Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AAOI) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $19.77, with 10.35 million shares of worth about $204.69 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -45.73% during that period and on June 18, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 17.82%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 53.21M shares, out of which, 51.66M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of 21.14% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 3.83%. Year-to-date (YTD), AAOI shares are showing a performance of -46.36% which increased to 96.13% 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 3.90 million. The stock is currently trading 16.55% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 29.73% for SMA50 and it goes to -8.96% lower than SMA200.
Applied Optoelectronics Inc (NASDAQ: AAOI) currently have 53.21M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 55.72% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $1.11B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 2.63. It has posted earnings per share of -$3.87 in the same period. It has Quick Ratio of 1.34 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.62. 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 11.42% while standing at 6.65% over the month.
Analysts are in expectations that Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AAOI) stock would likely to be making an EPS of -0.08 in the current quarter, while forecast for next quarter EPS is -0.0 and it is 1.27 for next year. For the current quarter EPS, analysts have given the company a lowest target -0.09 which is -0.06 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 -0.28 in the same quarter a year ago. Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 105.06% while it is estimated to increase by 2525.00% 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.
