Teachers Retirement System of The State of Kentucky Makes New $560,000 Investment in Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. $AAOI

Teachers Retirement System of The State of Kentucky acquired a new stake in shares of Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI) in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor acquired 6,623 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $560,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Fifth Third Bancorp purchased a new position in shares of Applied Optoelectronics in the first quarter worth $1,635,000. Hsbc Holdings PLC bought a new stake in Applied Optoelectronics in the 1st quarter worth $442,000. Geneva Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of Applied Optoelectronics in the first quarter valued at about $2,497,000. Abel Hall LLC purchased a new position in shares of Applied Optoelectronics in the first quarter valued at about $324,000. Finally, Ariose Capital Management Ltd bought a new position in shares of Applied Optoelectronics during the first quarter valued at about $8,797,000. Institutional investors own 61.70% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Applied Optoelectronics

In other news, CEO Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) Lin sold 59,000 shares of Applied Optoelectronics stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $166.53, for a total value of $9,825,270.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 1,302,436 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $216,894,667.08. The trade was a 4.33% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, insider Hung-Lun (Fred) Chang sold 40,329 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $170.60, for a total transaction of $6,880,127.40. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 286,124 shares in the company, valued at approximately $48,812,754.40. The trade was a 12.35% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 500,215 shares of company stock valued at $86,658,774. 3.80% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Applied Optoelectronics Stock Performance

Shares of AAOI opened at $100.24 on Friday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $160.32 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $110.61. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 3.83 and a quick ratio of 3.03. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.04 billion, a PE ratio of -151.88 and a beta of 3.69. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. has a one year low of $18.50 and a one year high of $233.67.

Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The semiconductor company reported ($0.07) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.05) by ($0.02). The firm had revenue of $151.14 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $156.98 million. Applied Optoelectronics had a negative return on equity of 4.64% and a negative net margin of 8.55%.The firm’s revenue was up 51.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted ($0.02) EPS. Applied Optoelectronics has set its Q2 2026 guidance at -0.030-0.030 EPS. On average, analysts anticipate that Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. will post 0.6 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Raymond James Financial reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a report on Wednesday, June 10th. Wall Street Zen lowered Applied Optoelectronics from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Monday, April 13th. Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $220.00 price objective on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a report on Monday, June 22nd. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research report on Tuesday, July 7th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $113.80.

Applied Optoelectronics 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.