After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.
Stocks Info
AAOI belongs to the Technology sector of the NASDAQ while operating in the Communication Equipment industry. The current market capitalization of Applied Optoelectronics Inc is $1.27B. A total of 6.0 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 4.17M shares.
In the most recent transaction, Murry Stefan J. sold 2,000 shares of AAOI for 16.05 per share on Jun 16 ’25. After the transaction, the Chief Financial Officer now owns 321,036 company shares. In a previous transaction on Jun 16 ’25, Murry Stefan J. bought 2,000 shares at 16.50 per share.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Murry Stefan J. disposed of 2,000 shares on May 16 ’25 at a per-share price of $19.35. This resulted in the Chief Financial Officer holding 323,036 shares of AAOI after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Murry Stefan J. bought 2,000 shares at $19.35 per share on May 16 ’25.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, AAOI has a high of $44.50 and a low of $6.70.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using 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 is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after 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 4.25.
