IFP Advisors Inc Invests $170,000 in Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. $AAOI

IFP Advisors Inc bought a new position in shares of Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 4,885 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $170,000.

Several other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of AAOI. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of Applied Optoelectronics by 10.4% during the 1st quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 25,579 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $393,000 after acquiring an additional 2,415 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers purchased a new stake in shares of Applied Optoelectronics during the 2nd quarter worth about $377,000. New York State Common Retirement Fund lifted its stake in 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 buying an additional 4,500 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. lifted its stake in Applied Optoelectronics by 50.0% in the 2nd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 60,817 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,562,000 after buying an additional 20,261 shares in the last quarter. Finally, First Trust Advisors LP purchased a new position in Applied Optoelectronics in the 2nd quarter valued at about $952,000. 61.70% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $160.00 price target on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research note on Friday, May 8th. 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 research note on Friday, February 27th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Applied Optoelectronics from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Monday, April 13th. Northland Securities reaffirmed a “market perform” rating and issued a $55.00 price target on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research note on Friday, February 27th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $50.00 price target on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $79.80.

Applied Optoelectronics Trading Down 6.3%

Shares of Applied Optoelectronics stock opened at $158.41 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $12.71 billion, a PE ratio of -240.02 and a beta of 3.76. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. has a twelve month low of $15.06 and a twelve month high of $233.67. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $146.55 and its 200 day moving average price is $80.74. The company has a current ratio of 3.83, a quick ratio of 3.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18.

Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) last released its quarterly earnings data 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 business 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 revenue was up 51.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted ($0.02) EPS. Applied Optoelectronics has set its Q2 2026 guidance at -0.030-0.030 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. will post 0.6 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Applied Optoelectronics news, insider David C. Kuo sold 19,227 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $173.26, for a total value of $3,331,270.02. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 197,370 shares in the company, valued at approximately $34,196,326.20. This represents a 8.88% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through 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 58,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $173.26, for a total transaction of $10,049,080.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 2,255,693 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $390,821,369.18. The trade was a 2.51% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Insiders have sold 515,899 shares of company stock worth $69,774,638 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 3.80% 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.