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NASDAQ · US · Communication Equipment

AAOI Applied Optoelectronics

US-made optical modules and lasers

Tight but sold off Its supply chain is tightening but the stock is below its 50-day average — price and fundamentals disagree. (automatic: supply-chain trend + price vs 50-day average)
Last close (delayed) · 2026-10-26
$73.00
+8.13% today
1W
−6.7%
1M
−28.0%
3M
−17.2%
YTD
+109.4%
1Y
+114.6%
Off 52w high
−67.3%
Next earnings (est.): 2026-11-05
Market cap$5.73B
P/E (trailing)—Forward 14.7
EV / sales9.3×EV/EBITDA -173.1×
Revenue (TTM)$596MGrowth 86.4% y/y
Margins28.9%gross · op -12.9%
Free cash flow-$887MCash $500M · debt $300M
Analyst target$160.0+119.2% upside · 5 analysts · buy
Riskβ 3.84Short 16.9% of float

Fundamentals from public market data, refreshed daily (2026-10-24 02:59 UTC). Figures in reporting currency.

AAOI · price with what management and the data said

Supply tighteningBeat / raiseMiss / cutData releaseEasing Hover a numbered marker for details · dashed lines = 50- and 200-day averages

Timeline: management commentary, data & earnings

8 events
  1. 8
    2026-08-06EarningsBeat / raise

    Reported EPS 0.06 vs 0.02 expected (+300.0% surprise).

  2. 7
    2026-05-07EarningsMiss / cut

    Reported EPS -0.07 vs -0.05 expected (-44.8% surprise).

  3. 6
    2026-02-26EarningsBeat / raise

    Reported EPS -0.01 vs -0.11 expected (+91.1% surprise).

  4. 5
    2025-11-06EarningsMiss / cut

    Reported EPS -0.09 vs -0.09 expected (-2.3% surprise).

  5. 4
    2025-08-07EarningsMiss / cut

    Reported EPS -0.16 vs -0.07 expected (-116.2% surprise).

  6. 3
    2025-05-08EarningsBeat / raise

    Reported EPS -0.02 vs -0.04 expected (+46.7% surprise).

  7. 2
    2025-02-26EarningsMiss / cut

    Reported EPS -0.02 vs -0.02 expected (-14.3% surprise).

  8. 1
    2024-11-07EarningsMiss / cut

    Reported EPS -0.21 vs -0.17 expected (-25.4% surprise).

Earnings history

EPS vs expectations
DateExpected EPSReported EPSSurprise
2026-08-060.020.06+300.0%
2026-05-07-0.05-0.07−44.8%
2026-02-26-0.11-0.01+91.1%
2025-11-06-0.09-0.09−2.3%
2025-08-07-0.07-0.16−116.2%
2025-05-08-0.04-0.02+46.7%
2025-02-26-0.02-0.02−14.3%
2024-11-07-0.17-0.21−25.4%
2024-08-06-0.29-0.28+4.3%
2024-05-09-0.29-0.31−6.0%
2024-02-22—0.04—
2023-11-09-0.05-0.05—
2023-08-03-0.28-0.21+24.1%
2023-05-04-0.18-0.25−36.4%
2023-02-23-0.3-0.19+37.4%
2022-11-03-0.29-0.26+9.6%
2022-08-04-0.3-0.28+5.9%
2022-05-05-0.3-0.29+3.3%
2022-02-24-0.21-0.2+7.0%
2021-11-04-0.28-0.2+29.8%
2021-08-05-0.18-0.15+17.8%
2021-05-06-0.26-0.21+19.2%
2021-02-25-0.23-0.2+13.8%
2020-11-05-0.08-0.06+29.1%

About Applied Optoelectronics

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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.

4,691 employees · Sugar Land, United States

Cluster scale pushes past copper. 800G→1.6T pluggables ramp now; co-packaged optics shift value toward the switch and laser.

Laser→Module→Switch→Fabric

What would prove us wrong. Weakens if transceiver ASP collapses with surplus module capacity.

Peers at the same bottleneck

Who else supplies this

StockRoleLast1D1MYTDTrend
COHR
Coherent
Lasers, InP capacity and optical transceivers $224.3+7.18%−24.2%+21.5%
LITE
Lumentum
EML and CW lasers for 800G/1.6T $834.8+10.40%−11.3%+126.5%
FN
Fabrinet
Precision optical manufacturing for transceivers $334.1+6.10%−19.9%−26.6%
300308.SZ
Zhongji Innolight
Largest 800G/1.6T transceiver maker ¥594.5−2.96%−33.5%−2.3%
300502.SZ
Eoptolink
High-speed optical modules ¥251.7−3.57%−40.7%−18.1%
CIEN
Ciena
Coherent optics for data-centre interconnect $343.4+7.23%−3.8%+46.8%

Not investment advice. Prices delayed and in local currency. Quotes in "double quotes" are verbatim as reported by the linked source; other commentary is our paraphrase. Earnings dates are estimates.