Applied Optoelectronics is part of the technology sector and semiconductors industry. The company CEO is Chih-Hsiang Thompson Lin. Applied Optoelectronics Inc is a vertically integrated provider of fiber-optic networking products,for four networking end-markets: internet data center, cable television, or CATV, telecommunications, or telecom, fiber-to-the-home, or FTTH.
Previous Intraday Performance:
The AAOI shares had a previous change of 1.92% which opened at 8.92 and closed at 9.03. It moved to an intraday high of 9.16 and a low of 8.89.
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Historical Performance:
Over the last five trading days, AAOI shares returned -2.59% and in the past 30 trading days it returned -31.02%. Over three months, it changed -38.19%. In one year it has changed -73.05% and within that year its 52 week high was 50.30 and its 52 week low was 8.72. AAOI stock is 3.56% above its 52 week low.
Our calculations result in a 200 day moving average of 20.25 and a 50 day moving average of 11.93. Right now, AAOI stock is trading -55.40% below its 200 day moving average and may not be a great opportunity to buy as it may continue to trend down.
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Liquidity:
The company has a market cap of $180.1m with 19.9m shares outstanding and a float of 18.5m shares. Trading volume was 297,033 shares and has experienced an average volume of 690,913 shares. Our calculation, using the current average volume and close price, leads me to believe that the liquidity is bad, highly speculative and an investor may want to avoid this stock.
Earnings:
The last annual reported EPS for Applied Optoelectronics was -0.11 which ended on 31st of December 2018. Based on 4 analyst estimates, the consensus EPS for the next quarter is -0.32. The trailing twelve month EPS reported is 0.54 (trailing twelve month diluted EPS is -0.75), which comes to a trailing twelve month PE of 16.72.
Below was the last reported quarterly diluted earnings per share:
| 1st | Qtr 2019 | -0.53 |
|---|---|---|
| 4th | Qtr 2018 | -0.43 |
| 3rd | Qtr 2018 | -0.19 |
| 2nd | Qtr 2018 | 0.40 |
| 1st | Qtr 2018 | 0.11 |
The long-term trend of the EPS is an important number as it indicates the present value of Applied Optoelectronics; it is usually expressed as a percentage and is then referred to as the EPS growth rate, which at this time is hard to estimate, but revenue growth has been -26.10% over the last twelve months.
Indicators Also to Watch:
Based on the latest filings, there is 87.20% of institutional ownership.
The beta was calculated to be 2.10.
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Fundamental Numbers:
Based on last reported financials, the company’s return on equity is -4.42%, return on assets is -3.05%, profit margin is -5.81%, price-to-sales is 0.70 and price-to-book is 0.56.
Company Score Card:
Results are out of six:
1 : Growth Expectations Result
3 : Financial Safety Result
0 : Past Performance Result
1 : Valuation Result
0 : Dividend Safety Result
1 : Overall Result
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