NewEdge Advisors LLC Makes New Investment in Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. $AAOI

NewEdge Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI) during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 8,545 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $723,000.

A number of other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. California State Teachers Retirement System lifted its stake in shares of Applied Optoelectronics by 23.2% during the 1st quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 70,464 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $5,961,000 after purchasing an additional 13,265 shares during the last quarter. Andar Capital Management HK Ltd purchased a new position in Applied Optoelectronics in the first quarter valued at about $11,335,000. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. bought a new position in Applied Optoelectronics in the first quarter worth about $4,125,000. Next Century Growth Investors LLC bought a new position in Applied Optoelectronics in the fourth quarter worth about $16,220,000. Finally, Swiss National Bank lifted its position in shares of Applied Optoelectronics by 9.8% during the first quarter. Swiss National Bank now owns 128,300 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $10,853,000 after buying an additional 11,500 shares during the last quarter. 61.70% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on AAOI shares. Raymond James Financial reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $178.00 price objective on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a report on Tuesday, August 11th. Weiss Ratings lowered Applied Optoelectronics from a “sell (d-)” rating to a “sell (e+)” rating in a research note on Monday. Needham & Company LLC lowered their price target on Applied Optoelectronics from $220.00 to $190.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, August 7th. Wall Street Zen raised Applied Optoelectronics from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, August 8th. Finally, B. Riley Financial restated a “neutral” rating on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research note on Friday, August 7th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $139.40.

Applied Optoelectronics Price Performance

NASDAQ:AAOI opened at $122.19 on Thursday. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. has a one year low of $18.50 and a one year high of $233.67. The stock has a market cap of $10.33 billion, a PE ratio of -156.65 and a beta of 3.76. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12, a quick ratio of 2.13 and a current ratio of 2.78. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $129.48 and a 200 day moving average price of $124.25.

Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The semiconductor company reported $0.06 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.02 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $191.92 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $190.48 million. Applied Optoelectronics had a negative return on equity of 1.98% and a negative net margin of 9.57%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 86.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned ($0.16) EPS. Applied Optoelectronics has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.110-0.260 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. will post 0.6 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Applied Optoelectronics news, Director Cynthia Delaney sold 56,575 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $189.23, for a total transaction of $10,705,687.25. Following the sale, the director owned 59,647 shares in the company, valued at $11,287,001.81. This represents a 48.68% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, insider David C. Kuo sold 29,227 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, June 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $166.53, for a total transaction of $4,867,172.31. Following the sale, the insider owned 149,078 shares in the company, valued at $24,825,959.34. The trade was a 16.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Insiders have sold a total of 323,204 shares of company stock worth $55,700,961 over the last three months. 3.80% of the stock is owned by insiders.

About Applied Optoelectronics

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.