Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AAOI) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $44.03, with 4.34 million shares of worth about $191.0 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 316.16% during that period and on December 04, 2024 the price saw a gain of about 5.49%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 44.85M shares, out of which, 41.55M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of 18.94% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 168.48%. Year-to-date (YTD), AAOI shares are showing a performance of 127.90% which increased to 163.97% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $6.70 but also hit the highest price of $44.31 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Applied Optoelectronics Inc shares is 3.26 million. The stock is currently trading 36.86% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 94.00% for SMA50 and it goes to 210.98% higher than SMA200.
Applied Optoelectronics Inc (NASDAQ: AAOI) currently have 44.85M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 67.62% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $1.98B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 2.37. It has posted earnings per share of -$2.07 in the same period. It has Quick Ratio of 1.06 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.57. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for AAOI, volatility over the week remained 11.08% while standing at 11.96% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to drop by -115.68% while it is estimated to increase by 220.30% in next year.
Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by Raymond James on September 03, 2024 offering an Outperform rating for the stock and assigned a target price of $17 to it. Coverage by B. Riley Securities stated Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AAOI) stock as a Neutral in their note to investors on February 23, 2024, suggesting a price target of $16 for the stock. On January 30, 2024, Rosenblatt Initiated their recommendations, while on December 13, 2023, B. Riley Securities Reiterated their ratings for the stock with a price target of $22. Stock get a Buy rating from B. Riley Securities on August 04, 2023.
