Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AAOI) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $14.71, with 5.07 million shares of worth about $74.54 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -11.39% during that period and on May 01, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 15.01%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 55.51M shares, out of which, 51.75M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of 15.01% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -2.52%. Year-to-date (YTD), AAOI shares are showing a performance of -60.09% which increased to 43.93% 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 4.29 million. The stock is currently trading 23.81% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -11.56% for SMA50 and it goes to -27.83% lower than SMA200.
Applied Optoelectronics Inc (NASDAQ: AAOI) currently have 55.51M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 54.75% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $816.61M and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 2.54. 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 7.60% while standing at 13.64% over the month.
Analysts are in expectations that Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AAOI) stock would likely to be making an EPS of -0.04 in the current quarter, while forecast for next quarter EPS is 0.07 and it is 1.4 for next year. For the current quarter EPS, analysts have given the company a lowest target -0.04 which is -0.03 at the higher side of the target for the same. When we compare those targets with actual EPS, we find that company posted an EPS of -0.31 in the same quarter a year ago. Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 180.61% while it is estimated to increase by 202.91% 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.
