A new trading day began on Tuesday, with Applied Optoelectronics Inc (NASDAQ: AAOI) stock price down -3.42% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $21.63. AAOI’s price has ranged from $9.71 to $44.50 over the past 52 weeks.
During the last 5-year period, the sales drop of Technology Sector giant was -6.34%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 58.83%. With a float of $64.09 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $68.06 million.
Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AAOI) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
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 6.14%, while institutional ownership is 59.10%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Aug 15 ’25, was worth 268,440. In this transaction Chief Financial Officer of this company sold 12,000 shares at a rate of $22.37, taking the stock ownership to the 298,477 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Aug 14 ’25, when Company’s President and CEO bought 5,750 for $21.62, making the entire transaction worth $124,315. This insider now owns 1,661,165 shares in total.
Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AAOI) Recent Fiscal highlights
In its latest quarterly report, released on 12/31/2024, the company reported earnings of -0.02 per share, which was $0.1 higher than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of -0.05 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 58.83% 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 1.63. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 3.38.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -3.23, a number that is poised to hit -0.11 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 0.83 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AAOI)
Looking closely at Applied Optoelectronics Inc (NASDAQ: AAOI), its last 5-days average volume was 5.35 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 4.7 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 16.59%.
During the past 100 days, Applied Optoelectronics Inc’s (AAOI) raw stochastic average was set at 8.54%, which indicates a significant decrease from 9.49% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 2.81 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 2.50 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $29.29, while its 200-day Moving Average is $22.78. However, in the short run, Applied Optoelectronics Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $21.82. Second resistance stands at $22.74. The third major resistance level sits at $23.26. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $20.38, it is likely to go to the next support level at $19.86. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $18.94.
Applied Optoelectronics Inc (NASDAQ: AAOI) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 1.43 billion, the company has a total of 68,280K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 249,370 K while annual income is -186,730 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 118,630 K while its latest quarter income was -17,940 K.
