Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AAOI) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $17.30, with 7.32 million shares of worth about $126.63 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 32.87% during that period and on March 12, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 14.80%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 49.39M shares, out of which, 46.48M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -4.31% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -43.32%. Year-to-date (YTD), AAOI shares are showing a performance of -53.07% which increased to 17.21% 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 $44.50 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Applied Optoelectronics Inc shares is 3.62 million. The stock is currently trading -21.34% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -36.62% for SMA50 and it goes to -11.15% lower than SMA200.
Applied Optoelectronics Inc (NASDAQ: AAOI) currently have 49.39M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 62.62% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $862.43M and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 2.58. It has posted earnings per share of -$4.29 in the same period. It has Quick Ratio of 1.25 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.83. 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 11.17% while standing at 13.75% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 181.64% while it is estimated to increase by 197.17% 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 B. Riley Securities on March 07, 2025 offering a Neutral rating for the stock and assigned a target price of $13 to it. Coverage by B. Riley Securities stated Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AAOI) stock as a Sell in their note to investors on December 10, 2024, suggesting a price target of $14 for the stock. On September 03, 2024, Raymond James Upgrade their recommendations, while on February 23, 2024, B. Riley Securities Downgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $16. Stock get a Buy rating from Rosenblatt on January 30, 2024.
