Applied Optoelectronics Inc (NASDAQ: AAOI) is -3.88% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $6.66 and a high of $24.75 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The AAOI stock was last observed hovering at around $19.00 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.43%.
Currently trading at $18.57, the stock is 16.30% and 43.38% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.81 million and changing -2.26% at the moment leaves the stock 44.01% off its SMA200. AAOI registered 145.96% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 53.22%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $12.9519 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $12.895325.
The stock witnessed a 30.77% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 92.44%, and is 3.98% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 9.41% over the week and 9.44% over the month.
Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AAOI) has around 2149 employees, a market worth around $759.51M and $206.94M in sales. Fwd P/E is 32.39. Profit margin for the company is -34.84%. Distance from 52-week low is 178.83% and -24.97% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-26.99%).
with sales reaching $62.6M over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -60.40% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 12.60% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 0.10% in year-over-year returns.
Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AAOI) Top Institutional Holders
181.0 institutions hold shares in Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AAOI), with institutional investors hold 75.85% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 38.15M, and float is at 37.56M with Short Float at 29.35%. Institutions hold 71.51% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 3.01 million shares valued at $24.98 million. The investor’s holdings represent 7.8533% of the AAOI Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC with 2.16 million shares valued at $17.88 million to account for 5.6214 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 2.15 million shares representing 5.6175% and valued at over $17.86 million, while HOOD RIVER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC holds 3.5853 of the shares totaling 1.38 million with a market value of $11.4 million.
Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AAOI) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Kuo David C, the company’s ***. SEC filings show that Kuo David C sold 10,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Sep 24 ’24 at a price of $15.02 per share for a total of $0.15 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.13 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on May 14 ’24, Yeh William H (Director) acquired 9,800 shares at an average price of $10.54 for $0.1 million. The insider now directly holds 217,055 shares of Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AAOI).
