A new trading day began on Friday, with Applied Optoelectronics Inc (NASDAQ: AAOI) stock price down -7.82% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $40.94. AAOI’s price has ranged from $6.70 to $44.50 over the past 52 weeks.
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It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Technology sector saw sales slided by -2.51%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged -92.67%. With a float of $44.56 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $44.85 million.
The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 2149 workers is very important to gauge. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 26.0%, operating margin of -32.91%, and the pretax margin is -38.61%.
Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AAOI) Insider Updates
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Communication Equipment Industry. The insider ownership of Applied Optoelectronics Inc is 6.99%, while institutional ownership is 63.65%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 16 ’24, was worth 352,672. In this transaction Director of this company sold 10,000 shares at a rate of $35.27, taking the stock ownership to the 167,813 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Dec 03 ’24, when Company’s Director proposed sale 10,000 for $43.08, making the entire transaction worth $430,807.
Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AAOI) Performance Highlights and Predictions
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.0 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -92.67% per share during the next fiscal year.
Applied Optoelectronics Inc (NASDAQ: AAOI) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are Applied Optoelectronics Inc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 1.06. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 7.95.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -2.07, a number that is poised to hit -0.02 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 0.90 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AAOI)
The latest stats from [Applied Optoelectronics Inc, AAOI] show that its last 5-days average volume of 2.76 million was superior to 2.75 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 85.77%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 4.09.
During the past 100 days, Applied Optoelectronics Inc’s (AAOI) raw stochastic average was set at 82.04%, which indicates a significant increase from 64.49% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 117.83% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 126.77% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $29.11, while its 200-day Moving Average is $15.79. Now, the first resistance to watch is $39.75. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $41.77. The third major resistance level sits at $43.13. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $36.37, it is likely to go to the next support level at $35.01. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $32.99.
Applied Optoelectronics Inc (NASDAQ: AAOI) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 1.67 billion, the company has a total of 46,868K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 217,650 K while annual income is -56,050 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 65,150 K while its latest quarter income was -17,760 K.
