Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. $AAOI is Timothy G. Youngquist 2020 Irrevocable Trust’s 10th Largest Position

Timothy G. Youngquist 2020 Irrevocable Trust increased its position in Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI) by 16.5% during the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 55,796 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 7,909 shares during the period. Applied Optoelectronics accounts for about 1.6% of Timothy G. Youngquist 2020 Irrevocable Trust’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 10th biggest position. Timothy G. Youngquist 2020 Irrevocable Trust owned about 0.07% of Applied Optoelectronics worth $8,267,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in AAOI. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI bought a new stake in Applied Optoelectronics in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $1,675,000. BlackRock Inc. bought a new stake in Applied Optoelectronics in the second quarter worth $955,672,000. Deutsche Bank AG bought a new stake in Applied Optoelectronics in the second quarter worth $7,516,000. Perigon Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in Applied Optoelectronics during the second quarter valued at $208,000. Finally, Rice Hall James & Associates LLC bought a new position in Applied Optoelectronics during the second quarter valued at $8,263,000. 61.70% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Applied Optoelectronics Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:AAOI opened at $131.41 on Wednesday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $130.54 and its 200-day simple moving average is $123.66. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12, a quick ratio of 2.13 and a current ratio of 2.78. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. has a one year low of $18.50 and a one year high of $233.67. The firm has a market cap of $11.11 billion, a PE ratio of -168.47 and a beta of 3.76.

Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The semiconductor company reported $0.06 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.02 by $0.04. Applied Optoelectronics had a negative return on equity of 1.98% and a negative net margin of 9.57%.The firm had revenue of $191.92 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $190.48 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned ($0.16) earnings per share. Applied Optoelectronics’s quarterly revenue was up 86.3% on a year-over-year basis. Applied Optoelectronics has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.110-0.260 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. will post 0.6 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on AAOI shares. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and issued a $220.00 target price on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a report on Friday, August 7th. B. Riley Financial restated a “neutral” rating on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research report on Friday, August 7th. Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $178.00 price objective on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research note on Tuesday, August 11th. Weiss Ratings cut Applied Optoelectronics from a “sell (d-)” rating to a “sell (e+)” rating in a report on Monday. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised Applied Optoelectronics from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 8th. 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 stock. According to MarketBeat, Applied Optoelectronics has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $139.40.

Insider Buying and Selling at Applied Optoelectronics

In other news, insider Hung-Lun (Fred) Chang sold 40,329 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on 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 transaction, the insider owned 286,124 shares in the company, valued at approximately $48,812,754.40. This trade represents a 12.35% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Stefan J. Murry sold 4,000 shares of Applied Optoelectronics stock in a transaction dated Friday, July 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $122.09, for a total value of $488,360.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 380,576 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $46,464,523.84. The trade was a 1.04% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 323,204 shares of company stock worth $55,700,961 over the last quarter. Insiders own 3.80% of the company’s stock.

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.