AAOI · Applied Optoelectronics Inc
Price
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $8.93B |
| P/E | — |
| Float | 71.95M |
| Beta | 3.98 |
| Volatility | 99.5% |
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Sector | Communications |
| Cap tier | Mid cap |
| Macro sensitivity | Very High |
| Clavix score | 18 |
| Price | 107.63 |
| Change | +2.34% |
| Prev Close | 105.17 |
| Open | 101.07 |
| Day Low | 98.52 |
| Day High | 105.44 |
| Avg Vol | 7 |
| Avg $ Vol | $773.7M |
| 52W High | 233.67 |
| 52W Low | 18.50 |
| 52W Pos | 41.4% |
| From High | −53.94% |
| From Low | +481.78% |
| Max DD 1Y | −65.70% |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Deep |
| SMA 20 | +1.63% |
| SMA 50 | −4.46% |
| SMA 200 | +2.43% |
| RSI (14) | 47.1 |
| Vol 30D | 104.1% |
| Vol 90D | 132.2% |
| 1Y Range | 18–234 |
| Daily bars | 888 |
| Perf Week | −0.18% |
| Perf Month | −13.93% |
| Perf Quarter | −35.02% |
| Perf Half Y | +3.19% |
| Perf Year | +256.87% |
| Perf YTD | +171.79% |
| Prev Day | +2.34% |
| Clavix | F |
| Debt / Eq | 0.27 |
| Curr Ratio | 2.63 |
| Int Cover | -7.1× |
| FCF Margin | 2.4% |
| Rev Growth | +86.4% |
| Profit | Unprofitable |
| Leverage | Low |
| Sector rank | 10 / 10 |
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading dayAAOI grades F, 18 of 100. Steadiest on Sector Resilience (80), most exposed on Price Stability (0, weak). 2 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Communications median. Ranks 10 of 10 in Communications by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| AAOI | |
|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 3.98 |
| Volatilityannualized | 99.5% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | −65.7% |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | 5.68% |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions | 16465% |
How its days are spread
Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.
52-week range
The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.
Drawdown from the 1-year peak
Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.
Market sensitivity
| AAOI | Communications median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 3.98 | — |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | Very High | High40% of 10 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Communications names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| AAOI | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | −0.2% |
| 1 month | −13.9% |
| Year to date | +171.8% |
| 1 year | +256.9% |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| AAOI | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30since 8 Aug |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 56 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 17 · 10 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 17 ↑ 10 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the Communications names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Growth
| AAOI | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | +86.4% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Communications median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openApplied Optoelectronics said Q2 revenue rose 86% to $191.9 million and guided to roughly $1.1 billion in revenue for 2026. The company, which makes high-speed optical transceivers (800G and 1.6T plug-in modules that move data inside data center networks), expects customer demand to run ahead of its production capacity through the middle of 2027.
Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) reported $191.9 million in revenue for Q2 2026, up 86% compared to the same quarter a year earlier. This was its fifth consecutive record quarter, and the company's Q3 guidance points to roughly 130% year-over-year revenue growth at the midpoint.
AAOI's wholly owned subsidiary Global Technology signed a 10-year factory lease in Ningbo, China, covering about 38,311.8 square meters, starting September 16, 2026, at an annual rent of RMB 6,896,124 with 3% increases every three years after year two and a three-month rent-free renovation period.
Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) is increasing production capacity for its next-generation 800G and 1.6T optical transceivers, the plug-in modules that convert electrical signals into light pulses for fiber-optic cables, to capture rising demand from AI data centers. The move is framed as sharpening its competitive position against larger networking equipment makers Lumentum (LITE) and Coherent (COHR).
Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) is ramping up production capacity for its 800G and 1.6T optical networking products as demand surges from AI data center buildouts, putting it in more direct competition with larger rivals Lumentum (LITE) and Coherent (COHR).
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