NYSE:AUO - AU Optronics Stock Price, Price Target & More

AU Optronics trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AUO."

AU Optronics (NYSE:AUO) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 26th. The semiconductor company reported $0.15 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.04 by $0.11. The semiconductor company earned $2.56 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.48 billion. AU Optronics had a net margin of 8.28% and a return on equity of 12.28%. View AU Optronics' Earnings History.

AU Optronics is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for AU Optronics.

AU Optronics saw a decline in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 33,244,832 shares, a decline of 9.6% from the April 30th total of 36,782,329 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,366,052 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 24.3 days. View AU Optronics' Current Options Chain.

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News articles about AUO stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. AU Optronics earned a news sentiment score of 0.14 on Accern's scale. They also assigned headlines about the semiconductor company an impact score of 46.91 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.

AU Optronics' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.60%), Aperio Group LLC (0.36%), Northern Trust Corp (0.20%), Millennium Management LLC (0.18%), Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. (0.11%) and Wells Fargo & Company MN (0.07%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for AU Optronics.

AUO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP. View Insider Buying and Selling for AU Optronics.

AUO stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Aperio Group LLC, Northern Trust Corp, Jane Street Group LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Banco de Sabadell S.A, Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc., BlackRock Inc. and Guggenheim Capital LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for AU Optronics.

Shares of AUO can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AUO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $4.41.

AU Optronics has a market capitalization of $4.20 billion and generates $11.51 billion in revenue each year. The semiconductor company earns $1.40 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.13 on an earnings per share basis. AU Optronics employs 57,579 workers across the globe.

AU Optronics' mailing address is 1 Li-Hsin Road 2Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu F5, 30078. The semiconductor company can be reached via phone at 886-3500-8800 or via email at [email protected]