Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AAOI) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $17.78, with 3.01 million shares of worth about $53.55 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 11.26% during that period and on March 27, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -8.77%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 49.39M shares, out of which, 47.04M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -15.65% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -29.42%. Year-to-date (YTD), AAOI shares are showing a performance of -51.76% which increased to 22.62% 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 4.04 million. The stock is currently trading -5.63% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -26.89% for SMA50 and it goes to -10.97% lower than SMA200.
Applied Optoelectronics Inc (NASDAQ: AAOI) currently have 49.39M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 61.80% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $893.44M and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 2.49. 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 9.12% while standing at 12.15% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 181.57% while it is estimated to increase by 197.44% 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.
