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About Applied Opt
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of fiber-optic networking products in the United States, Taiwan, and China. The company offers optical modules, optical filters, lasers, laser components, subassemblies, transmitters and transceivers, turn-key equipment, headend, node, and distribution equipment, as well as amplifiers. Read full Trend Edge analysis →
Founder-Led: Yes — Thompson Lin (Founder, Chairman, President & CEO)
Key Metrics
Current Price
$169.02
Market Cap
$14.19B
Float
77.2M
Shares Outstanding
80.2M
P/E (Forward)
84.03
Price/Sales (TTM)
27.98
vs. Analyst Target
-10.5% to analyst PT
Profit Margin
-8.55%
Operating Margin (TTM)
-8.60%
Revenue (TTM)
$507M
Dividend Rate
None
Analyst Target Price
$151.30 (5 analysts)
Financial History
Annual Revenue & Earnings History
Year
Revenue
Net Income
Gross Profit
EBITDA
2020
$235M
-$58.5M
$50.5M
-$20.9M
2021
$212M
-$54.2M
$37.7M
-$23.2M
2022
$223M
-$66.4M
$33.6M
-$36.9M
2023
$218M
-$56.0M
$58.9M
-$26.2M
2024
$249M
-$187M
$61.8M
-$159M
2025
$456M
-$38.2M
$137M
-$15.5M
Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income
Quarter
Revenue
Net Income
Jun 2025
$103M
-$9.1M
Sep 2025
$119M
-$17.9M
Dec 2025
$134M
-$2.0M
Mar 2026
$151M
-$14.3M
Ownership & Float
Insider Ownership
5.3%
Institutional Ownership
68.3%
Short Float
13.1%
% of All Funds Holding
4.27%
Number of Funds Holding
351
Current Moving Averages
Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.
Timeframe
SMA
Value
Trend Context
Weekly
10-Week SMA
$154.76
Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly
40-Week SMA
$68.83
Medium-term trend
Weekly
80-Week SMA
$46.67
Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly
200-Week SMA
$23.97
Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly
10-Month SMA
$69.31
Near-term monthly trend
Monthly
20-Month SMA
$46.44
Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly
40-Month SMA
$28.12
Secular monthly trend
Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance
Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume
creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative
volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.
Price Level
Type
Volume Ratio
Age
$91.00
support
1.76x
0 months ago
$43.00
support
1.05x
2 months ago
$25.80
support
1.05x
4 months ago
$25.30
support
1.25x
6 months ago
$15.40
support
1.44x
10 months ago
Historical Earnings Reactions (51 events)
Timeframe
Avg Return
Median
Win Rate
Best
Worst
Gap
-1.51%
-2.30%
33.33%
27.01%
-32.48%
1 Day
-0.93%
-3.31%
31.37%
67.07%
-32.18%
1 Week
1.59%
-4.47%
45.10%
88.01%
-38.27%
2 Weeks
3.31%
-1.26%
47.06%
112.23%
-37.00%
1 Month
7.96%
0.52%
50.00%
121.52%
-40.13%
Next earnings: August 6, 2026 (69 days away)
Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns
Monthly Seasonality
Month
Avg Return
Win Rate
Samples
Jan
0.6%
38.5%
13
Feb
13.8%
53.8%
13
Mar
-6.8%
38.5%
13
Apr
1.9%
38.5%
13
May
8.2%
58.3%
12
Jun
18.3%
58.3%
12
Jul
7.2%
58.3%
12
Aug
14.1%
66.7%
12
Sep
1.2%
50.0%
12
Oct
-3.9%
53.8%
13
Nov
14.4%
53.8%
13
Dec
1.3%
46.2%
13
Day-of-Week Tendencies
Day
Avg Return
Win Rate
Samples
Monday
0.23%
47.6%
597
Tuesday
0.05%
45.8%
657
Wednesday
0.63%
50.8%
651
Thursday
-0.02%
49.6%
639
Friday
0.37%
48.7%
639
Top Institutional Holders
Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.
Total institutional ownership: 68.3%
Insider Transactions — Smart Summary
Total insider ownership: 5.3%
Founder-led management: Thompson Lin (Founder, Chairman, President & CEO)
12-Month Insider Activity Summary
Total Filings
36
Net Value
-$81.0M
Net Shares Change
832,287
% of Float
1.1%
C-Suite Filings
26
Clusters Detected
3
Key Insiders
Name
Title
Net Value
Filings
Activity
Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson)
President and CEO
-$26.4M
2
2 buy, 1 sell
Chang Hung-Lun (Fred)
*** Senior Vice President and North America General Manager
-$14.7M
2
2 sell
Murry Stefan J.
Chief Financial Officer
-$11.5M
1
1 sell
DeLaney Cynthia
-$10.7M
1
1 sell
Kuo David C
***Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
-$9.9M
2
2 sell
Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua)
*** Senior Vice President and Asia General Manager.
-$8.3M
1
1 sell
Chen Min-Chu (Mike)
-$1.2M
1
2 sell
Transaction Clusters
Period
Filings
Insiders
Net Value
Seniority
2025-08-14 – 2025-08-15
8
7
+$603,303.492
5 C-suite
2026-02-24 – 2026-03-10
8
7
-$20.6M
3 C-suite
2026-05-13 – 2026-05-19
6
5
-$65.0M
6 C-suite
Significant Filings
Date
Insider
Title
Net Value
Price After
2026-05-19
Murry Stefan J.
Chief Financial Officer
-$11.5M
Transaction at $181.81, now -7.0%
2026-05-19
Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson)
President and CEO
-$26.5M
Transaction at $181.81, now -7.0%
2026-05-19
Chang Hung-Lun (Fred)
*** Senior Vice President and North America General Manager
-$11.0M
Transaction at $181.81, now -7.0%
2026-05-19
Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua)
*** Senior Vice President and Asia General Manager.
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