Applied Optoelectronics Inc (NASDAQ:AAOI) currently has a daily average trading volume of 3.64M but it saw 1977140 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 1.96B USD, the company’s current market price of $40.94 came rising about 2.81 while comparing to the previous closing price of $39.82. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $44.50 and as low as $6.70. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $38.212 while lowest mark touched by it was $41.27.
Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AAOI) gives us an average price of $36.94, while its current price level is -8.00% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 511.04% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $28.73 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $15.67. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 12.88% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 12.64%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 61.30 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.
The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the B. Riley Securities which downgraded the stock as “Sell” in its note to investors issued on December 10, 2024, recommending a price target of between $14 and $14 for it. Raymond James upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Outperform” from “Mkt Perform” on September 03, 2024 while assigning a price target of $17. B. Riley Securities also issued its recommendations for the stock as it downgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $22 and $16.
Over the week, AAOI’s stock price is moving 20.52% up while it is 7.99% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 111.90% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 79.40%.
Currently, Applied Optoelectronics Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 44.85M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at -27.62% and return on equity (ROE) at -41.44%. It has a 45.43 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 2.38. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 8.66 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 9.36. Its return on asset (ROA) is -20.64% on average.
