20,000 Shares in Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. $AAOI Acquired by Diker Management LLC

Key Points

• Diker Management LLC opened a new position in Applied Optoelectronics by buying 20,000 shares in Q3 valued at about $519,000, with institutional investors owning roughly 61.7% of the company.
• Company insiders have been net sellers recently — Director Elizabeth G. Loboa sold 102,347 shares (~$9.8M) and Director William H. Yeh sold 15,000 shares (~$1.59M), with insiders offloading 273,433 shares (~$23.34M) over the last 90 days.
• Applied Optoelectronics reported revenue up 33.9% and beat quarterly EPS estimates, but remains loss-making with negative P/E and set Q1 2026 guidance of -0.090 to 0.000; analysts' consensus is a "Hold" with an average price target of $52.80.

Diker Management LLC purchased a new position in Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI - Free Report) during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 20,000 shares of the semiconductor company's stock, valued at approximately $519,000. Applied Optoelectronics comprises 0.4% of Diker Management LLC's holdings, making the stock its 26th biggest holding.

Several other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Comerica Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Applied Optoelectronics in the third quarter worth $28,000. Pinpoint Asset Management Singapore Pte. Ltd. purchased a new position in shares of Applied Optoelectronics during the second quarter valued at $49,000. Headlands Technologies LLC purchased a new position in shares of Applied Optoelectronics during the second quarter valued at $57,000. Ameritas Investment Partners Inc. raised its position in Applied Optoelectronics by 28.8% during the second quarter. Ameritas Investment Partners Inc. now owns 5,488 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $141,000 after buying an additional 1,226 shares during the period. Finally, CoreCap Advisors LLC raised its position in Applied Optoelectronics by 711.4% during the third quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC now owns 5,712 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $148,000 after buying an additional 5,008 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 61.70% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have commented on AAOI shares. 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 research report on Friday, February 27th. Northland Securities reiterated a "market perform" rating and issued a $55.00 target price on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a report on Friday, February 27th. Rosenblatt Securities restated a "buy" rating and set a $50.00 price target on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a report on Thursday, February 19th. Weiss Ratings restated a "sell (d-)" rating on shares of Applied Optoelectronics in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Applied Optoelectronics from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Saturday, February 28th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $52.80.

Insider Transactions at Applied Optoelectronics

In other Applied Optoelectronics news, Director Elizabeth G. Loboa sold 102,347 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $95.76, for a total value of $9,800,748.72. Following the sale, the director owned 20,523 shares of the company's stock, valued at $1,965,282.48. This trade represents a 83.30% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director William H. Yeh sold 15,000 shares of Applied Optoelectronics stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $105.76, for a total value of $1,586,400.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 238,819 shares in the company, valued at approximately $25,257,497.44. This represents a 5.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 273,433 shares of company stock worth $23,341,962. Corporate insiders own 4.50% of the company's stock.

Applied Optoelectronics Stock Down 8.8%

Shares of AAOI stock opened at $96.81 on Friday. The stock's 50 day simple moving average is $55.65 and its 200 day simple moving average is $38.30. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. has a twelve month low of $9.71 and a twelve month high of $128.96. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a quick ratio of 1.91 and a current ratio of 2.63. The company has a market capitalization of $7.28 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -148.94 and a beta of 3.20.

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

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