Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) Director Sells $1,657,647.00 in Stock

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI) Director Min-Chu (Mike) Chen sold 8,247 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $201.00, for a total value of $1,657,647.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 161,053 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $32,371,653. The trade was a 4.87% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link.

Min-Chu (Mike) Chen also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, March 9th, Min-Chu (Mike) Chen sold 8,835 shares of Applied Optoelectronics stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $108.72, for a total value of $960,541.20.
• On Friday, March 6th, Min-Chu (Mike) Chen sold 2,500 shares of Applied Optoelectronics stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $97.00, for a total value of $242,500.00.

Applied Optoelectronics Stock Down 12.8%

Applied Optoelectronics stock opened at $177.00 on Friday. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $15.29 and a fifty-two week high of $233.67. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a quick ratio of 3.03 and a current ratio of 3.83. The company has a market capitalization of $14.20 billion, a P/E ratio of -268.18 and a beta of 3.66. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $155.32 and a 200-day simple moving average of $86.58.

Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The semiconductor company reported ($0.07) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate 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 during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $156.98 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted ($0.02) earnings per share. The firm’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. Equities research analysts expect that Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. will post 0.6 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

AAOI has been the topic of a number of research reports. B. Riley Financial raised Applied Optoelectronics from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $54.00 price target on the stock in a report on Friday, February 27th. Northland Securities reissued a “market perform” rating and set a $55.00 price target on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a report on Friday, February 27th. Wall Street Zen lowered Applied Optoelectronics from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Monday, April 13th. Raymond James Financial reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $160.00 price target on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a report on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities reissued a “buy” rating and set a $50.00 price target on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a report on Thursday, February 19th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $79.80.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. raised its holdings in Applied Optoelectronics by 1.4% during the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 18,072 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,529,000 after purchasing an additional 243 shares in the last quarter. Comerica Bank raised its holdings in Applied Optoelectronics by 27.6% during the fourth quarter. Comerica Bank now owns 1,386 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $48,000 after purchasing an additional 300 shares in the last quarter. AlphaQuest LLC raised its holdings in Applied Optoelectronics by 7.9% during the third quarter. AlphaQuest LLC now owns 7,503 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $195,000 after purchasing an additional 551 shares in the last quarter. Police & Firemen s Retirement System of New Jersey raised its holdings in Applied Optoelectronics by 3.6% during the fourth quarter. Police & Firemen s Retirement System of New Jersey now owns 16,073 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $560,000 after purchasing an additional 556 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Allworth Financial LP raised its holdings in Applied Optoelectronics by 1,923.7% during the fourth quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 769 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 731 shares in the last quarter. 61.70% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.