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This NASDAQ-listed company operates within the Communication Equipment industry segment, falling under the Technology sector. The current market capitalization of Applied Optoelectronics Inc is $501.43M. A total of 6.13 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 2.06M shares.
In the most recent transaction, Yeh William H bought 9,800 shares of AAOI for 10.54 per share on May 14 ’24. After the transaction, the Director now owns 217,055 company shares. In a previous transaction on Mar 18 ’24, Yeh William H bought 8,000 shares at 12.75 per share. AAOI shares that Director owns now total 207,255.
Among the insiders who bought shares, Lin Che-Wei acquired of 31,370 shares on Mar 18 ’24 at a per-share price of $12.70. This resulted in the Director holding 220,133 shares of AAOI after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) bought 11,780 shares at $12.66 per share on Mar 18 ’24. Company shares held by the President and CEO now total 1,218,160.
Even though price targets are rarely accurate, they do tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often considered important by markets. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, AAOI has a high of $24.75 and a low of $6.66.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
In a balance sheet, you can see what assets and liabilities the company has, as well as how much equity investors have invested. These figures can be used to calculate a company’s financial ratios to give investors a better idea of its prospects. AAOI’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $34.66M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $149.90M in debt and $108.96M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $4.59, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $254.57M.
Analysts Opinion
The risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading may be slightly higher than the regular market hours. The reason is that extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular security due to lower liquidity and higher volatility as issuers often announce critical financial information outside regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for AAOI is Buy with a score of 4.00.
