Applied Optoelectronics Inc (NASDAQ: AAOI) is -50.52% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $6.70 and a high of $44.50 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 $14.67 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 3.57%.
Currently trading at $18.24, the stock is 40.21% and 19.95% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 7.28 million and changing 24.34% at the moment leaves the stock -11.24% off its SMA200. AAOI registered 68.42% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of 12.52%.
The stock witnessed a 55.63% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -40.24%, and is 26.32% 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 12.41% over the week and 9.34% over the month.
Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AAOI) has around 3309 employees, a market worth around $1.01B and $308.55M in sales. Fwd P/E is 12.70. Profit margin for the company is -55.98%. Distance from 52-week low is 172.24% and -59.01% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-38.08%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 123.16% this year.
Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AAOI) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 53.21M, and float is at 51.78M with Short Float at 20.62%.
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 7.6532% 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 5.4783 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 2.15 million shares representing 5.4744% and valued at over $17.86 million, while HOOD RIVER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC holds 3.494 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 Murry Stefan J., the company’s Chief Financial Officer. SEC filings show that Murry Stefan J. sold 2,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Apr 16 ’25 at a price of $10.95 per share for a total of $21906.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.24 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 17 ’25, Murry Stefan J. (Chief Financial Officer) disposed off 2,000 shares at an average price of $23.06 for $46123.0. The insider now directly holds 196,581 shares of Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AAOI).
