Min-Chu (Mike) Chen Sells 8,247 Shares of Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) Stock

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI) Director Min-Chu (Mike) Chen sold 8,247 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $201.00, for a total transaction of $1,657,647.00. Following the sale, the director owned 161,053 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $32,371,653. This trade represents a 4.87% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, 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 transaction 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 transaction of $242,500.00.

Applied Optoelectronics Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ AAOI traded up $18.82 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $202.89. The company had a trading volume of 14,396,885 shares, compared to its average volume of 10,039,999. 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 business’s 50-day simple moving average is $152.29 and its 200-day simple moving average is $84.67. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. has a 12 month low of $15.29 and a 12 month high of $233.67. The firm has a market cap of $16.28 billion, a P/E ratio of -307.41 and a beta of 3.66.

Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) last released 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). The company had revenue of $151.14 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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 in the previous year, the business posted ($0.02) EPS. Applied Optoelectronics has set its Q2 2026 guidance at -0.030-0.030 EPS. As a group, analysts predict that Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. will post 0.6 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Applied Optoelectronics

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Cinctive Capital Management LP bought a new position in Applied Optoelectronics in the third quarter valued at approximately $800,000. Diker Management LLC bought a new position in Applied Optoelectronics in the third quarter valued at approximately $519,000. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in Applied Optoelectronics by 13.6% in the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,624,570 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $119,915,000 after acquiring an additional 551,910 shares during the last quarter. AI Squared Management Ltd bought a new position in Applied Optoelectronics in the third quarter valued at approximately $5,043,000. Finally, Trilogy Capital Inc. bought a new position in Applied Optoelectronics in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $235,000. 61.70% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $50.00 price objective on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a report on Thursday, February 19th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Applied Optoelectronics from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Monday, April 13th. Needham & Company LLC raised their price target on shares of Applied Optoelectronics from $43.00 to $80.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 27th. Northland Securities reissued a “market perform” rating and issued a $55.00 price target on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a report on Friday, February 27th. Finally, B. Riley Financial raised shares of Applied Optoelectronics from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $54.00 price target for the company in a report on Friday, February 27th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Applied Optoelectronics has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $79.80.

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.