Larson Financial Group LLC Boosts Stake in Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. $AAOI

Larson Financial Group LLC boosted its stake in shares of Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI) by 45.7% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 10,433 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,272 shares during the period. Larson Financial Group LLC’s holdings in Applied Optoelectronics were worth $364,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of AAOI. Allworth Financial LP lifted its holdings in Applied Optoelectronics by 1,923.7% during the fourth quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 769 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $27,000 after buying an additional 731 shares during the period. Comerica Bank purchased a new stake in Applied Optoelectronics during the third quarter worth $28,000. Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services LLC purchased a new stake in Applied Optoelectronics during the fourth quarter worth $55,000. Headlands Technologies LLC purchased a new stake in Applied Optoelectronics during the second quarter worth $57,000. Finally, SBI Securities Co. Ltd. lifted its holdings in Applied Optoelectronics by 190.6% during the fourth quarter. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. now owns 1,927 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $67,000 after buying an additional 1,264 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 61.70% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have weighed in on AAOI shares. Northland Securities restated a “market perform” rating and set a $55.00 target price on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a report on Friday, February 27th. Wall Street Zen lowered Applied Optoelectronics from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Monday, April 13th. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and set a $50.00 target price on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a report on Thursday, February 19th. B. Riley Financial raised Applied Optoelectronics from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $54.00 price target on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 27th. Finally, Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $160.00 price target on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Three equities 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’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $79.80.

Applied Optoelectronics Price Performance

NASDAQ AAOI opened at $181.49 on Friday. 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 stock’s fifty day moving average price is $138.74 and its 200 day moving average price is $75.74. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. has a 1 year low of $15.06 and a 1 year high of $233.67. The company has a market cap of $14.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -274.98 and a beta of 3.76.

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 the consensus estimate of ($0.05) by ($0.02). The company had revenue of $151.14 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $156.98 million. Applied Optoelectronics had a negative return on equity of 4.64% and a negative net margin of 8.55%.Applied Optoelectronics’s revenue for the quarter was up 51.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted ($0.02) earnings per share. Applied Optoelectronics has set its Q2 2026 guidance at -0.030-0.030 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. will post 0.66 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity at Applied Optoelectronics

In other Applied Optoelectronics news, CFO Stefan J. Murry sold 33,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $173.26, for a total transaction of $5,717,580.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 451,906 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $78,297,233.56. This trade represents a 6.81% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. 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 stock was sold at an average price of $173.26, for a total value of $10,049,080.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,255,693 shares in the company, valued at $390,821,369.18. This represents a 2.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. 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 sold 459,324 shares of company stock worth $59,068,951 in the last three months. Company insiders own 3.80% of the company’s stock.

Applied Optoelectronics 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.