Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) Director Sells $9,800,748.72 in Stock

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI) Director Elizabeth Loboa sold 102,347 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $95.76, for a total value of $9,800,748.72. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 20,523 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,965,282.48. This trade represents a 83.30% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink.

Applied Optoelectronics Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ AAOI traded up $1.43 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $101.14. The company had a trading volume of 10,170,880 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,613,469. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $45.69 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $34.27. The stock has a market cap of $7.61 billion, a PE ratio of -155.60 and a beta of 3.20. The company has a current ratio of 2.63, a quick ratio of 1.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. has a 1-year low of $9.71 and a 1-year high of $110.00.

Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 26th. The semiconductor company reported ($0.01) earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.12) by $0.11. Applied Optoelectronics had a negative return on equity of 5.29% and a negative net margin of 8.39%.The firm had revenue of $134.27 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $131.56 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned ($0.02) earnings per share. Applied Optoelectronics’s quarterly revenue was up 33.9% on a year-over-year basis. Applied Optoelectronics has set its Q1 2026 guidance at -0.090-0.000 EPS. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. will post -1.18 earnings per share for the current year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Applied Optoelectronics

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Applied Optoelectronics by 497.5% during the 2nd quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC now owns 962 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $25,000 after buying an additional 801 shares during the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP raised its stake in Applied Optoelectronics by 1,923.7% in the fourth quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 769 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 731 shares during the period. Comerica Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Applied Optoelectronics in the third quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its position 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 worth $42,000 after purchasing an additional 750 shares during the period. Finally, Pinpoint Asset Management Singapore Pte. Ltd. bought a new stake in shares of Applied Optoelectronics during the 2nd quarter worth about $49,000. 61.70% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Needham & Company LLC boosted their price target on Applied Optoelectronics from $43.00 to $80.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, February 27th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Applied Optoelectronics from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, February 28th. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and issued a $50.00 target price on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. Finally, 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. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $52.80.

About Applied Optoelectronics

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.