21,924 Shares in Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. $AAOI Purchased by Shariaportfolio Inc.

Shariaportfolio Inc. purchased a new position in Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI) during the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 21,924 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,855,000. Applied Optoelectronics comprises approximately 0.8% of Shariaportfolio Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 21st largest position.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Allworth Financial LP increased its stake in shares of Applied Optoelectronics by 1,923.7% during the 4th quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 769 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 731 shares during the last quarter. NFSG Corp acquired a new stake in shares of Applied Optoelectronics in the first quarter worth approximately $85,000. Comerica Bank purchased a new stake in Applied Optoelectronics in the third quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its holdings in Applied Optoelectronics by 166.7% in the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,200 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $42,000 after purchasing an additional 750 shares during the period. Finally, Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services LLC acquired a new position in Applied Optoelectronics during the fourth quarter worth approximately $55,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 61.70% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

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

Applied Optoelectronics Stock Performance

Shares of AAOI stock opened at $94.32 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 3.03, a current ratio of 3.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $18.50 and a fifty-two week high of $233.67. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $142.06 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $115.54. The stock has a market cap of $7.57 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -142.91 and a beta of 3.76.

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Applied Optoelectronics news, insider Hung-Lun (Fred) Chang sold 40,329 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the insider owned 286,124 shares in the company, valued at $48,812,754.40. The trade was a 12.35% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Cynthia Delaney sold 56,575 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $189.23, for a total value of $10,705,687.25. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 59,647 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $11,287,001.81. This trade represents a 48.68% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 501,500 shares of company stock valued at $86,812,999 over the last ninety days. Insiders own 3.80% of the company’s stock.

Applied Optoelectronics Company 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.