AAOI Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.

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$105.36

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (AAOI) Insider Activity

What the officers, directors and large holders did with their own shares. Only open-market purchases and sales count toward the totals — grants, option exercises and shares withheld for tax are compensation mechanics, not decisions, and they're listed separately below.

Insider signal Bearish Selling ran elevated versus AAOI's own trailing one-year pace, with 13% of sale value under a prearranged plan.
Cluster activity 0 buyers in the last 30 days 0 buyers in the last 90 days 3 sellers in the last 90 days
Insiders buying
0
0 transactions
Insiders selling
7
29 transactions
Purchases
$0
0 shares
Sales
$100.6M
625,787 shares
Net activity
-$100.6M
purchases less sales

How much of that selling was preplanned? 13% planned / 87% discretionary

10b5-1 plan sales $12.9M 11 transactions · 82,329 shares
Discretionary sales $87.7M 18 transactions · 543,458 shares

Largest single sale: $10.7M.

Where they traded

Buy Sell Dot area is proportional to transaction value.

No open-market insider purchase on record.

Recent open-market activity

Date Insider Role Action Shares Price Value Held after
Murry Stefan J. Chief Financial Officer Sell 10b5-1 4,000 $105.33 $421.3K 367,168 −1.1% of holding
Chang Hung-Lun (Fred) *** See Remarks Sell 32,172 $110.21 $3.5M 249,276 −11.4% of holding
Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua) *** See Remarks Sell 10b5-1 6,000 $147.73 $886.4K 377,498 −1.6% of holding
Murry Stefan J. Chief Financial Officer Sell 10b5-1 4,000 $144.79 $579.2K 371,168 −1.1% of holding
Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua) *** See Remarks Sell 10b5-1 4,715 $126.50 $596.4K 383,498 −1.2% of holding
Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua) *** See Remarks Sell 10b5-1 1,285 $120.02 $154.2K 392,922 −0.3% of holding
Murry Stefan J. Chief Financial Officer Sell 10b5-1 4,000 $122.09 $488.4K 380,576 −1% of holding
Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua) *** See Remarks Sell 10b5-1 6,000 $171.89 $1.0M 394,207 −1.5% of holding
Chang Hung-Lun (Fred) *** See Remarks Sell 10b5-1 40,329 $170.60 $6.9M 286,124 −12.4% of holding
Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) President and CEO Sell 59,000 $166.53 $9.8M 1,302,436 −4.3% of holding
Chang Hung-Lun (Fred) *** See Remarks Sell 34,000 $166.53 $5.7M 326,453 −9.4% of holding
Murry Stefan J. Chief Financial Officer Sell 33,000 $166.53 $5.5M 384,576 −7.9% of holding
Kuo David C *** See Remarks Sell 29,227 $166.53 $4.9M 149,078 −16.4% of holding
Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua) *** See Remarks Sell 28,826 $166.53 $4.8M 400,207 −6.7% of holding
Murry Stefan J. Chief Financial Officer Sell 10b5-1 4,000 $171.45 $685.8K 447,906 −0.9% of holding
Chang Hung-Lun (Fred) *** See Remarks Sell 4,000 $200.07 $800.3K 387,750 −1% of holding
Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua) 2 fills *** See Remarks Sell 10,000 $205.07 $2.1M 457,430 −2.1% of holding
Chen Min-Chu (Mike) Director Sell 8,247 $201.00 $1.7M 161,053 −4.9% of holding
DeLaney Cynthia Director Sell 56,575 $189.23 $10.7M 59,647 −48.7% of holding
Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) President and CEO Sell 58,000 $173.26 $10.0M 2,255,693 −2.5% of holding
Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua) *** See Remarks Sell 39,154 $173.26 $6.8M 462,430 −7.8% of holding
Chang Hung-Lun (Fred) *** See Remarks Sell 33,630 $173.26 $5.8M 391,750 −7.9% of holding
Murry Stefan J. Chief Financial Officer Sell 33,000 $173.26 $5.7M 451,906 −6.8% of holding
Kuo David C *** See Remarks Sell 19,227 $173.26 $3.3M 197,370 −8.9% of holding
Murry Stefan J. Chief Financial Officer Sell 10b5-1 4,000 $159.53 $638.1K 266,126 −1.5% of holding
Murry Stefan J. Chief Financial Officer Sell 10b5-1 4,000 $136.50 $546.0K 276,070 −1.4% of holding
Kuo David C *** See Remarks Sell 29,000 $100.13 $2.9M 82,663 −26% of holding
Chang Hung-Lun (Fred) *** See Remarks Sell 36,400 $100.25 $3.6M 233,618 −13.5% of holding

Form 4s are due within two business days of a transaction, so this is close to real time — unlike the quarterly 13F data on the Institutional tab. A single large sale often reflects a prearranged 10b5-1 plan rather than a fresh view, so read a pattern of sales rather than any one of them.