Tudor Investment Corp ET AL Sells 46,485 Shares of Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. $AAOI

Tudor Investment Corp ET AL decreased its position in Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI) by 9.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 448,957 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 46,485 shares during the period. Tudor Investment Corp ET AL’s holdings in Applied Optoelectronics were worth $11,641,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Comerica Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Applied Optoelectronics in the third quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Pinpoint Asset Management Singapore Pte. Ltd. acquired a new position in Applied Optoelectronics during the second quarter worth $49,000. Headlands Technologies LLC acquired a new position in Applied Optoelectronics during the second quarter worth $57,000. Wexford Capital LP bought a new position in Applied Optoelectronics in the third quarter valued at $95,000. Finally, Ameritas Investment Partners Inc. grew its position in Applied Optoelectronics by 28.8% in the second quarter. Ameritas Investment Partners Inc. now owns 5,488 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $141,000 after purchasing an additional 1,226 shares in the last quarter. 61.70% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Cynthia Delaney sold 21,000 shares of Applied Optoelectronics stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $98.02, for a total transaction of $2,058,420.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 116,222 shares in the company, valued at approximately $11,392,080.44. The trade was a 15.30% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider Hung-Lun (Fred) Chang sold 36,400 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $100.25, for a total value of $3,649,100.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 233,618 shares in the company, valued at $23,420,204.50. The trade was a 13.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 309,833 shares of company stock valued at $26,991,062. 4.50% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts have commented on the stock. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Applied Optoelectronics from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, February 28th. B. Riley Financial upgraded Applied Optoelectronics from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $54.00 price objective for the company in a report on Friday, February 27th. Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $50.00 target price on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research report on Thursday, February 19th. Needham & Company LLC upped their target price on Applied Optoelectronics from $43.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 27th. Finally, Northland Securities reissued a “market perform” rating and set a $55.00 price target on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a research report on Friday, February 27th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $52.80.

Applied Optoelectronics Stock Performance

Shares of AAOI opened at $87.54 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $61.32 and a 200-day moving average of $40.78. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. has a one year low of $9.71 and a one year high of $128.96. The company has a market cap of $6.58 billion, a PE ratio of -134.68 and a beta of 3.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 2.63 and a quick ratio of 1.91.

Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 26th. The semiconductor company reported ($0.01) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.12) by $0.11. Applied Optoelectronics had a negative net margin of 8.39% and a negative return on equity of 5.29%. The company had revenue of $134.27 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $131.56 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned ($0.02) EPS. Applied Optoelectronics’s quarterly revenue was up 33.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Applied Optoelectronics has set its Q1 2026 guidance at -0.090-0.000 EPS. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. will post -1.18 earnings per share for the current year.

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.