Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. $AAOI Shares Sold by Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC

Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC lowered its holdings in Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI) by 63.7% in the first quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 52,539 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 92,188 shares during the quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC’s holdings in Applied Optoelectronics were worth $4,537,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake 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 purchasing an additional 358,090 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. grew 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 buying an additional 3,446,150 shares during the period. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD boosted its stake in shares of Applied Optoelectronics by 5,321.6% during the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 2,229,757 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $77,730,000 after acquiring an additional 2,188,630 shares in the last quarter. Hawk Ridge Capital Management LP boosted its stake in shares of Applied Optoelectronics by 106.2% during the 4th quarter. Hawk Ridge Capital Management LP now owns 1,700,900 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $59,293,000 after acquiring an additional 875,903 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Morgan Stanley grew its holdings in shares of Applied Optoelectronics by 157.1% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 1,699,855 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $59,257,000 after acquiring an additional 1,038,775 shares during the period. 61.70% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Applied Optoelectronics

In other Applied Optoelectronics news, CFO Stefan J. Murry sold 33,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $173.26, for a total value of $5,717,580.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 451,906 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $78,297,233.56. This represents a 6.81% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, 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 value of $9,825,270.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 1,302,436 shares in the company, valued at approximately $216,894,667.08. This trade represents a 4.33% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Insiders have sold a total of 500,215 shares of company stock worth $86,658,774 over the last three months. Insiders own 3.80% of the company’s stock.

Applied Optoelectronics Stock Performance

Shares of AAOI stock opened at $100.15 on Friday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $150.48 and its 200-day simple moving average is $113.09. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. has a 52 week low of $18.50 and a 52 week high of $233.67. The company has a current ratio of 3.83, a quick ratio of 3.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18. The company has a market cap of $8.04 billion, a PE ratio of -151.74 and a beta of 3.69.

Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The semiconductor company reported ($0.07) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.05) by ($0.02). Applied Optoelectronics had a negative return on equity of 4.64% and a negative net margin of 8.55%.The business had revenue of $151.14 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $156.98 million. During the same period last year, the company 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. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. will post 0.6 EPS for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

AAOI has been the topic of several recent research reports. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Applied Optoelectronics from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Monday, April 13th. Raymond James Financial reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research note on Wednesday, June 10th. Needham & Company LLC reduced their target price on Applied Optoelectronics from $260.00 to $220.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday. Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $220.00 target price on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a report on Monday, June 22nd. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research report on Tuesday, July 7th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Applied Optoelectronics presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $141.80.

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.