AAOIApplied Optoelectronics, Inc.
What is the market doing?
No clear lean: nothing decisive, though a crowded short (+16% of shares).
Choppy, but holding above its 200-day average. Price is +4% vs its 200-day average.
Insiders were net sellers over the 90 days ending Oct 8, 2026; selling is often routine (taxes, diversification).
A crowded short, settled Sep 15, 2026, a few days of normal trading to cover. Up 1.8% since the previous count, up from 13.5% of shares outstanding three months ago.
Against the whole market›
Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.
Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.
How AAOI is trading
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. is +278% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +18%: 260 points ahead of the market.
1-year return · S&P 500 +18%
- vs 200-day average
- +4.1%
vs 200-day average · close to trend
- RSI (14)
- 50
RSI (14) · neutral
- Below its 52-week high
- 51%
Below its 52-week high
Details›
- Last close2026-10-09
- $109.54
- 1 monthS&P 500 +2.7%
- +6.1%
- 1 yearS&P 500 +18%
- +278%
- 5 yearsS&P 500 +88%
- +1419%
- vs 50-day average$113.35
- −3.4%
- 52-week high
- $223.10
- 52-week low
- $19.49
- Annualised volatility
- 139%
- Insider buying, net, 6 monthsForms 3/4/5 to 2026-10-08
- −$81M
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | +214% |
| 2025 | −5.4% |
| 2024 | +91% |
| 2023 | +922% |
| 2022 | −63% |
| 2021 | −40% |
| 2020 | −28% |
| 2019 | −23% |
| 2018 | −59% |
| 2017 | +61% |
| Month | Years | Positive | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | 5 of 10 | +4.2% |
| Feb | 10 | 4 of 10 | +5.6% |
| Mar | 10 | 3 of 10 | −8.6% |
| Apr | 10 | 4 of 10 | +5.5% |
| May | 10 | 6 of 10 | +8.0% |
| Jun | 10 | 5 of 10 | +20% |
| Jul | 11 | 6 of 11 | +5.5% |
| Aug | 11 | 7 of 11 | +15% |
| Sep | 11 | 6 of 11 | +3.6% |
| Oct | 11 | 5 of 11 | −7.0% |
| Nov | 10 | 6 of 10 | +22% |
| Dec | 10 | 4 of 10 | +0.79% |
End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.
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