AAOI — APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21
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Performance
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Measured signals that fired on AAOI
| date | signal | measured base rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | Fair value gap, bullish structure | -0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-07-16 | Fair value gap, bearish structure | -0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-07-07 | Equal lows taken out structure | -0.64% over 21 days · t = -4.75 · n = 55,661 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-06-02 | Fair value gap, bullish structure | -0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-05-19 | Cluster sale: three or more insiders insider | -0.37% over 21 days · t = -3.38 · n = 21,542 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-05-15 | Institutional holders jumped in a quarter ownership | -0.52% over 21 days · t = -0.38 · n = 1,553 not distinguishable from its control group |
Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →
Insider transactions (Form 4)
| date | insider | what | shares | price | value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-18 | Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua) *** See Remarks | Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan | 6.0K | 147.73 | 886.4K |
| 2026-08-10 | Murry Stefan J. Chief Financial Officer | Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan | 4.0K | 144.79 | 579.2K |
| 2026-08-04 | Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua) *** See Remarks | Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan | 4.7K | 126.50 | 596.4K |
| 2026-07-31 | Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) President and CEO | Grant or award | 9.3K | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2026-07-22 | Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) President and CEO | Shares withheld for tax | 8.8K | 119.26 | 1.0M |
| 2026-07-22 | Murry Stefan J. Chief Financial Officer | Shares withheld for tax | 3.0K | 119.26 | 354.3K |
| 2026-07-22 | Chang Hung-Lun (Fred) *** See Remarks | Shares withheld for tax | 2.7K | 119.26 | 318.9K |
| 2026-07-22 | Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua) *** See Remarks | Shares withheld for tax 10b5-1 plan | 2.6K | 119.26 | 304.5K |
| 2026-07-22 | Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) President and CEO | Shares withheld for tax | 2.5K | 119.26 | 301.0K |
| 2026-07-22 | Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) President and CEO | Shares withheld for tax | 2.3K | 119.26 | 278.1K |
Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →
Largest institutional holders
| manager | value | shares |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | 608.4M | 7.2M |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 259.0M | 3.1M |
| OBERWEIS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/ | 198.8M | 2.3M |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | 192.8M | 2.3M |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 179.1M | 2.1M |
| Invesco Ltd. | 170.4M | 2.0M |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | 152.4M | 1.8M |
| STATE STREET CORP | 139.1M | 1.6M |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 137.2M | 1.6M |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC | 107.9M | 1.3M |
13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →
Short selling
This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →
Recent headlines
- Applied Optoelectronics slips as it files for $600M equity distribution deal · 2026-08-21
- Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (AAOI) filed form 8-K · 2026-08-21 · SEC EDGAR
- Nasdaq Drops, Chip Stocks Crater As Bond Yields Bite: Stock Market Today · 2026-08-18 · benzinga
- Why is Applied Optoelectronics stock sliding today? · 2026-08-18
- Applied Optoelectronics is breaking higher: Technical setup, analysts target in focus · 2026-08-14
- Russell 2000 Extends Records, SanDisk Rallies 7%: Stock Market Today · 2026-08-14 · benzinga
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