Applied Optoelectronics (1AAOI) Stock Overview

Designs, manufactures, and sells fiber-optic networking products in the United States, Taiwan, and China. More details

1AAOI fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	0/6
Future Growth	5/6
Past Performance	0/6
Financial Health	2/6
Dividends	0/6

Rewards

Earnings are forecast to grow 162.45% per year

Risk Analysis

Has less than 1 year of cash runway

Shares are highly illiquid

Shareholders have been substantially diluted in the past year

Significant insider selling over the past 3 months

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Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. Competitors

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Applied Optoelectronics
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	US$14.60
52 Week High	US$0
52 Week Low	US$0
Beta	2.63
1 Month Change	33.95%
3 Month Change	n/a
1 Year Change	n/a
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	33.95%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	1AAOI	IT Communications	IT Market
7D	8.1%	2.3%	0.8%
1Y	n/a	25.4%	16.7%

Return vs Industry: Insufficient data to determine how 1AAOI performed against the Italian Communications industry.

Return vs Market: Insufficient data to determine how 1AAOI performed against the Italian Market.

Price Volatility

Is 1AAOI's price volatile compared to industry and market?
1AAOI volatility
1AAOI Average Weekly Movement	n/a
Communications Industry Average Movement	6.9%
Market Average Movement	5.3%
10% most volatile stocks in IT Market	8.5%
10% least volatile stocks in IT Market	3.4%

Stable Share Price: 1AAOI's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the Italian market.

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine 1AAOI's volatility change over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1997	3,309	Thompson Lin	www.ao-inc.com

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells fiber-optic networking products in the United States, Taiwan, and China. It offers optical modules, optical filters, lasers, laser components, subassemblies, transmitters and transceivers, turn-key equipment, headend, node, and distribution equipment, as well as amplifiers. The company 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. Fundamentals Summary

How do Applied Optoelectronics's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
1AAOI fundamental statistics
Market cap	€829.18m
Earnings (TTM)	-€151.59m
Revenue (TTM)	€270.78m

3.1x

P/S Ratio

-5.5x

P/E Ratio

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
1AAOI income statement (TTM)
Revenue	US$308.55m
Cost of Revenue	US$223.80m
Gross Profit	US$84.75m
Other Expenses	US$257.49m
Earnings	-US$172.73m

Last Reported Earnings

Mar 31, 2025

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	-3.08
Gross Margin	27.47%
Net Profit Margin	-55.98%
Debt/Equity Ratio	58.4%

How did 1AAOI perform over the long term?

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/06/09 12:14
End of Day Share Price	2025/06/06 00:00
Earnings	2025/03/31
Annual Earnings	2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Analyst Sources

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. is covered by 14 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
null null	Argus Research Company
Ku Kang	B. Riley Securities, Inc.
Richard Shannon	Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC

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