Geneva Partners LLC Invests $2.50 Million in Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. $AAOI

Geneva Partners LLC acquired a new stake in Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI) in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund acquired 29,515 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,497,000. Applied Optoelectronics accounts for about 1.2% of Geneva Partners LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 28th largest holding.

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Abel Hall LLC purchased a new position in shares of Applied Optoelectronics in the first quarter worth $324,000. Ariose Capital Management Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of Applied Optoelectronics during the first quarter valued at $8,797,000. Sierra Summit Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Applied Optoelectronics during the first quarter valued at $855,000. Private Advisor Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Applied Optoelectronics in the 1st quarter valued at $262,000. Finally, Leonteq Securities AG acquired a new position in shares of Applied Optoelectronics in the 1st quarter valued at $1,143,000. 61.70% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling at Applied Optoelectronics

In other Applied Optoelectronics news, CEO Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) Lin sold 59,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, June 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $166.53, for a total value of $9,825,270.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 1,302,436 shares in the company, valued at approximately $216,894,667.08. This trade represents a 4.33% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, insider Hung-Lun (Fred) Chang sold 40,329 shares of Applied Optoelectronics stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $170.60, for a total transaction of $6,880,127.40. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 286,124 shares in the company, valued at approximately $48,812,754.40. This trade represents a 12.35% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 500,215 shares of company stock valued at $86,716,414. 3.80% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have commented on the company. Wall Street Zen cut Applied Optoelectronics from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Monday, April 13th. Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $220.00 target price on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a report on Monday, June 22nd. Finally, Raymond James Financial reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research report on Wednesday, June 10th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $113.80.

Applied Optoelectronics Stock Down 7.3%

Shares of AAOI stock opened at $114.41 on Wednesday. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. has a twelve month low of $18.50 and a twelve month high of $233.67. The stock has a market cap of $9.18 billion, a P/E ratio of -173.35 and a beta of 3.69. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $166.59 and a 200 day moving average of $106.78. The company has a current ratio of 3.83, a quick ratio of 3.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18.

Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) last issued its quarterly earnings data 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). The firm had revenue of $151.14 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $156.98 million. Applied Optoelectronics had a negative return on equity of 4.64% and a negative net margin of 8.55%.The company’s revenue was up 51.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted ($0.02) EPS. 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.

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.