Applied Optoelectronics Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

BIT:1AAOI Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
Date	Value	Name	Entity	Shares	Max Price
14 May 25	Sell€194,799	David Kuo	Individual	11,426	€17.05
13 May 25	Buy€345,669	Chih-Hsiang Lin	Individual	21,200	€16.33
13 May 25	Sell€406,579	Hung-Lun Chang	Individual	23,837	€17.06
03 Dec 24	Sell€409,827	William Yeh	Individual	10,000	€40.98
02 Dec 24	Sell€386,800	Elizabeth Loboa	Individual	9,790	€39.51
29 Nov 24	Sell€371,158	Min-Chu Chen	Individual	9,790	€37.91
26 Nov 24	Sell€289,775	Richard Black	Individual	8,162	€35.50
21 Nov 24	Sell€470,088	Elizabeth Loboa	Individual	13,494	€34.84
20 Nov 24	Sell€150,053	Stefan Murry	Individual	5,000	€30.01
20 Nov 24	Sell€586,607	Hung-Lun Chang	Individual	20,323	€28.86

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: 1AAOI insiders have sold more shares than they have bought in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of 1AAOI?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
Individual Insiders	2,998,611	5.34%
General Public	21,930,919	39.1%
Institutions	31,209,598	55.6%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have been substantially diluted in the past year, with total shares outstanding growing by 44.3%.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 48.86% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
6.2%	BlackRock, Inc.	3,482,084	€51.3m	2.62%	no data
4.95%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	2,779,563	€41.0m	14.4%	no data
3.99%	D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.	2,239,337	€33.0m	2.81%	0.05%
2.51%	Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking and Brokerage Investments	1,409,790	€20.8m	24.3%	no data
2.47%	Oberweis Asset Management, Inc.	1,384,841	€20.4m	179%	0.8%
2.3%	Chih-Hsiang Lin	1,292,233	€19.0m	33.8%	no data
1.98%	State Street Global Advisors, Inc.	1,112,796	€16.4m	2.21%	no data
1.93%	Geode Capital Management, LLC	1,081,863	€15.9m	10.4%	no data
1.9%	Citigroup Inc.,Banking and Securities Investments	1,064,370	€15.7m	-22.3%	0.01%
1.83%	Point72 Asset Management, L.P.	1,027,422	€15.1m	0%	0.04%
1.76%	UBS Asset Management AG	989,589	€14.6m	104%	no data
1.74%	Assenagon Asset Management S.A.	976,520	€14.4m	183%	0.02%
1.72%	Emerald Advisers, LLC	967,372	€14.3m	-3.88%	0.39%
1.56%	Royce & Associates, LP	876,543	€12.9m	15.2%	0.14%
1.55%	Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC	872,417	€12.9m	31.4%	0.01%
1.47%	Two Sigma Investments, LP	827,187	€12.2m	40.6%	0.03%
1.44%	Bank of America Corporation, Asset Management Arm	809,784	€11.9m	138%	no data
1.34%	Voloridge Investment Management, LLC	753,750	€11.1m	113%	0.04%
1.07%	Nomura Holdings Inc, Securities & Investment Arm	603,486	€8.9m	-29%	0.04%
1%	Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC	562,985	€8.3m	48.4%	no data
0.87%	Alyeska Investment Group, L.P.	485,659	€7.2m	0%	0.03%
0.86%	Jane Street Group, LLC, Asset Management Arm	482,140	€7.1m	11.6%	0.01%
0.86%	Citadel Advisors LLC	480,017	€7.1m	72.7%	0.01%
0.82%	Tudor Investment Corporation	458,856	€6.8m	308%	0.07%
0.73%	Northern Trust Global Investments	410,068	€6.0m	2.47%	no data

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/06/09 21:51
End of Day Share Price	2025/06/09 00:00
Earnings	2025/03/31
Annual Earnings	2024/12/31

Data Sources

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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

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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