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Overview
Smart money at a glance
Filings to Sep 26, 2026Net selling: insiders sold $6.7M and bought $0 on the open market in 90 days (SEC Form 4). Congress: no trades disclosed in 180 days.
- Company insidersSEC Form 4, last 90 days
- -$6.7M netNet selling
- CongressSTOCK Act, last 180 days
- NoneNo trades disclosed
- Big fundsSEC 13F, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- 1 added, 6 cutMore cutting
Key stats
Fundamentals Sep 25- Open
- $98.93
- 52-wk high
- $233.67
- High
- $103.58
- 52-wk low
- $18.50
- Low
- $97.59
- Prev close
- $101.03
- Mkt cap
- $8.58B
- Volume
- 5.55M
- Fwd P/E
- 84.0x
- Beta
- 3.78
- P/S
- 14.4x
- P/B
- 5.2x
- Profit margin
- -9.6%
- Op margin
- -12.9%
- ROE
- -5.5%
What do analysts expect?
Analyst target and ratings are on paid plans
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Are insiders buying or selling Applied Opt (AAOI) stock?
Net selling: insiders sold $6.7M and bought $0 of AAOI stock on the open market in the 90 days to Sep 26, 2026, according to SEC Form 4 filings. $3.1M of the sales were made under pre-set Rule 10b5-1 trading plans. The largest was Chang, Hung-Lun (Fred) (*** See Remarks), who sold $3.5M. The latest filing was on Sep 10, 2026.
Which members of Congress have traded AAOI recently?
None. No member of Congress disclosed a AAOI trade with a trade date in the last 180 days, according to House and Senate STOCK Act filings.
How current is this AAOI smart-money data?
This summary uses filings available on Sep 26, 2026. Insiders must report trades to the SEC within 2 business days, members of Congress have up to 45 days to disclose a trade, and funds file 13F holdings up to 45 days after each quarter ends, so the latest moves may not be public yet.
Smart money
8 funds hold a position, insiders have been net selling, and 5 fin-fluencers are discussing it.
What funds are doing
Buys/Adds (1)
- CA
Capula
$56.4M
bought
Sells/Trims (2)
- DS
D.E. Shaw
$173.0M
trimmed
- TS
Two Sigma
$25.6M
trimmed
What insiders are doing
What fin-fluencers are saying
How top traders are positioned
Activist stakes, short interest & more
Earnings
Earnings came in $0.19 a share below what analysts expected.
Earnings per share
-$0.02 expected
Revenue
No comparable estimate
Company adjusted EPS
From the company's release
The company and the analyst consensus count earnings differently, so the two figures differ. The comparison above uses the analyst basis.
Q3 2026 guidance
$255.0M to $290.0M
No comparable estimate
Reports Nov 5, 2026, in 40 days
EPS expected
$0.10 to $0.19
Revenue expected
5 analysts
Last 30 days
Analysts cutting estimates
Estimate drift
Change in 30 days
What the company said
Financials
What it sold, what it cost, what was left.
| USD | Sep 2025 | Dec 2025 | Mar 2026 | Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What came in | ||||
| Revenue | $118.6M | $134.3M | $151.1M | $191.9M |
| Cost of what it sold | $85.4M | $92.3M | $107.2M | $138.7M |
| Gross profit | $33.3M | $41.9M | $43.9M | $53.2M |
| What it spent | ||||
| Research and development | $21.3M | $25.8M | $25.7M | $34.9M |
| Sales and admin | $20.3M | $20.7M | $24.9M | $31.6M |
| Other operating costs | $9.9M | $6.9M | $6.3M | $11.5M |
| Total operating expenses | $51.5M | $53.4M | $56.9M | $77.9M |
| What was left | ||||
| Operating profit | -$18.2M | -$11.5M | -$13.0M | -$24.7M |
| Interest on debt | $451.0K | $843.0K | $863.0K | $927.0K |
| Profit before tax | -$17.9M | -$10.5M | -$13.2M | -$21.5M |
| Tax | — | -$8.5M | $1.0M | $1.3M |
| Net profit | -$17.9M | -$2.0M | -$14.3M | -$22.8M |
| EBITDA | -$10.1M | -$1.4M | -$3.1M | -$20.6M |
Technicals
Price structure
This stock is under pressure.
Trend
Under pressure
15 / 100
RSI 14
20D volatility
52-week range
20D support
20D resistance
Returns
Price vs moving averages
Volume pace
News
What the news says
Coverage leans bullish
Tone of tracked coverage
Bank of America Corp DE Makes New Investment in Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. $AAOI
NeutralSep 23Engineers Gate Manager LP Sells 18,999 Shares of Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. $AAOI
NeutralSep 19Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) Pulled Back Sharply, Is It Still Above Fair Value?
Leans bearishSep 16Applied Optoelectronics signs ten-year lease for manufacturing facility in China
Leans bullishSep 16WINTON GROUP Ltd Purchases Shares of 12,239 Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. $AAOI
NeutralSep 12California State Teachers Retirement System Purchases 12,610,847 Shares of Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. $AAOI
Leans bullishSep 12Hsbc Holdings PLC Purchases 24,222 Shares of Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. $AAOI
Leans bullishSep 11Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC Sells 10,883 Shares of Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. $AAOI
NeutralSep 11
Macro
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