Applied Optoelectronics Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Applied Optoelectronics in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating and 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" Applied Optoelectronics stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in AAOI, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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2 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Applied Optoelectronics' stock. Their AAOI stock forecasts range from $2.50 to $6.00. On average, they predict Applied Optoelectronics' share price to reach $3.90 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 151.6% from the stock's current price.
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Applied Optoelectronics' stock was trading at $5.14 at the beginning of the year. Since then, AAOI stock has decreased by 69.8% and is now trading at $1.55.
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Applied Optoelectronics is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 4th 2022.
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Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 5th. The semiconductor company reported ($0.36) earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.46) by $0.10. The semiconductor company earned $52.24 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $52.84 million. Applied Optoelectronics had a negative net margin of 25.50% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.75%. During the same period last year, the business earned ($0.30) earnings per share.
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Applied Optoelectronics issued an update on its second quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Monday, May, 23rd. The company provided EPS guidance of -$0.34--$0.30 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of -$0.25. The company issued revenue guidance of $56.00 million-$59.00 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $55.46 million.

29 employees have rated Applied Optoelectronics CEO Thompson Lin on Glassdoor.com. Thompson Lin has an approval rating of 42% among Applied Optoelectronics' employees. This puts Thompson Lin in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Applied Optoelectronics trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "AAOI."

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One share of AAOI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $1.55.

Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) has a market capitalization of $42.83 million and generates $211.57 million in revenue each year. The semiconductor company earns $-54.16 million in net income (profit) each year or ($2.01) on an earnings per share basis.

Applied Optoelectronics employs 2,534 workers across the globe.

Applied Optoelectronics' mailing address is 13139 JESS PIRTLE BLVD, SUGAR LAND TX, 77478. The official website for Applied Optoelectronics is www.ao-inc.com. The semiconductor company can be reached via phone at (281) 295-1800 or via email at [email protected].