Wealthfront Advisers LLC Buys Shares of 4,663 Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. $AAOI

Wealthfront Advisers LLC bought a new position in shares of Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI) in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund bought 4,663 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $394,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Allworth Financial LP grew its position in shares of Applied Optoelectronics by 1,923.7% in the fourth quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 769 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 731 shares during the last quarter. Comerica Bank acquired a new position in shares of Applied Optoelectronics during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $28,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its stake in Applied Optoelectronics by 166.7% in the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,200 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $42,000 after buying an additional 750 shares in the last quarter. Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services LLC purchased a new stake in Applied Optoelectronics in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $55,000. Finally, Headlands Technologies LLC acquired a new stake in Applied Optoelectronics during the 2nd quarter valued at $57,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 61.70% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Applied Optoelectronics

In related news, insider Shu-Hua (Joshua) Yeh sold 39,154 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 $6,783,822.04. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 462,430 shares in the company, valued at approximately $80,120,621.80. This represents a 7.81% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, 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 value of $5,717,580.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 451,906 shares in the company, valued at $78,297,233.56. This trade represents a 6.81% 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. In the last three months, insiders sold 500,215 shares of company stock valued at $86,658,774. Corporate insiders own 3.80% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

AAOI has been the subject of several recent research reports. Wall Street Zen downgraded Applied Optoelectronics from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Monday, April 13th. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and issued a $220.00 price objective on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research report on Monday, June 22nd. Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research note on Wednesday, June 10th. Needham & Company LLC dropped their price objective on Applied Optoelectronics from $260.00 to $220.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research note on Tuesday, July 7th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $141.80.

Applied Optoelectronics Stock Down 7.3%

AAOI stock opened at $110.52 on Thursday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $154.12 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $112.68. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a quick ratio of 3.03 and a current ratio of 3.83. The stock has a market capitalization of $8.87 billion, a P/E ratio of -167.45 and a beta of 3.69. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. has a one year low of $18.50 and a one year high of $233.67.

Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The semiconductor company reported ($0.07) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.05) by ($0.02). Applied Optoelectronics had a negative return on equity of 4.64% and a negative net margin of 8.55%.The business had revenue of $151.14 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $156.98 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned ($0.02) EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 51.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Applied Optoelectronics has set its Q2 2026 guidance at -0.030-0.030 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. will post 0.6 EPS for the current year.

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.