There is no doubt that Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AAOI) ticks all the boxes.

With 3.85 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 3.31 million shares. During the session, the Communication Equipment company that operates in wider Technology sector, reached to the highest price of $43.05 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $37.49. The 52-week range on AAOI shows that it touched its highest point at $39.61 and its lowest point at $6.70 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $22.38. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.25.

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Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of AAOI was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 16.11%, but this was up by 152.11% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 263.17% while six-month performance rose 292.95%. The stock gained 176.64% in the past year, while it has gained 113.35% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for AAOI yields -2.07 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.73. For the next quarter, that number is -0.02. This implies an EPS growth rate of -92.22% for this year and 191.00% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 45.08 million AAOI shares are outstanding with a float of 41.55 million shares on hand for trading. On 2024-11-15, short shares totaled 9.83 million, which was 2181.0 higher than short shares on 1728950400. In addition to Dr. Chih-Hsiang Lin Ph.D. as the firm’s Founder, Chairman of the Board, President & CEO, Dr. Stefan J. Murry Ph.D. serves as its CFO & Chief Strategy Officer.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 0.6817 of AAOI’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.

An Overview of Recent Financials:

Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-09-30, AAOI reported revenue of $65151000.0 and operating income of -$16504000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was -$10968000.0 and diluted EPS was -$0.42.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for AAOI since 1 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With AAOI analysts setting a high price target of 27.5 and a low target of 14.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 22.375. Based on these targets, AAOI could drop -33.28% to reach the target high and fall by -66.04% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a decline of -45.72% from current levels.

Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of -$0.79735 being high and -$0.81729 being low. For AAOI, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.80732.