In the last trading session, 2.81 million Applied Optoelectronics Inc (NASDAQ:AAOI) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.98. With the company’s per share price at $18.57 changed hands at -$0.43 or -2.26% during last session, the market valuation stood at $759.51M. AAOI’s last price was a discount, traded about -33.28% off its 52-week high of $24.75. The share price had its 52-week low at $6.66, which suggests the last value was 64.14% up since then. When we look at Applied Optoelectronics Inc’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 2.82 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 2.45 million.
Analysts gave the Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AAOI) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 1.75. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 1 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 0 recommended AAOI as a Hold, 1 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. Applied Optoelectronics Inc’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be -0.17.
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Applied Optoelectronics Inc (NASDAQ:AAOI) trade information
Instantly AAOI was in red as seen at the end of in last trading. With action 3.98%, the performance over the past five days has been green. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -3.88%, with the 5-day performance at 3.98% in the green. However, in the 30-day time frame, Applied Optoelectronics Inc (NASDAQ:AAOI) is 30.77% up. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 11.02 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 3.86 days.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 17.5, meaning bulls need a downside of -6.11% from its current market value. According to analyst projections, AAOI’s forecast low is 11.5 with 23 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -23.86% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to tank 38.07% for it to hit the projected low.
Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AAOI) estimates and forecasts
Data shows that the Applied Optoelectronics Inc share is performing relatively much not better than most of its peers within the same industry. As can be gleaned from the statistics, the company’s share value shot 53.22% over the past 6 months, a -61.90% in annual growth rate that is considerably lower than the industry average of -3.30%. Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach 12.60% up from the last financial year.
Consensus estimates given by 4 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of 62.6M. 4 analysts are of the opinion that Applied Optoelectronics Inc’s revenue for the current quarter will be 98.55M. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was 62.55M and 60.45M respectively. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at 0.10%. The estimates for the next quarter sales put growth at 63.00%.
Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of -74.26%. The 2024 estimates are for Applied Optoelectronics Inc earnings to decrease by -60.40%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 13.00% per year.
AAOI Dividends
Applied Optoelectronics Inc is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report in November.
Applied Optoelectronics Inc (NASDAQ:AAOI)’s Major holders
If we look at who the major shareholders are, we find that insiders hold 5.73% of Applied Optoelectronics Inc shares while 71.51% of the shares are in the hands of institutional holders. The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 75.85%. There are 71.51% institutions holding the Applied Optoelectronics Inc stock share, with BLACKROCK INC. the top institutional holder. As of 2024-06-30, the company held 7.8533% of the shares, roughly 3.01 million AAOI shares worth $24.98 million.
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 5.6214% or 2.16 million shares worth $17.88 million as of 2024-06-30.
