Applied Optoelectronics - AAOI Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Applied Optoelectronics in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" AAOI shares. 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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3 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Applied Optoelectronics' shares. Their AAOI share price forecasts range from $2.50 to $7.50. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $4.70 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 70.9% from the stock's current price.
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Applied Optoelectronics' stock was trading at $5.14 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, AAOI stock has decreased by 46.5% and is now trading at $2.75.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 3rd 2022.
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Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 4th. The semiconductor company reported ($0.36) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.35) by $0.01. The semiconductor company earned $52.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $57.17 million. Applied Optoelectronics had a negative net margin of 28.68% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.74%.

Applied Optoelectronics updated its third quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, September, 1st. The company provided EPS guidance of -$0.32--$0.27 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of -$0.25. The company issued revenue guidance of $57.00 million-$60.00 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $59.31 million.

29 employees have rated Applied Optoelectronics Chief Executive Officer Thompson Lin on Glassdoor.com. Thompson Lin has an approval rating of 42% among the company's 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 $2.75.

Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) has a market capitalization of $76.67 million and generates $211.57 million in revenue each year. The semiconductor company earns $-54,160,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($2.22) on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,534 workers across the globe.

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