address1: 13139 Jess Pirtle Boulevard city: Sugar Land state: TX zip: 77478 country: United States phone: 281 295 1800 website: https://www.ao-inc.com industry: Communication Equipment industryKey: communication-equipment industryDisp: Communication Equipment sector: Technology sectorKey: technology sectorDisp: Technology longBusinessSummary: Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells fiber-optic networking products in the United States, Taiwan, and China. It offers optical modules, optical filters, lasers, laser components, subassemblies, transmitters and transceivers, turn-key equipment, headend, node, distribution equipment, and amplifiers. The company sells its products to internet data center operators, cable television, telecom equipment manufacturers, fiber-to-the-home, and internet service providers through its direct and indirect sales channels. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Sugar Land, Texas. fullTimeEmployees: 2149 companyOfficers: [{'maxAge': 1, 'name': 'Dr. Chih-Hsiang Lin Ph.D.', 'age': 60, 'title': 'Founder, Chairman of the Board, President & CEO', 'yearBorn': 1963, 'fiscalYear': 2023, 'totalPay': 1232756, 'exercisedValue': 531850, 'unexercisedValue': 0}, {'maxAge': 1, 'name': 'Dr. Stefan J. Murry Ph.D.', 'age': 50, 'title': 'CFO & Chief Strategy Officer', 'yearBorn': 1973, 'fiscalYear': 2023, 'totalPay': 637859, 'exercisedValue': 103710, 'unexercisedValue': 0}, {'maxAge': 1, 'name': 'Mr. David C. Kuo', 'age': 40, 'title': 'Senior VP, Chief Legal & Compliance Officer and Secretary', 'yearBorn': 1983, 'fiscalYear': 2023, 'totalPay': 417974, 'exercisedValue': 0, 'unexercisedValue': 0}, {'maxAge': 1, 'name': 'Dr. Hung-Lun Chang Ph.D.', 'age': 59, 'title': 'Senior VP & North America General Manager', 'yearBorn': 1964, 'fiscalYear': 2023, 'totalPay': 541392, 'exercisedValue': 0, 'unexercisedValue': 6028}, {'maxAge': 1, 'name': 'Mr. Shu-Hua Yeh', 'age': 57, 'title': 'Senior VP & Asia General Manager', 'yearBorn': 1966, 'fiscalYear': 2023, 'totalPay': 526164, 'exercisedValue': 37180, 'unexercisedValue': 0}, {'maxAge': 1, 'name': 'Ms. Lindsay Grant Savarese', 'title': 'Investor Relations', 'fiscalYear': 2023, 'exercisedValue': 0, 'unexercisedValue': 0}, {'maxAge': 1, 'name': 'Mr. Todd McCrum', 'title': 'Senior VP & GM of Broadband Access', 'fiscalYear': 2023, 'exercisedValue': 0, 'unexercisedValue': 0}, {'maxAge': 1, 'name': 'Ms. Jessica Hung', 'title': 'VP of Finance & Controller', 'fiscalYear': 2023, 'exercisedValue': 0, 'unexercisedValue': 0}] compensationAsOfEpochDate: 1703980800 maxAge: 86400 priceHint: 2 previousClose: 8.53 open: 8.46 dayLow: 8.22 dayHigh: 8.64 regularMarketPreviousClose: 8.53 regularMarketOpen: 8.46 regularMarketDayLow: 8.22 regularMarketDayHigh: 8.64 beta: 1.966 forwardPE: 16.235294 volume: 1165488 regularMarketVolume: 1165488 averageVolume: 1964088 averageVolume10days: 2140430 averageDailyVolume10Day: 2140430 bid: 8.26 ask: 8.3 bidSize: 1000 askSize: 600 marketCap: 338616384 fiftyTwoWeekLow: 6.66 fiftyTwoWeekHigh: 24.75 priceToSalesTrailing12Months: 1.6362706 fiftyDayAverage: 8.9634 twoHundredDayAverage: 13.363 currency: USD enterpriseValue: 431486112 profitMargins: -0.34838 floatShares: 38598603 sharesOutstanding: 40895700 sharesShort: 9728271 sharesShortPriorMonth: 10313306 sharesShortPreviousMonthDate: 1719532800 dateShortInterest: 1722384000 sharesPercentSharesOut: 0.2393 heldPercentInsiders: 0.05731 heldPercentInstitutions: 0.72236997 shortRatio: 4.64 shortPercentOfFloat: 0.2511 impliedSharesOutstanding: 42130500 bookValue: 4.588 priceToBook: 1.804708 lastFiscalYearEnd: 1703980800 nextFiscalYearEnd: 1735603200 mostRecentQuarter: 1719705600 netIncomeToCommon: -72096000 trailingEps: -1.88 forwardEps: 0.51 pegRatio: -0.98 enterpriseToRevenue: 2.085 enterpriseToEbitda: -11.024 52WeekChange: -0.46373057 SandP52WeekChange: 0.2623955 exchange: NGM quoteType: EQUITY symbol: AAOI underlyingSymbol: AAOI shortName: Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. longName: Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. firstTradeDateEpochUtc: 1380202200 timeZoneFullName: America/New_York timeZoneShortName: EDT uuid: f5e7b646-146c-3283-a1de-ab87b47ff28f messageBoardId: finmb_1043391 gmtOffSetMilliseconds: -14400000 currentPrice: 8.28 targetHighPrice: 18.0 targetLowPrice: 9.0 targetMeanPrice: 14.0 targetMedianPrice: 15.0 recommendationMean: 2.5 recommendationKey: buy numberOfAnalystOpinions: 3 totalCash: 10653000 totalCashPerShare: 0.26 ebitda: -39139000 totalDebt: 109248000 quickRatio: 0.844 currentRatio: 1.643 totalRevenue: 206944000 debtToEquity: 58.58 revenuePerShare: 5.626 returnOnAssets: -0.10481 returnOnEquity: -0.41227 freeCashflow: -37144376 operatingCashflow: -44267000 revenueGrowth: 0.04 grossMargins: 0.28476998 ebitdaMargins: -0.18913001 operatingMargins: -0.60652 financialCurrency: USD trailingPegRatio: None