Applied Opt

AAOI · NASDAQ · Technology / Communication Equipment

49.89USD-2.96 (-5.60%)

Price History

Full chart

Market Stats

Previous Close52.85

Open51.91

Day Range47.28 – 53.50

52-Week Range18.50 – 233.67

Volume10.62M

Market Cap4.55B

P/E (TTM)0.00

Forward P/E84.03

EPS-0.38

Dividend Yield0.00%

Beta3.99

50-Day Avg92.96

200-Day Avg114.65

About

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of fiber-optic networking products in the United States, Taiwan, and China. The company offers optical modules, optical filters, lasers, laser components, subassemblies, transmitters and transceivers, turn-key equipment, headend, node, and distribution equipment, as well as amplifiers. It sells its products to internet data center operators, cable television, telecom equipment manufacturers, fiber-to-the-home, and internet service providers through its direct and indirect sales channels. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Sugar Land, Texas.

Company Details

SectorTechnology
IndustryCommunication Equipment
CEODr. Chih-Hsiang Lin Ph.D.
Employees4.69K
Headquarters13139 Jess Pirtle Boulevard, Sugar Land, TX, United States, 77478, USA
Websitehttps://www.ao-inc.com

Leadership

Dr. Chih-Hsiang Lin Ph.D.Founder, Chairman, President & CEO · b. 1963
Dr. Stefan J. Murry Ph.D.CFO & Chief Strategy Officer · b. 1973
Mr. David C. Kuo J.D.Senior VP, Chief Legal & Compliance Officer and Secretary · b. 1983
Dr. Hung-Lun Chang Ph.D.Senior VP of Optical Component Business Unit & North America GM · b. 1964
Mr. Shu-Hua YehSenior VP of Network Equipment Module Business Unit & Asia GM · b. 1966
Ms. Lindsay Grant SavareseInvestor Relations
Ms. Jessica HungVP of Finance & Controller

Financials

Income Statement

Currency: USD	2010-12-31	2011-12-31	2012-12-31	2013-12-31	2014-12-31	2015-12-31	2016-12-31	2017-12-31	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31
Total Revenue	40.49M	47.84M	63.42M	78.42M	130.45M	189.90M	260.71M	382.33M	267.46M	190.87M	234.62M	211.56M	222.82M	217.65M	249.37M	455.71M
Growth (%)	-	+18.16%	+32.57%	+23.66%	+66.34%	+45.58%	+37.29%	+46.65%	-30.04%	-28.64%	+22.92%	-9.83%	+5.32%	-2.32%	+14.57%	+82.75%
Cost of Revenue	27.54M	34.47M	44.49M	55.40M	86.20M	129.45M	173.76M	216.05M	179.69M	144.67M	184.08M	173.85M	189.19M	158.72M	187.56M	318.80M
Gross Profit	12.95M	13.37M	18.93M	23.03M	44.25M	60.45M	86.95M	166.28M	87.77M	46.20M	50.54M	37.72M	33.63M	58.92M	61.80M	136.91M
Gross Margin	31.98%	27.95%	29.85%	29.36%	33.92%	31.83%	33.35%	43.49%	32.82%	24.21%	21.54%	17.83%	15.09%	27.07%	24.78%	30.04%
Operating Expense	16.04M	17.11M	18.75M	23.34M	39.11M	47.00M	63.93M	79.33M	98.54M	94.95M	99.38M	94.48M	92.63M	100.27M	132.71M	191.51M
Operating Income	-3.09M	-3.73M	179.00K	-307.00K	5.14M	13.45M	23.02M	86.95M	-10.77M	-48.75M	-48.84M	-56.77M	-59.00M	-41.35M	-70.91M	-54.60M
Operating Margin	-7.64%	-7.81%	0.28%	-0.39%	3.94%	7.08%	8.83%	22.74%	-4.03%	-25.54%	-20.82%	-26.83%	-26.48%	-19.00%	-28.44%	-11.98%
EBITDA	866.00K	-878.00K	3.38M	3.13M	10.98M	21.61M	36.91M	105.77M	21.03M	-21.97M	-20.86M	-23.17M	-36.88M	-26.18M	-159.26M	-15.51M
EBITDA Margin	2.14%	-1.84%	5.33%	3.99%	8.41%	11.38%	14.16%	27.66%	7.86%	-11.51%	-8.89%	-10.95%	-16.55%	-12.03%	-63.86%	-3.40%
Net Income	-3.38M	-5.33M	-945.00K	-1.41M	4.28M	10.79M	31.23M	73.95M	-2.15M	-66.05M	-58.45M	-54.16M	-66.40M	-56.05M	-186.73M	-38.23M
Net Income Margin	-8.35%	-11.14%	-1.49%	-1.79%	3.28%	5.68%	11.98%	19.34%	-0.80%	-34.60%	-24.91%	-25.60%	-29.80%	-25.75%	-74.88%	-8.39%
R&D	5.18M	6.45M	7.60M	8.51M	15.97M	20.85M	31.78M	35.37M	49.90M	43.40M	43.39M	41.22M	36.24M	35.98M	54.95M	85.51M
R&D as % of Total Revenue	12.78%	13.48%	11.99%	10.85%	12.24%	10.98%	12.19%	9.25%	18.66%	22.74%	18.49%	19.48%	16.27%	16.53%	22.04%	18.76%
Interest Expense	906.00K	1.34M	1.38M	1.13M	326.00K	1.02M	1.72M	858.00K	1.11M	5.41M	5.63M	5.62M	6.32M	9.43M	6.83M	3.50M
Interest Expense % of Total Revenue	2.24%	2.80%	2.18%	1.43%	0.25%	0.54%	0.66%	0.22%	0.41%	2.83%	2.40%	2.66%	2.84%	4.33%	2.74%	0.77%

Balance Sheet

Currency: USD	2010-12-31	2011-12-31	2012-12-31	2013-12-31	2014-12-31	2015-12-31	2016-12-31	2017-12-31	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31
Total Assets	-	53.72M	65.75M	111.06M	183.67M	273.48M	322.32M	452.98M	466.84M	466.82M	480.81M	454.46M	408.26M	389.19M	547.03M	1.17B
Total Liabilities	-	33.05M	34.74M	47.98M	68.66M	108.08M	94.93M	119.71M	137.75M	193.03M	202.91M	199.89M	223.59M	174.32M	317.92M	434.50M
Total Equity	-	20.68M	31.01M	63.08M	115.01M	165.40M	227.38M	333.28M	329.09M	273.79M	277.89M	254.57M	184.67M	214.87M	229.11M	733.92M
Cash	-	1.77M	10.72M	22.01M	32.17M	28.07M	50.22M	82.94M	55.65M	59.98M	43.42M	34.66M	24.68M	45.37M	67.43M	216.03M
Total Debt	-	22.60M	24.58M	28.45M	29.92M	67.90M	43.13M	49.56M	88.55M	142.34M	154.92M	149.90M	155.53M	121.07M	190.86M	167.33M
Net Debt	-	20.83M	13.86M	6.45M	-2.26M	39.83M	-7.09M	-33.38M	32.90M	82.36M	111.50M	115.24M	130.84M	75.71M	123.43M	-48.71M

Cash Flow

Currency: USD	2010-12-31	2011-12-31	2012-12-31	2013-12-31	2014-12-31	2015-12-31	2016-12-31	2017-12-31	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31
Operating Cash Flow	-3.21M	-4.13M	-358.00K	-6.55M	7.24M	-15.21M	57.10M	84.28M	14.03M	-1.75M	-44.01M	-11.64M	-14.02M	-7.93M	-69.53M	-174.43M
Investing Cash Flow	-2.91M	-1.57M	-3.29M	-17.74M	-45.39M	-61.62M	-41.54M	-70.16M	-76.51M	-32.12M	-19.35M	-10.55M	-3.83M	-14.76M	-50.70M	-210.60M
Financing Cash Flow	8.97M	2.84M	12.75M	35.37M	47.25M	73.11M	4.64M	18.24M	34.80M	42.60M	47.44M	14.09M	10.75M	40.58M	142.18M	527.94M
Capital Expenditure	3.06M	1.96M	3.39M	9.72M	44.47M	57.56M	49.99M	70.34M	77.25M	32.12M	19.56M	10.66M	4.24M	9.67M	43.41M	179.15M
Free Cash Flow	-6.27M	-6.08M	-3.75M	-16.27M	-37.23M	-72.77M	7.12M	13.95M	-63.22M	-33.87M	-63.57M	-22.30M	-18.26M	-17.60M	-112.93M	-353.58M
Dividends Paid	-	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	-	883.00K	1.08M	961.00K	453.00K	-	-	-
FCF to OCF	195.48%	147.44%	1046.09%	248.40%	-514.04%	478.37%	12.46%	16.55%	-450.62%	1931.07%	144.45%	191.55%	130.22%	221.92%	162.43%	202.71%
Dividend Paid to FCF	-	-	-	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	-	-2.61%	-1.70%	-4.31%	-2.48%	-	-	-

Earnings

Report Date	Nov 7, 2013	Feb 27, 2014	May 8, 2014	Aug 12, 2014	Nov 10, 2014	Feb 25, 2015	May 7, 2015	Aug 5, 2015	Nov 5, 2015	Feb 24, 2016	May 9, 2016	Aug 4, 2016	Nov 3, 2016	Feb 23, 2017	May 4, 2017	Aug 3, 2017	Nov 7, 2017	Feb 21, 2018	May 8, 2018	Aug 7, 2018	Nov 7, 2018	Feb 21, 2019	May 8, 2019	Aug 7, 2019	Nov 6, 2019	Feb 27, 2020	May 7, 2020	Aug 6, 2020	Nov 5, 2020	Feb 25, 2021	May 6, 2021	Aug 5, 2021	Nov 4, 2021	Feb 24, 2022	May 5, 2022	Aug 4, 2022	Nov 3, 2022	Feb 23, 2023	May 4, 2023	Aug 3, 2023	Nov 9, 2023	Feb 22, 2024	May 9, 2024	Aug 6, 2024	Nov 7, 2024	Feb 20, 2025	May 8, 2025	Aug 7, 2025	Nov 6, 2025	Feb 26, 2026	May 7, 2026	Aug 6, 2026	Nov 5, 2026
EPS Estimate	-	0.05	0.06	0.09	0.23	0.25	0.09	0.37	0.40	0.31	-0.05	0.06	0.28	0.75	1.01	1.35	1.02	0.83	0.33	0.44	0.07	-0.04	-0.22	-0.37	-0.24	-0.23	-0.38	-0.25	-0.08	-0.23	-0.26	-0.18	-0.28	-0.22	-0.30	-0.30	-0.29	-0.30	-0.18	-0.28	-0.05	-0.01	-0.29	-0.29	-0.17	-0.02	-0.04	-0.11	-0.09	-0.16	-0.05	-0.02	0.08
EPS Actual	0.07	0.02	0.06	0.15	0.20	0.27	0.02	0.38	0.40	0.22	-0.04	0.16	0.38	0.84	1.10	1.54	1.08	0.89	0.28	0.64	0.14	-0.02	-0.27	-0.26	-0.15	-0.18	-0.44	-0.24	-0.06	-0.20	-0.21	-0.15	-0.20	-0.20	-0.29	-0.28	-0.26	-0.19	-0.25	-0.21	-0.05	0.04	-0.31	-0.28	-0.21	-0.02	-0.02	-0.21	-0.09	-0.04	-0.07	-0.21	0.10
Surprise	-	-60.00%	0.00%	66.67%	-13.04%	8.00%	-77.78%	2.70%	0.00%	-29.03%	20.00%	166.67%	35.71%	12.00%	8.91%	14.07%	5.88%	7.23%	-15.15%	45.45%	100.00%	50.00%	-22.73%	29.73%	37.50%	21.74%	-15.79%	4.00%	25.00%	13.04%	19.23%	16.67%	28.57%	9.09%	3.33%	6.67%	10.34%	36.67%	-38.89%	25.00%	0.00%	500.00%	-6.90%	3.45%	-23.53%	-14.29%	50.00%	-90.91%	0.00%	75.00%	-40.00%	-950.00%	25.00%
Timing	After-hours	-	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	Pre-market	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	-	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours

Key Statistics & Ratios

Market Cap4.55B

Enterprise Value4.29B

Trailing P/E0.00

Forward P/E84.03

PEG Ratio0.78

Price / Sales6.09

Price / Book1.90

EPS-0.38

Book Value24.94

Revenue (TTM)747.22M

Gross Profit (TTM)215.22M

EBITDA-8.01M

Profit Margin-4.39%

Operating Margin-0.53%

Return on Equity-2.34%

Return on Assets-1.54%

Shares Outstanding90.77M

Shares Float86.76M

Beta3.99

Dividend Yield0.00%

Dividend Rate0.00

Payout Ratio0.00%

Analyst Ratings

Buy

Based on 6 analystsTarget 156.00

Strong Buy
2
Buy
2
Hold
2

Ownership Breakdown

Institutions: 65.88%
Insiders: 9.74%
Retail / Other: 24.38%

Top Institutional Holders

BlackRock Inc
6.45M7.60%
Amvescap Plc.
3.41M4.02%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC
3.36M3.96%
Marex Group Ltd
2.83M3.33%
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC
2.65M3.12%
UBS Group AG
2.11M2.49%
Oberweis Asset Management Inc
1.79M2.11%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
1.67M1.97%
Value Aligned Research Advisors LLC
1.60M1.88%
The Goldman Sachs Group Inc
1.59M1.87%
State Street Corp
1.50M1.76%
Hood River Capital Management LLC
1.39M1.64%
Clear Street Group Inc
1.23M1.45%
Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts
1.12M1.31%
JPMorgan Chase & Co
1.07M1.26%
Frontier Capital Management CO Inc
975.32K1.15%

Top Fund Holders

Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest
2.55M2.84%
Vanguard Small Cap Index
1.81M2.01%
iShares A.I. Innovation and Tech Act ETF
1.57M1.75%
Oberweis Small-Cap Opportunities
1.07M1.19%