Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) Lin Sells 59,000 Shares of Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) Stock

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI) CEO Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) Lin sold 59,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $166.53, for a total transaction of $9,825,270.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 1,302,436 shares in the company, valued at approximately $216,894,667.08. This represents a 4.33% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards.

Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) Lin also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, May 19th, Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) Lin sold 58,000 shares of Applied Optoelectronics stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $173.26, for a total transaction of $10,049,080.00.

Applied Optoelectronics Stock Down 2.0%

AAOI stock opened at $167.34 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $13.43 billion, a P/E ratio of -253.55 and a beta of 3.66. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. has a 52 week low of $16.90 and a 52 week high of $233.67. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $168.10 and its 200 day moving average price is $95.69. The company has a current ratio of 3.83, a quick ratio of 3.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18.

Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) last released 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). The company had revenue of $151.14 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations 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 quarterly revenue was up 51.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted ($0.02) EPS. Applied Optoelectronics has set its Q2 2026 guidance at -0.030-0.030 EPS. On average, research analysts expect that Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. will post 0.6 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Applied Optoelectronics

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Applied Optoelectronics by 7.7% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,982,660 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $173,696,000 after buying an additional 358,090 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. increased its position in Applied Optoelectronics by 5,208.9% during the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,512,309 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $122,439,000 after purchasing an additional 3,446,150 shares during the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD increased its position in Applied Optoelectronics by 5,321.6% during the fourth quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 2,229,757 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $77,730,000 after purchasing an additional 2,188,630 shares during the last quarter. Hawk Ridge Capital Management LP increased its position in Applied Optoelectronics by 106.2% during the fourth quarter. Hawk Ridge Capital Management LP now owns 1,700,900 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $59,293,000 after purchasing an additional 875,903 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Morgan Stanley increased its position in Applied Optoelectronics by 157.1% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 1,699,855 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $59,257,000 after purchasing an additional 1,038,775 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 61.70% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting Applied Optoelectronics

Here are the key news stories impacting Applied Optoelectronics this week:

• Positive Sentiment: AAOI continues to benefit from trader enthusiasm around AI datacenter infrastructure and optical connectivity. Investors are still bidding up “AI plumbing” names that provide the fiber-optic gear needed for large-scale data centers. Article: Applied Optoelectronics Shares Are Climbing Monday: What’s Driving The Action?
• Neutral Sentiment: Several insiders, including the CEO, CFO, and other executives, sold shares on June 12. The company said these sales were made to cover tax withholding tied to vesting equity awards, which makes them less alarming than discretionary selling, but the cluster of filings may still create some short-term pressure on sentiment. Article: Insider filing for Hung-Lun (Fred) Chang Article: Insider filing for David C. Kuo Article: Insider filing for Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) Lin Article: Insider filing for Stefan J. Murry Article: Insider filing for Shu-Hua (Joshua) Yeh
• Negative Sentiment: Market commentary also highlighted a bearish comparison note from Jim Cramer, who favored Corning over Applied Optoelectronics. That could weigh on AAOI relative to peers in the optical networking space. Article: Jim Cramer Recommends Corning Over Applied Optoelectronics

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on the stock. B. Riley Financial upgraded shares of Applied Optoelectronics from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $54.00 target price for the company in a research report on Friday, February 27th. Needham & Company LLC boosted their price objective on shares of Applied Optoelectronics from $43.00 to $80.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 27th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Applied Optoelectronics from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Monday, April 13th. Northland Securities reissued a “market perform” rating and issued a $55.00 price objective on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research report on Friday, February 27th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities reissued 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 has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $79.80.

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.