Andar Capital Management HK Ltd Buys Shares of 134,000 Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. $AAOI

Andar Capital Management HK Ltd acquired a new position in Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI) during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund acquired 134,000 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $11,335,000. Applied Optoelectronics makes up about 9.7% of Andar Capital Management HK Ltd’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 4th biggest position.

A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the business. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. increased its stake in Applied Optoelectronics by 10.4% in the 1st quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 25,579 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $393,000 after buying an additional 2,415 shares during the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers bought a new position in shares of Applied Optoelectronics in the 2nd quarter valued at about $377,000. New York State Common Retirement Fund grew its holdings in shares of Applied Optoelectronics by 36.0% in the 2nd quarter. New York State Common Retirement Fund now owns 17,000 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $437,000 after acquiring an additional 4,500 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. increased its position in shares of Applied Optoelectronics by 50.0% in the second quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 60,817 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,562,000 after acquiring an additional 20,261 shares during the last quarter. Finally, First Trust Advisors LP acquired a new stake in shares of Applied Optoelectronics in the second quarter valued at about $952,000. Institutional investors own 61.70% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Applied Optoelectronics news, insider Hung-Lun (Fred) Chang sold 40,329 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 17th. The shares were 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 $48,812,754.40. This represents a 12.35% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. 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 that occurred on Friday, July 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $122.09, for a total transaction 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 approximately $46,464,523.84. The trade was a 1.04% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 500,215 shares of company stock valued at $86,658,774 in the last 90 days. 3.80% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

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

Applied Optoelectronics Price Performance

Shares of AAOI opened at $103.02 on Tuesday. The company’s 50-day moving average is $157.75 and its 200-day moving average is $111.55. 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 $8.27 billion, a PE ratio of -156.09 and a beta of 3.69. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $18.50 and a fifty-two week high of $233.67.

Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) last announced its quarterly earnings results 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 during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $156.98 million. Applied Optoelectronics had a negative net margin of 8.55% and a negative return on equity of 4.64%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 51.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted ($0.02) EPS. Applied Optoelectronics has set its Q2 2026 guidance at -0.030-0.030 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. will post 0.6 EPS for the current year.

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.