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Applied Optoelectronics stock sentiment
A small-cap optical-networking name that runs hot on AI-datacenter demand chatter.
How Quantral scores AAOI sentiment
Quantral reads the public conversation about Applied Optoelectronics across finance X, Reddit, Substack, and finance shows on YouTube, then distills it into a single signal score from 0 to 100. It is not a vote count: a hundred low-quality posts can matter less than a handful from voices with a real track record.
The score weighs how much AAOI is being discussed against how strong and credible that discussion is. The sentiment behind it is broken out across positive, negative, and noise, and the people driving it are weighted by their own record, so the loudest take is not automatically the one that moves the number.
The live AAOI score, its sentiment split, and the most recent mentions update continuously in the app. The monthly counts on this page are a dated snapshot of what Quantral tracked, not the live feed.
@FinnStockinger· Aug 71,300% Growth in AI Data Center Revenue in Just 12 Months? That’s $AAOI Plan! Now (Q2 2026): $36M per month in Data Center revenue Target (Mid-2027): $471M per month from Data Center alone! Show me the bigger upside potential
@AtlasShrug1· Aug 11On $AAOI forgot to add that I am very concerned they will need to raise more equity near-term, and we saw what happened to $CLS 😬.
Public posts about Applied Optoelectronics across the sources Quantral reads, since May 2026.
As of 2 November 2026, see the latest feed in the app.
Bullish and bearish views on AAOI
Monthly recaps of the Applied Optoelectronics chatter we track. In October 2026, 73% of tracked AAOI posts were bullish, 20% bearish.
Applied Optoelectronics posted Q1 revenue of $151M, missing estimates on May 7, which caused a sharp sell-off, but the stock rebounded over 20% the following week as the broader photonics sector surged. Posters on X and Reddit framed the dip as a buying chance, pointing to faster-than-expected CPO buildouts and founder-led management.
A June rally for the 28-year-old photonics firm started with X user CKCapitalxx running a 'full port challenge,' while others on X called it the best name in the sector after a dip. A CPO delay rumor caused a brief scare mid-month, but posters like PhotonBull argued it actually made the stock more attractive for buyers, keeping most chatter positive on X and occasionally contested on r/wallstreetbets.
AAOI broke ground on a 400,000 sq ft manufacturing expansion in Pearland, Texas to scale 800G and 1.6T transceivers, sparking excitement across X and Reddit. Posters touted a strong next-quarter guide of ~$189M and pointed to NVIDIA’s co-packaged optics switch entering volume production as a catalyst.
AAOI reported earnings on Aug 6 with a brief misinformation scare on X, then highlighted itself as the largest domestic optical transceiver maker ahead of a potential Chinese ban. Later in the month, the company filed for a $600M stock offering, which posters on X immediately slammed as another painful capital raise, though some saw it as a buying opportunity.
Supply-chain checks suggested 180-200M 800G and 1.6T transceiver demand for 2027, sending AAOI up 8.9% in one day. On X, traders called it a 'crazy entry' and eyed $200, while a new non-AI announcement surfaced at month-end. A few contrasted it with Goldman's reduced estimates, but the optical AI supercycle narrative dominated.
So far this month, Applied Optoelectronics finished its $600M at-the-market offering, raising $588M and ending dilution fears. Its Taiwan plant getting Bloom Energy fuel cells excited bulls, but a BlackRock stake cut and pullback warnings on Reddit tempered the mood.
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| Insider | Title | Trade | 10b5-1 plan | Filed | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stefan J. Murry | Chief Financial Officer | Sold | · 10b5-1 planYes | · Oct 14, 2026 | $411,480 | |
| Shu-Hua (Joshua) Yeh | *** See Remarks | Sold | · 10b5-1 planYes | · Oct 7, 2026 | $720,180 | |
| Stefan J. Murry | Chief Financial Officer | Sold | · 10b5-1 planYes | · Sep 10, 2026 | $421,320 | |
| Hung-Lun (Fred) Chang | *** See Remarks | Sold | · Sep 10, 2026 | $3.5M | ||
| Shu-Hua (Joshua) Yeh | *** See Remarks | Sold | · 10b5-1 planYes | · Aug 20, 2026 | $886,380 |
About Applied Optoelectronics
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. designs and manufactures optical semiconductors and related devices for the communication equipment industry. Its products are used in broadband fiber access networks, data centers, and cable television systems.
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The voices behind the AAOI conversation
The tracked accounts posting about Applied Optoelectronics most since May 2026. Each one carries a public track record in the app, graded on how its past calls played out.
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The app has the live answer: a 0 to 100 AAOI score that updates as new posts come in, built from recent volume, the sentiment behind it, and the credibility of who is posting. In October 2026, 73% of the AAOI posts from the accounts we track were bullish and 20% bearish. The numbers on this page are dated snapshots.
Quantral does not publish price targets or forecasts. A high score means the AAOI conversation is loud and credible right now, nothing more. Quantral does grade the people who post AAOI price targets and predictions: every tracked voice carries a public record of how its past calls played out.
Between May 2026 and October 2026, $AAOI drew 1,384 tracked mentions across the curated finance voices Quantral reads on X, Reddit, and Substack. That total counts only the sources Quantral follows, not the whole internet.
Three inputs: how much Applied Optoelectronics is being discussed, the sentiment of that discussion, and the track record of the accounts driving it. The sharpest swings come when the tracked voices have something to argue over: an earnings date, a product announcement, a sudden price move.
Quantral reads a curated set of finance voices on X, Reddit, and Substack, plus finance shows on YouTube. It scores every AAOI mention from those sources for sentiment and grades each account or show speaker on how its past calls worked out, so a proven record counts for more than a loud one.
This page holds the dated trail: monthly recaps of the Applied Optoelectronics conversation and the tracked voices posting about it most. The live AAOI feed is in the app, where Quantral scores each new mention as it lands.
In the last 12 months AAOI insiders filed 53 open-market sales worth $125.6 million and no purchases. 53% of those sales were pre-planned 10b5-1 sales. These are Form 4 filings with the SEC, open-market trades only: option exercises, grants and gifts are left out.
A 10b5-1 plan is a trading plan an insider sets up in advance, while not holding material nonpublic information, that schedules future trades by date, price or formula. Trades then run on the plan, so a planned sale says less about the insider's current view than a discretionary one. In the last 12 months, 53% of AAOI insider sales were made under one.
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