Analysts await Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI) to report earnings on May, 09 for the fiscal quarter ending Mar 2016.

They expect $-0.08 EPS, down 87.5% or $0.07 from last year’s $-0.01 per share.

At the moment 6 analysts are watching Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI), 1 rate it “Buy”, 4 “Outperform”, 1 “Underperform”, 0 “Sell”, while 0 “Hold”.

Looking forward, for the quarter ending Jun-16, 6 analysts have a mean sales target of 55.72 million. For the quarter ending Sep-16, 6 analysts have a mean sales target of 62.27 million whilst for the year ending Dec-16, 6 analysts have a mean target of 236.55 million.

In terms of earnings per share, 6 analysts have a 0.22 EPS mean target for the quarter ending Jun-16, for the quarter ending Sep-16, 6 analysts have a 0.35 EPS mean target and for the quarter ending Sep-16 there are 6 estimates of 1.02 EPS.

The biggest institutional shareholders in Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. include Wellington Management Company LLP which owns 2 million shares in the company valued at $26.24 million. Ardsley Advisory Partners is the second biggest holder with 1 million shares currently valued at 18.96 million whilst Whale Rock Capital Management LLC has 1 million shares valued at 17.21 million.

Total shares held by institutions as of the most recent company filings are 12,841,273 with a reported 1,997,688 bought and 964,833 sold. These holdings make up 75.39% of the company’s outstanding shares.

Currently insiders hold 765,424 shares in the business which makes up 4.49% of shares. The biggest holder currently is Dr. Chih-Hsiang Thompson Lin who owns 207,617 shares (1.22% of those outstanding), whilst Mr. Alan Moore holds 110,531 (0.65% of shares outstanding) and Mr. William H. Yeh holds 101,820 (0.60% of shares outstanding).

The stock decreased 0.38% or $0.04 during the last trading session, hitting $15.80. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI) has fallen 6.08% over the past 6 months and is downtrending.