Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (AAOI)
NASDAQ
Market Cap
$1.64B
Sector
Technology
Industry
Semiconductors
Rank in Sector
51 of 582
Rank in Industry
8 of 77
Largest Insider Buys in Sector
AAOI Stock Price History Chart
AAOI Stock Performance
About Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells various fiber-optic networking products worldwide. It offers optical modules, lasers, subassemblies, transmitters and transceivers, and turn-key equipment, as well as headend, node, and distribution equipment. The company sells its products to internet data center operators, cable television and telecom equipment manufacturers, and internet service providers through its direct and indirect sales channels. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Sugar Land, Texas.
Insider Activity of Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.
Over the last 12 months, insiders at Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. have bought $905,644 and sold $5.82M worth of Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. stock.
On average, over the past 5 years, insiders at Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. have bought $449,823 and sold $2.44M worth of stock each year.
Highest buying activity among insiders over the last 12 months: Lin Che-Wei (director) — $398,283. Yeh William H (director) — $358,192. Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) (President and CEO) — $149,169.
The last purchase of 9,800 shares for transaction amount of $103,292 was made by Yeh William H (director) on 2024‑05‑14.
List of Insider Buy and Sell Transactions, Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.
| 2024-12-03 | Sale | director | 10,000 0.0232% | $43.08 | $430,807 | -6.85% | ||
| 2024-12-02 | Sale | director | 9,790 0.0216% | $41.46 | $405,919 | -1.06% | ||
| 2024-11-29 | Sale | director | 9,790 0.0211% | $40.00 | $391,600 | -1.16% | ||
| 2024-11-26 | Sale | director | 8,162 0.0185% | $37.18 | $303,430 | +10.05% | ||
| 2024-11-21 | Sale | director | 13,494 0.0305% | $36.54 | $493,117 | +8.27% | ||
| 2024-11-20 | Sale | Chief Financial Officer | 5,000 0.0104% | $31.56 | $157,784 | +11.51% | ||
| 2024-11-20 | Sale | *** See Remarks | 20,323 0.0407% | $30.35 | $616,832 | +11.51% | ||
| 2024-11-18 | Sale | *** See Remarks | 2,433 0.0057% | $28.89 | $70,287 | -5.43% | ||
| 2024-11-15 | Sale | director | 10,000 0.0216% | $27.52 | $275,240 | +41.60% | ||
| 2024-11-14 | Sale | *** See Remarks | 11,300 0.0257% | $28.97 | $327,327 | 0.00% | ||
| 2024-11-12 | Sale | *** See Remarks | 6,267 0.0142% | $28.89 | $181,032 | +31.27% | ||
| 2024-11-08 | Sale | *** See Remarks | 18,915 0.0398% | $23.49 | $444,314 | +32.28% | ||
| 2024-11-08 | Sale | *** See Remarks | 10,000 0.0241% | $26.93 | $269,273 | +32.28% | ||
| 2024-09-24 | Sale | *** See Remarks | 10,000 0.0261% | $15.02 | $150,150 | -1.37% | ||
| 2024-05-14 | director | 9,800 0.0239% | $10.54 | $103,292 | +10.39% | |||
| 2024-03-18 | President and CEO | 11,780 0.0299% | $12.66 | $149,169 | -7.67% | |||
| 2024-03-18 | director | 31,370 0.0799% | $12.70 | $398,283 | -7.67% | |||
| 2024-03-18 | director | 8,000 0.0205% | $12.75 | $102,000 | -7.67% | |||
| 2024-02-27 | director | 10,000 0.0257% | $15.29 | $152,900 | -19.75% | |||
| 2024-01-16 | Sale | Chief Financial Officer | 20,000 0.0557% | $17.08 | $341,592 | -22.54% |
Insider Historical Profitability
59.95%
| Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) | President and CEO | 1218160 2.7023% | $36.34 | 7 | 18 | +24.65% |
| Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua) | *** See Remarks | 251331 0.5575% | $36.34 | 0 | 14 | |
| Yeh William H | director | 223538 0.4959% | $36.34 | 5 | 5 | +68.22% |
| Lin Che-Wei | director | 220133 0.4883% | $36.34 | 2 | 5 | +1.03% |
| Murry Stefan J. | Chief Financial Officer | 216129 0.4795% | $36.34 | 0 | 35 | |
| Chang Hung-Lun (Fred) | *** See Remarks | 195572 0.4339% | $36.34 | 0 | 23 | |
| Chen Min-Chu (Mike) | director | 165054 0.3662% | $36.34 | 3 | 3 | +86.05% |
| Loboa Elizabeth G | director | 114710 0.2545% | $36.34 | 0 | 2 | |
| Kuo David C | *** See Remarks | 98122 0.2177% | $36.34 | 0 | 34 | |
| BLACK RICHARD B | director | 0 0% | $36.34 | 0 | 12 | |
| MOORE ALAN D | director | 246178 0.5461% | $36.34 | 2 | 0 | +59.65% |
| Anselm Klaus Alexander | VP Semiconductor Products | 9723 0.0216% | $36.34 | 0 | 1 | |
| DUNN JAMES L JR | Chief Financial Officer | 0 0% | $36.34 | 0 | 2 | |
| Li Chung-Yao (Ford) | 0 0% | $36.34 | 0 | 1 |
Institutional Investor Ownership
Top Shareholders
Top Buyers
Top Sellers
New Shareholders
Sold-Out Shareholders
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | $47.37M | 8.78 | 3.42M | +23.54% | +$9.02M | 0.47 | |
| The Vanguard Group | $27.09M | 5.02 | 1.95M | +29.25% | +$6.13M | <0.0001 | |
| Alyeska Investment Group L P | $20.33M | 3.77 | 1.47M | +458.75% | +$16.69M | 0.13 | |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC | $19.95M | 3.7 | 1.44M | +6.53% | +$1.22M | 0.45 | |
| Portolan Capital Management | $19.89M | 3.69 | 1.43M | -6.77% | -$1.44M | 1.53 | |
| Point72 Asset Management | $19.5M | 3.62 | 1.41M | +354.87% | +$15.21M | 0.03 | |
| Whale Rock Capital Management LLC | $18.49M | 3.43 | 1.33M | +30.04% | +$4.27M | 0.28 | |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES INC | $15.9M | 2.95 | 1.15M | +14.13% | +$1.97M | 0.14 | |
| Ameriprise Financial | $13.86M | 2.57 | 1M | +121.06% | +$7.59M | <0.01 | |
| BlackRock | $11.78M | 2.19 | 850,004 | +16.74% | +$1.69M | <0.0001 | |
| Oberweis Asset Management Inc | $11.78M | 2.18 | 849,615 | -4.74% | -$586,278.01 | 0.85 | |
| Cloudalpha Capital Management Limited Hong Kong | $11.52M | 2.14 | 831,200 | +30.45% | +$2.69M | 1.56 | |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | $8.76M | 1.62 | 631,799 | +875.86% | +$7.86M | 0.02 | |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors | $8.21M | 1.52 | 592,442 | +361.44% | +$6.43M | <0.01 | |
| Emerald Advisers, Inc. | $7.32M | 1.36 | 528,309 | New | +$7.32M | 0.3 | |
| American Century Investments | $6.95M | 1.29 | 501,467 | +46.06% | +$2.19M | <0.01 | |
| Kennedy Capital Management Inc | $6.42M | 1.19 | 463,213 | +88.61% | +$3.02M | 0.14 | |
| Centerbook Partners Lp | $5.87M | 1.09 | 423,571 | +254.12% | +$4.21M | 0.41 | |
| Laurion Capital Management LP | $5.73M | 1.06 | 413,611 | 0% | +$0 | 0.04 | |
| D. E. Shaw & Co. | $5.71M | 1.06 | 411,669 | +19.88% | +$946,305.47 | 0.01 | |
| Jane Street Capital | $5.62M | 1.04 | 405,801 | -56.43% | -$7.28M | 0.01 | |
| EMERALD MUTUAL FUND ADVISERS TRUST | $5.53M | 1.03 | 399,117 | New | +$5.53M | 0.29 | |
| Geode Capital Management | $5.39M | 1 | 388,487 | +2.45% | +$128,832.46 | <0.0001 | |
| Millennium Management LLC | $5.21M | 0.97 | 375,799 | -40.66% | -$3.57M | <0.01 | |
| Susquehanna International Group | $5.01M | 0.93 | 361,594 | -28.98% | -$2.05M | 0.01 | |
| Marshall Wace | $4.97M | 0.92 | 358,527 | New | +$4.97M | 0.01 | |
| State Street | $4.75M | 0.88 | 342,995 | +44.48% | +$1.46M | <0.0001 | |
| Citigroup | $4.39M | 0.81 | 316,847 | -0.86% | -$38,087.29 | <0.01 | |
| Goldman Sachs | $3.76M | 0.7 | 271,037 | -68.26% | -$8.08M | <0.01 | |
| Schonfeld Group | $3.59M | 0.67 | 259,209 | New | +$3.59M | 0.02 | |
| Acuitas Investments, LLC | $3.32M | 0.62 | 239,336 | +53.64% | +$1.16M | 1.76 | |
| Morgan Stanley | $2.99M | 0.55 | 215,408 | -70.64% | -$7.18M | <0.0001 | |
| Voloridge Investment Management, LLC | $2.76M | 0.51 | 199,087 | -18.82% | -$639,722.20 | 0.01 | |
| Hussman Strategic Advisors Inc | $2.62M | 0.49 | 189,000 | New | +$2.62M | 0.62 | |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | $2.57M | 0.48 | 185,434 | +58% | +$943,491.69 | 0.01 | |
| Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC | $1.95M | 0.36 | 140,688 | New | +$1.95M | 0.12 | |
| Hrt Financial Llc | $1.83M | 0.34 | 131,863 | New | +$1.83M | 0.01 | |
| Independent Advisor Alliance | $1.77M | 0.33 | 127,515 | New | +$1.77M | 0.06 | |
| G2 Investment Partners | $1.75M | 0.32 | 126,000 | New | +$1.75M | 0.47 | |
| Point72 Asia Singapore Pte Ltd | $1.55M | 0.29 | 111,505 | New | +$1.55M | 0.15 | |
| Deutsche Bank | $1.47M | 0.27 | 105,788 | 0% | +$0 | <0.01 | |
| Northern Trust | $1.44M | 0.27 | 103,901 | +13.96% | +$176,410.10 | <0.0001 | |
| GAMCO Investors | $1.35M | 0.25 | 97,400 | -14.49% | -$228,690.00 | 0.01 | |
| Gsa Capital Partners Llp | $1.22M | 0.23 | 87,844 | +34.62% | +$313,249.12 | 0.1 | |
| Group One Trading | $1.15M | 0.21 | 82,810 | +16.31% | +$160,956.24 | 0.02 | |
| Allianz Asset Management Gmbh | $1.14M | 0.21 | 82,600 | New | +$1.14M | <0.01 | |
| Man Group Plc | $1.14M | 0.21 | 81,944 | +115.86% | +$609,604.47 | <0.01 | |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | $1.13M | 0.21 | 81,821 | -79.94% | -$4.52M | <0.01 | |
| Swiss National Bank | $1.12M | 0.21 | 81,000 | New | +$1.12M | <0.01 | |
| Hidden Lake Asset Management Lp | $1.01M | 0.19 | 72,897 | +308.87% | +$763,242.16 | 0.95 |
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