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Applied Optoelectronics

NMQ:AAOI · US03823U1025
Communications EquipmentMedium

360

11
EV / EBIT1
Price / Owner Earnings89
Owner Earnings Yield1
Dividend Yield1
Price/Sales7
EV / Gross Profit1
Price/Book13
Return on Capital15
Cash Return on Capital10
Return on Equity18
EBIT Margin9
Gross Profitability7
Accruals3
Owner Earnings Margin1
Sales growth98
Profit growth55
Reinvestment74
Price momentum98
Debt load62
Refinancing53
Debt Payback1
Liquidity9
Analyst ratings16
Opinion Changes50
Price Target Upside15
Market mood37
Value Creation8/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Applied Optoelectronics clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountryUSA
IndustryCommunications Equipment
SizeMedium
TypePublic Company
ExchangeNASDAQGM
Founded1997
Employees387
Websiteao-inc.com
ISINUS03823U1025
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Indices
NASDAQ (USA)
Themes
Data Center Technology5GOptical InfrastructureInternetLaserManufacturingTelecommunications

Description

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (AOI) is a vertically integrated provider of fiber-optic networking products, primarily for four networking end-markets: internet data center, cable television (‘CATV’), telecommunications, (‘telecom’), and fiber-to-the-…

Analysis

Story stock

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. is a story stock: the narrative is ambitious and the price reflects it, but the underlying numbers are weak.

Valuation data is not available for this company.

The trajectory is solid and the balance sheet is stretched. The company scores 8/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.

Nothing is flagged here: no red or amber gates, no divergence between profits and cash. That is itself information: the numbers are straightforward. As always: this describes the company's numbers; it is not a recommendation.

360° rank · history

1007550250
14
2023202420252026

All-time high

20

Jan 2024

All-time low

9

Jan 2023

Average rank

14

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
7
64
71
93
Price/Earnings
5
47
18
35
Price/Book
13
28
40
95
Dividend Yield
1
1
1
1
Value (overall)
4
27
27
79

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

360° View
1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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