Elizabeth Loboa Sells 102,347 Shares of Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) Stock

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

Applied Optoelectronics Trading Up 1.4%

NASDAQ:AAOI traded up $1.43 on Thursday, reaching $101.14. 10,170,880 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 6,613,469. The firm has a market capitalization of $7.61 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -155.60 and a beta of 3.20. The business has a fifty day moving average of $45.69 and a 200-day moving average of $34.27. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. has a 52-week low of $9.71 and a 52-week high of $110.00. The company has a quick ratio of 1.91, a current ratio of 2.63 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18.

Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 26th. The semiconductor company reported ($0.01) earnings per share for the quarter, topping 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 company had revenue of $134.27 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $131.56 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned ($0.02) EPS. Applied Optoelectronics’s 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. As a group, analysts expect that Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. will post -1.18 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

AAOI has been the topic of several recent research reports. Northland Securities restated a “market perform” rating and issued a $55.00 price target on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research report on Friday, February 27th. B. Riley Financial raised shares of 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. Wall Street Zen upgraded Applied Optoelectronics from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, February 28th. 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 report on Friday, February 27th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $50.00 price objective on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a report on Thursday, February 19th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $52.80.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Applied Optoelectronics

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. CloudAlpha Capital Management Limited Hong Kong increased its position in shares of Applied Optoelectronics by 410.7% in the 2nd quarter. CloudAlpha Capital Management Limited Hong Kong now owns 1,408,983 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $36,197,000 after purchasing an additional 1,133,115 shares during the last quarter. WT Asset Management Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Applied Optoelectronics in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $5,040,000. Citigroup Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Applied Optoelectronics by 60.0% during the third quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 1,160,456 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $30,091,000 after acquiring an additional 435,349 shares during the period. Squarepoint Ops LLC bought a new position in Applied Optoelectronics in the 2nd quarter worth about $4,283,000. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in Applied Optoelectronics by 13.6% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,624,570 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $119,915,000 after buying an additional 551,910 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 61.70% of the company’s stock.

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.