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Applied Optoelectronics

AAOINasdaqSemiconductorsWilmington, US-DE, USMid cap
  • Russell 1000

What Applied Optoelectronics is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.

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The latest read

Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.

  • Revenue over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $0.60 billion, up 62% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to March 31, 2026: −$0.42 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Capital expenditure over the four quarters to March 31, 2026: $0.21 billion, up 200% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to December 31, 2018: $0.05 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
  • Latest earnings call or results release (August 6, 2026): sentiment 0.75 on a −1 to +1 scale (confident, opportunity-framed), confidence 0.72 of 1.Palanor Discourse
  • Latest annual report (filed February 26, 2026): 1 risk factor added, 1 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
  • Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $6.7 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
  • 481 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+105 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
  • H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 39 (21 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)

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No bond term sheets or tagged debt on file for Applied Optoelectronics yet.

Charts

Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.

Cash flow

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Applied Optoelectronics: free cash flow, trailing twelve months

Operating cash flow minus capital expenditure, $ billions, from SEC filings

−$0.42BData to Mar 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Applied Optoelectronics: operating cash flow and capital expenditure

Trailing twelve months, $ billions, from SEC filings

Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Applied Optoelectronics: revenue, trailing twelve months

$ billions, from SEC filings

$0.60BData to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Capital returned and raised

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Applied Optoelectronics: debt issued and repaid by fiscal year

Long-term debt, $ billions, from the 10-K

Data to Dec 2018
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Applied Optoelectronics: debt due within a year and cash

At each balance-sheet date, $ billions, from SEC filings

Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Applied Optoelectronics: interest coverage

Operating income ÷ interest expense, trailing twelve months, from SEC filings

−19.1Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

What the company says

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Applied Optoelectronics: earnings call sentiment

Palanor Discourse score per call, −1 to +1

0.75Data to Aug 2026
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Applied Optoelectronics: earnings call confidence

Palanor Discourse score per call, 0 to 1

0.72Data to Aug 2026
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Applied Optoelectronics: risk factors added per annual report

New Item 1A risk factors in each 10-K

1.0Data to Feb 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Hiring and ownership

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Applied Optoelectronics: H-1B filings certified

Labor Condition Applications by quarter received

39.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data, dol.gov
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Applied Optoelectronics: insider net buying

Open-market purchases minus sales by officers and directors, $ millions, by quarter

−$6.7MData 22 days ago
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Applied Optoelectronics: institutional holders

Managers reporting a position on Form 13F, by quarter

481.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

In the news

Headlines that name Applied Optoelectronics, with the publisher and a link. The tone is read from each headline’s own words, never from a summary of the article.

30 days
2 headlines
0% positive · 0% negative
90 days
2 headlines
0% positive · 0% negative

Filings and records

The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.

  1. Oct 19, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (BANNER PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  2. Sep 29, 2026Patent
  3. Sep 29, 2026Patent
  4. Sep 15, 20268-K
  5. Sep 15, 2026Patent
  6. Sep 10, 20268-K
  7. Sep 1, 20268-K
  8. Sep 1, 2026Patent
  9. Sep 1, 2026Patent
  10. Aug 24, 20268-K
  11. Aug 24, 20268-K
  12. Aug 21, 20268-K
  13. Jul 22, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (BANNER PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  14. Jul 22, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (BANNER PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  15. Jul 1, 20268-K
  16. Jun 16, 20268-K
  17. Jun 5, 20268-K
  18. Jun 5, 20268-K
  19. May 14, 20268-K
  20. May 13, 20268-K
  21. May 8, 20268-K
  22. Apr 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (BANNER PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC)first_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  23. Apr 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (BANNER PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC)first_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  24. Apr 13, 20268-K
  25. Mar 12, 20268-K
  26. Mar 5, 20268-K
  27. Feb 27, 20268-K
  28. Feb 26, 20268-K
  29. Feb 26, 202610-K
    Annual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 1 removed
  30. Feb 19, 20268-K
  31. Jan 16, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (BANNER PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC)fourth_quarter 2025 · $0.1 million
  32. Dec 3, 20258-K
  33. Nov 7, 20258-K
  34. Nov 3, 20258-K
  35. Oct 20, 2025Lobbying
    Lobbying report (BANNER PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC)third_quarter 2025 · $0.1 million
  36. Sep 24, 20258-K
  37. Sep 4, 20258-K
  38. Aug 27, 20258-K
  39. Aug 26, 20258-K
  40. Aug 26, 20258-K

Peers

Companies in the same industry in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.

CompanyRevenueFree cash flowThrough
Universal Display Corporation OLED$0.6B$0.2BJun 30, 2026
Lattice Semiconductor LSCC$0.7B$0.2BJul 4, 2026
MACOM Technology Solutions MTSI$1.2B$0.2BJul 3, 2026
Astera Labs ALAB$1.2B$0.3BJun 30, 2026
Cirrus Logic CRUS$2.0B$0.6BJun 27, 2026
Monolithic Power Systems MPWR$3.3B$0.6BJun 30, 2026
Qorvo QRVO$3.7B$0.7BMar 28, 2026
Skyworks Solutions SWKS$4.0B$0.4BJul 3, 2026

Identity

SEC CIK
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