Applied Optoelectronics
AAOI
122.54
-7.62
-5.85%
Applied Optoelectronics
US · AAOI
#1486 by market cap
Listed 1970
122.54
-7.62
-5.85%
Live - 5344 symbols - heartbeat 28s ago
· 2026-10-08 07:50
Pre-market
117.58
-4.05%
After-hours
122.40
-0.11%
Overnight
118.40
-3.38%
- Market cap
- 10.40B
- P/E (TTM)i
- -159.14
- P/Bi
- 6.24
- EPSi
- -0.64
- Div yieldi
- 0.00%
- 52W posi
- 48%
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✦ Quant Ownership Signal how this is computed
Distributing
- The number of reporting institutions increased by 2 in the most recent period (2026/Q3).
- Total institutional ownership fell 0.2 percentage points.
Institutional ownership
- Held by institutions
- 61.00% -0.20pp
- Institutions
- 558 +2
- As of
- 2026/Q3 vs. prior period
Ownership vs. money flow
AlignedInstitutions trimmed shares last reporting period, and the stock has seen net outflows in main-fund flow over the last 20 trading sessions - the two line up.
Institutional ownership changes are reported quarterly with a lag; fund-flow data is daily. Treat this as a directional cross-check, not a precise timing signal.
Holder types
Mutual Fund44.22%
Public Company8.33%
Individual/Insider4.48%
Private Company4.17%
Hedge Fund3.16%
Government Pension Fund0.67%
Sovereign Wealth Fund0.16%
Insurance Company0.14%
Family Office/Trust0.11%
Other34.56%
Top holders as of 2026-06-30
BlackRock
7.60% · 6.45M sh
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC
4.54% · 3.85M sh
Invesco Ltd.
3.71% · 3.15M sh
Marex Group Limited
3.33% · 2.83M sh
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC
3.12% · 2.65M sh
UBS Asset Management
2.67% · 2.27M sh
Chih-Hsiang Lin
2.21% · 1.88M sh
Oberweis Asset Management, Inc.
2.11% · 1.79M sh
Geode Capital Management, LLC
1.97% · 1.67M sh
Value Aligned Research Advisors, LLC
1.88% · 1.60M sh
Bar length is relative to the largest holder shown here, not to 100% of the company.
Insiders
50 filings tracked · 8 buys · 42 sells
| Name | Role | Stake |
|---|---|---|
| Chih-Hsiang Lin | Founder, Chairman of the Board, President & CEO | 2.21% |
| Shu-Hua Yeh | Senior VP & Asia General Manager | 0.44% |
| Stefan Murry | CFO & Chief Strategy Officer | 0.34% |
| Che-Wei Lin | Independent Director | 0.30% |
| Hung-Lun Chang | Senior VP & North America General Manager | 0.29% |
| William Yeh | Lead Independent Director | 0.28% |
| Min-Chu Chen | Independent Director | 0.21% |
| Richard Black | Independent Director | 0.19% |
| David Kuo | Senior VP, Chief Legal & Compliance Officer and Secretary | 0.12% |
| Cynthia DeLaney | Independent Director | 0.07% |
Insider transactions most recent Form 4 filings
| Date | Name | Role | Type | Shares | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-04 | Shu-Hua Yeh | Senior VP & Asia General Manager | Intent to Sell (Form 144) | -6,000 | $120.03 |
| 2026-09-14 | Richard Black | Independent Director | Other Disposition | -2,200 | -- |
| 2026-09-09 | Stefan Murry | CFO & Chief Strategy Officer | Automatic Disposition | -4,000 | $105.33 |
| 2026-09-07 | Hung-Lun Chang | Senior VP & North America General Manager | Open Market Disposition | -32,172 | $110.21 |
| 2026-08-17 | Shu-Hua Yeh | Senior VP & Asia General Manager | Automatic Disposition | -6,000 | $147.73 |
| 2026-08-09 | Stefan Murry | CFO & Chief Strategy Officer | Automatic Disposition | -4,000 | $144.79 |
| 2026-08-03 | Shu-Hua Yeh | Senior VP & Asia General Manager | Automatic Disposition | -4,715 | $126.50 |
| 2026-07-30 | Chih-Hsiang Lin | Founder, Chairman of the Board, President & CEO | Other Acquisition | +9,251 | -- |
| 2026-07-21 | Chih-Hsiang Lin | Founder, Chairman of the Board, President & CEO | Sale to Issuer | -15,640 | $119.26 |
| 2026-07-21 | Stefan Murry | CFO & Chief Strategy Officer | Sale to Issuer | -5,408 | $119.26 |
| 2026-07-21 | Hung-Lun Chang | Senior VP & North America General Manager | Sale to Issuer | -4,676 | $119.26 |
| 2026-07-21 | Shu-Hua Yeh | Senior VP & Asia General Manager | Sale to Issuer | -4,709 | $119.26 |
| 2026-07-21 | David Kuo | Senior VP, Chief Legal & Compliance Officer and Secretary | Sale to Issuer | -3,264 | $119.26 |
| 2026-07-20 | Shu-Hua Yeh | Senior VP & Asia General Manager | Automatic Disposition | -1,285 | $120.02 |
| 2026-07-09 | Stefan Murry | CFO & Chief Strategy Officer | Open Market Disposition | -4,000 | $122.09 |
| 2026-06-17 | Shu-Hua Yeh | Senior VP & Asia General Manager | Automatic Disposition | -6,000 | $171.89 |
| 2026-06-16 | Hung-Lun Chang | Senior VP & North America General Manager | Automatic Disposition | -40,329 | $170.60 |
| 2026-06-11 | Chih-Hsiang Lin | Founder, Chairman of the Board, President & CEO | Sale to Issuer | -86,655 | $172.78 |
| 2026-06-11 | Chih-Hsiang Lin | Founder, Chairman of the Board, President & CEO | Open Market Disposition | -59,000 | $166.53 |
| 2026-06-11 | Stefan Murry | CFO & Chief Strategy Officer | Sale to Issuer | -30,330 | $172.78 |
Form 4 filings, most recent per company. "Other Derivative Acquisition" rows are mostly RSU/option vesting, not open-market buying - the Type column says which.
Quote time 2026-10-08 07:50:10 · For reference only, not investment advice and not tailored to your situation.