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Applied Optoelectronics Inc (NASDAQ: AAOI) closed the day trading at $34.86 down -3.22% from the previous closing price of $36.02. In other words, the price has decreased by -$3.22 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.64 million shares were traded. AAOI stock price reached its highest trading level at $35.9999 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $34.8.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of AAOI, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.63 and its Current Ratio is at 2.31. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.42 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.30.
On July 25, 2025, Needham started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $32.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Dec 23 ’25 when Kuo David C sold 12,500 shares for $40.15 per share. The transaction valued at 501,875 led to the insider holds 130,948 shares of the business.
Kuo David C bought 12,500 shares of AAOI for $501,881 on Dec 23 ’25. On Dec 15 ’25, another insider, Loboa Elizabeth G, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 4,121 shares for $30.23 each. As a result, the insider received 124,584 and left with 122,870 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, AAOI now has a Market Capitalization of 2380237056 and an Enterprise Value of 2478387712. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 5.64 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 4.24. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 5.877 whereas that against EBITDA is -100.234.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for AAOI is 3.26, which has changed by -0.0802111 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.15196204 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, AAOI has reached a high of $41.96, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $9.71. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 17.62%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 46.90%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, AAOI traded about 5.36M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, AAOI traded about 4717380 shares per day. A total of 68.06M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 64.46M. Insiders hold about 5.59% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 59.75% stake in the company. Shares short for AAOI as of 1765756800 were 12707289 with a Short Ratio of 2.37, compared to 1763078400 on 12875872. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 12707289 and a Short% of Float of 19.27.
Earnings Estimates
At present, 5.0 analysts are actively evaluating the performance of Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AAOI) in the stock market.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is -$0.05, with high estimates of -$0.03 and low estimates of -$0.08.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between -$0.35 and -$0.43 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of -$0.38. EPS for the following year is $0.85, with 5.0 analysts recommending between $1.01 and $0.47.
Revenue Estimates
5 analysts predict $131.56M in revenue for. The current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $134.62M to a low estimate of $129M. As of. The current estimate, Applied Optoelectronics Inc’s year-ago sales were $100.27MFor the next quarter, 5 analysts are estimating revenue of $145.72M. There is a high estimate of $153M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $138.5M.
A total of 6 analysts have provided revenue estimates for AAOI’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $457.3M, while the lowest revenue estimate was $450M, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $453.66M. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $249.37MBased on 6 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $763.97M in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $897.3M and the low estimate is $609.59M.
