After Hours
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.
Stocks Info
The company is listed on the NASDAQ and operates within the Communication Equipment industry segment. The current market capitalization of Applied Optoelectronics Inc is $944.82M. A total of 2.48 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 4.02M shares.
In the most recent transaction, Murry Stefan J. sold 2,000 shares of AAOI for 19.35 per share on May 16 ’25. After the transaction, the Chief Financial Officer now owns 323,036 company shares. In a previous transaction on May 16 ’25, Murry Stefan J. bought 2,000 shares at 19.35 per share.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Chang Hung-Lun (Fred) disposed of 23,837 shares on May 13 ’25 at a per-share price of $19.06. This resulted in the insider holding 278,842 shares of AAOI after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Kuo David C sold 11,426 shares at $19.10 per share on May 14 ’25. Company shares held by the insider now total 153,900.
It has been observed that price targets are rarely accurate, but they can exert some influence from time to time, and are often accepted as valuable in the market. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, AAOI has a high of $44.50 and a low of $6.70.
As of this writing, AAOI has an earnings estimate of -$0.08 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 4.0 estimates, with a high estimate of -$0.06 per share and a lower estimate of -$0.09.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An equity investor’s investment can be viewed on a balance sheet by looking at what assets and liabilities the company has. Investors can determine the company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios based on this information. 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 $5.81, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $254.57M.
Analysts Opinion
There may be slightly higher risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading than during regular market hours. Due to the fact that issuers often announce critical financial information outside of regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular securities. 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 4.25.
