AAOI
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. · Technology · Communication Equipment
$82.50
-4.31% today · -22.10% 1W
Oct 15 close or latest
ReadoutWhy it's moving
Down on hot inflation data
- AAOI −4.31% on the last session vs SPY +0.08%: −4.4 pts of stock-specific move.
- News: tikr.com reports stock fell on hot inflation concerns during the session. (tikr.com)
- Aftermath, crossed below 200-day avg (Oct 8): After its 12 crosses below the 200-day average in the past 5 years, AAOI was higher a month later 8 times out of 12; half the outcomes fell between -10.4% and +24.0%. History, not a forecast.
- 15 Reddit mentions in the past 24 hours, 74% positive over the week · today's pace is 1.6× its recent daily average.
- 1 analyst action in the past 10 days (0 positive, 1 negative); latest: B. Riley Securities maintained Neutral, lowered target $109 → $92.00.
- 2 insider or congressional trades in the past 30 days.
- Market backdrop (Today): Core PPI m/m 1.3% vs 0.3% expected (hotter); Core Retail Sales m/m 0.9% vs 0.6% expected (stronger); S&P futures -0.08%, 10-year yield -3bp in the 30 minutes after.
- Activity: volume on pace for 2.3× its 20-day average.
Assembled from Wallsti's own signals and the session's headlines and filings read by AI (Claude); it can misread, so the sources are linked.
Activity & positioning
- Volume
- 2.3× its 20-day averagepace so far
- Short interest
- 16.9% of float · +15% vs prior report · 2.1 days to cover as of Sep 30
- Options volume
- 13,231 calls · 8,935 puts (put/call 0.68)so far today
- Implied volatility
- 101% (+6.0 pts) at the money, Oct 23 expiry
- Options-implied move
- ±21.2% through the Nov 5 earnings
Moved with
Tech sector ETF (XLK) -1.1% -1.2 pts vs SPY
Headlines
- Applied Optoelectronics Stock Fell 12% on Hot Inflation. Opportunity or Falling Knife?
- Struggling Photonics Stock Flashing 'Buy the Dip' Signal
- Applied Optoelectronics Dives 9% as AI Funding Fears Hit Optical Stocks; Coherent Slides 7%, Lumentum Drops 7%
- Can Coherent's AI Data Center Expansion Fuel Long-Term Growth?
- Sono-Tek Corporation (SOTK) Misses Q2 Earnings and Revenue Estimates
- Applied Optoelectronics Is Up 175% in 2026 and Lumentum Is Up 164%: Take Profits, or Hold On for the Ride?
- The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights Innodata, Calix, Applied Optoelectronics and Palantir Technologies
- AAOI, LITE, COHR Extend Sell-Off Overnight: AI Funding Fears Hit Optical Networking Trade, But Retail Bulls Eye Rebound
- 3 Mid-Cap AI-Driven Stocks at Deep Discount With Huge Near-Term Upside
- Lumentum Can’t Keep Up With AI Demand—and Its Stock Is Surging
Fetched hourly from Yahoo Finance (the stock) and Google News (its themes). ✦ marks the headline an AI-read catalyst cited.
Key facts
- Market cap
- $7.3B
- Held by institutions
- 63.6%
- 52-week range
- 18.50–233.67
- Analyst mean target
- $163.40
- Next earnings
- Nov 5 est.
- Forward P/E
- 18.7
Recent events
Analyst ▼
B. Riley Securities maintained Neutral, lowered target $109 → $92.00News (AI read) ▼
tikr.com reports stock fell on hot inflation concerns during the session. · tikr.comNews (AI read) ▼
247wallst.com reports optical networking suppliers sliding on doubts about AI infrastructure funding. · 247wallst.comNews (AI read) ▼
Optical connectivity stocks including AAOI extended selloff on AI spending concerns per StockTwits.Insider ▼
Stefan J. Murry (Chief Financial Officer) sold 4,000 shares ($411.5K) under a pre-arranged 10b5-1 plan 10b5-1 plan · filingInsider ▼
Shu-Hua (Joshua) Yeh (*** See Remarks) sold 6,000 shares ($720.2K) under a pre-arranged 10b5-1 plan 10b5-1 plan · filingSEC filing
8-K: material agreement, new debt (item 1.01, 2.03) · filingSEC filing
8-K: material agreement (item 1.01) · filingInsider ▼
Stefan J. Murry (Chief Financial Officer) sold 4,000 shares ($421.3K) under a pre-arranged 10b5-1 plan 10b5-1 plan · filingInsider ▼
Hung-Lun (Fred) Chang (*** See Remarks) sold 32,172 shares ($3.5M), not under a 10b5-1 plan unplanned · filingSEC filing
8-K: material agreement, new debt (item 1.01, 2.03) · filingSEC filing
8-K: material agreement, executive or director change (item 1.01, 5.02) · filing