In last trading session, Applied Optoelectronics Inc (NASDAQ:AAOI) saw 2.77 million shares changing hands with its beta currently measuring 2.28. Company’s recent per share price level of $36.42 trading at -$0.6 or -1.62% at ring of the bell on the day assigns it a market valuation of $1.62B. That closing price of AAOI’s stock is at a discount of -8.76% from its 52-week high price of $39.61 and is indicating a premium of 81.6% from its 52-week low price of $6.70. Taking a look at company’s average trading volume for last 10-days demonstrates a volume of 4.06 million shares which gives us an average trading volume of 3.25 million if we extend that period to 3-months.
For Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AAOI), analysts’ consensus is at an average recommendation of Buy while assigning it a mean rating of 1.75. Splitting up the data highlights that, out of 1 analysts covering the stock, 0 rated the stock as a Sell while 0 recommended an Overweight rating for the stock. 0 suggested the stock as a Hold whereas 1 see the stock as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) advised it as an Underweight. The company is expected to be making an EPS of -0.02 in the current quarter.
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Applied Optoelectronics Inc (NASDAQ:AAOI) trade information
Upright in the red during last session for losing -1.62%, in the last five days AAOI remained trading in the green while hitting it’s week-highest on Monday, 11/25/24 when the stock touched $36.42 price level, adding 8.05% to its value on the day. Applied Optoelectronics Inc’s shares saw a change of 88.51% in year-to-date performance and have moved 6.90% in past 5-day. Applied Optoelectronics Inc (NASDAQ:AAOI) showed a performance of 132.42% in past 30-days. Number of shares sold short was 9.83 million shares which calculate 2.59 days to cover the short interests.
Wall Street analysts have assigned a consensus price target of 17.5 to the stock, which implies a fall of -108.11% to its current value. Analysts have been projecting 11.5 as a low price target for the stock while placing it at a high target of 23. It follows that stock’s current price would jump 68.42% in reaching the projected high whereas dropping to the targeted low would mean a gain of 68.42% for stock’s current value.
Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AAOI) estimates and forecasts
Statistics highlight that Applied Optoelectronics Inc is scoring comparatively lower than the scores of other players of the relevant industry. The company added 214.24% of value to its shares in past 6 months, showing an annual growth rate of -92.86% while that of industry is -3.00. Apart from that, the company came lowering its revenue forecast for fiscal year 2024. This year revenue growth is estimated to rise 14.43% from the last financial year’s standing.
4 industry analysts have given their estimates about the company’s current quarter revenue by setting an average figure of 99.92M for the same. And 4 analysts are in estimates of company making revenue of 101.36M in the next quarter. Company posted 60.45M and 40.67M of sales in current and next quarters respectively a year earlier.
Weighing up company’s earnings over the past 5-year and in the next 5-year periods, we find the company posting an annual earnings growth rate of -74.26% during past 5 years.
Applied Optoelectronics Inc (NASDAQ:AAOI)’s Major holders
Insiders are in possession of 5.16% of company’s total shares while institution are holding 68.17 percent of that, with stock having share float percentage of 71.88%. Investors also watch the number of corporate investors in a company very closely, which is 68.17% institutions for Applied Optoelectronics Inc that are currently holding shares of the company. BLACKROCK INC. is the top institutional holder at AAOI for having 3.01 million shares of worth $24.98 million. And as of 2024-06-30, it was holding 7.8533 of the company’s outstanding shares.
The second largest institutional holder is AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC, which was holding about 2.16 million shares on 2024-06-30. The number of shares represents firm’s hold over 5.6214 of outstanding shares, having a total worth of $17.88 million.
On the other hand, Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and iShares Russell 2000 ETF are the top two Mutual Funds which own company’s shares. As of Jun 30, 2024 , the former fund manager was holding 1.34 shares of worth $48.91 million or 2.98% of the total outstanding shares. The later fund manager was in possession of 992.12 shares on Aug 31, 2024 , making its stake of worth around $36.13 million in the company or a holder of 2.20% of company’s stock.
