Applied Optoelectronics Inc (NASDAQ: AAOI) is 130.58% higher 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 continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The AAOI stock was last observed hovering at around $19.77 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -15.6%.
Currently trading at $4.17M, the stock is 35.69% and 51.35% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 13.95 million and changing 13946089% at the moment leaves the stock 7.68% off its SMA200. AAOI registered -36.38% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -33.17%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $15.4943 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $21.77715.
The stock witnessed a 23.68% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 11.24%, and is 38.59% 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 8.76% over the week and 7.15% over the month.
Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AAOI) has around 3309 employees, a market worth around $1.32B and $308.55M in sales. Fwd P/E is 22.33. Profit margin for the company is -55.98%. Distance from 52-week low is 250.00% and -47.30% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-38.08%).
with sales reaching $104.96M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 105.06% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 92.54% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 142.56% in year-over-year returns.
Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AAOI) Top Institutional Holders
212.0 institutions hold shares in Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AAOI), with institutional investors hold 60.34% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 53.21M, and float is at 51.58M with Short Float at 21.17%. Institutions hold 57.41% 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 7.6532% 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 Jun 16 ’25 at a price of $16.05 per share for a total of $32090.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.32 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on May 16 ’25, Murry Stefan J. (Chief Financial Officer) disposed off 2,000 shares at an average price of $19.35 for $38697.0. The insider now directly holds 323,036 shares of Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AAOI).
