quarter worth about $11,335,000. Penn Capital Management Company LLC grew its holdings in shares of Applied Optoelectronics by 4.7% during the 4th quarter. Penn Capital Management Company LLC now owns 446,032 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $15,565,000 after purchasing an additional 20,077 shares during the period. Finally, 1492 Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in Applied Optoelectronics during the 4th quarter worth approximately $7,529,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 61.70% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Applied Optoelectronics

In other Applied Optoelectronics news, insider David C. Kuo sold 29,227 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, June 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $166.53, for a total value of $4,867,172.31. Following the transaction, the insider owned 149,078 shares in the company, valued at $24,825,959.34. The trade was a 16.39% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, CEO Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) Lin sold 59,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $166.53, for a total transaction of $9,825,270.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 1,302,436 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $216,894,667.08. The trade was a 4.33% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 500,215 shares of company stock worth $86,658,774. 3.80% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

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

Applied Optoelectronics Stock Down 2.3%

NASDAQ AAOI opened at $97.82 on Tuesday. The company has a quick ratio of 3.03, a current ratio of 3.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $18.50 and a fifty-two week high of $233.67. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $148.97 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $114.06. The stock has a market cap of $7.85 billion, a PE ratio of -148.21 and a beta of 3.69.

Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 7th. The semiconductor company reported ($0.07) earnings per share (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 firm had revenue of $151.14 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $156.98 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned ($0.02) EPS. 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. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. will post 0.6 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.