“Financing Activities Net cash provided by financing activities was $980.3 million during the six months ended June 30, 2026 compared with $196.0 million in the six months ended June 30, 2025, an increase of 400.2%, primarily attributable to the net proceeds o…”10-Q · Aug 6, 2026 ↗
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.
AAOI
Market read
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 15 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 7 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 86.4% versus the comparable filing period.
- The operating loss widened by 8.8M.
- AAOI's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if AAOI's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 15 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 7 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 86.4% versus the comparable filing period.
- The operating loss widened by 8.8M.
- Operating cash flow remained negative at -73.8M.
- Gross margin fell 2.5 percentage points.
- AAOI's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Latest annual revenue changed +82.8% year over year.
- Operating margin changed +16.5 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Net margin changed +66.5 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Data center and AI demand has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
- Demand and volume has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
- Diluted shares increased 44.9% in the latest annual period.
- EV/sales is 182% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 11, 2026
105.42Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“The increase in capital expenditures was primarily attributable to facility expansion and equipment purchases to support increased production capacity for the Company’s internet data center and broadband product lines, including investments related to Quantum…”10-Q · Aug 6, 2026 ↗
“Management expects that 2026 CapEx will continue to be elevated above past year levels, driven by the need to expand production capacity to meet customer demand.”10-Q · Aug 6, 2026 ↗
“Transaction gains and losses resulting from re-measuring monetary asset and liability accounts that are denominated in a currency other than a subsidiary’s functional currency are included in net foreign exchange gain and loss and are included in net income e…”10-K · Feb 26, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 13.9× · EV/sales 13.5×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for AAOI. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Latest filing assessment
The latest filing shows material pressure
10-Q filed 2026-08-06 against the comparable filing from 2025-08-07.
Capital and cash conversion
Inventory built faster than revenue
Inventory growth exceeded revenue growth and inventory intensity increased.
- Stock compensation / revenue
- +2.5%
- Inventory intensity change
- +10.4 pts
Capex, revenue, and operating cash flow are matched to the same reported duration. Reported accounting context, not a forecast or trading recommendation.
What improved
- Revenue increased 86.4% versus the comparable filing period.
What weakened
- The operating loss widened by 8.8M.
- Operating cash flow remained negative at -73.8M.
- Gross margin fell 2.5 percentage points.
Filing receipts
“The increase was primarily attributable to higher average cash and savings balances, as well as higher interest income earned on those balances during the period. Interest expense increased by $0.1 million, or 13.3%, for the three months ended June 30, 2026 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2025.”
“In addition, the 2030 Notes will be redeemable, in whole or in part, at the Company’s option at any time, and from time to time, on or before the 40th scheduled trading day immediately before the maturity date, at a cash redemption price equal to the principal amount of the 2030 Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date (subject to the right of a holder of 2030 Notes as of the close of business on a record date to receive the related interest payment on the corresponding interest payment date), if the “Specified Divestiture” (as defined in the Indenture) is completed.”
“Investing Activities Net cash used in investing activities was $633.7 million during the six months ended June 30, 2026 compared with $75.2 million in the six months ended June 30, 2025, an increase of 742.8%, primarily driven by capital expenditures of $335.1 million, which included $169.0 million capital expenditures in the US, $62.8 million in Taiwan, and $103.3 million in China.”
Historical filing backfill generated after the original filing window. It is not part of Jodie's live track record.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind AAOI
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
MSFTMicrosoft CorporationcustomerFeb 26, 2026 ▾
“In 2025 , our key customer in the internet data center market was Microsoft .”
MSFTMicrosoft CorporationpartnerNov 6, 2025 ▾
“We entered into a supply agreement with Microsoft to design certain data center goods and to build a supply chain to manufacture, assemble, sell and ship the goods to them or an authorized purchasing entity.”
CMCSAComcast CorporationcompetitorFeb 26, 2026 ▾
“MSOs like Comcast and Charter have announced plans to spend billions of dollars over the next few years to upgrade to DOCSIS 4.0 network equipment.”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
AAOI is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group Optical Photonics. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.