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.

30D 90D 6M 1Y
Insider signal In line Selling ran in line with AAOI's own trailing one-year pace, with 17% 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
10
51 transactions
Purchases
$0
0 shares
Sales
$124.5M
913,321 shares
Net activity
-$124.5M
purchases less sales

How much of that selling was preplanned? 17% planned / 83% discretionary

10b5-1 plan sales $21.7M 26 transactions · 212,829 shares
Discretionary sales $102.8M 25 transactions · 700,492 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
Murry Stefan J. Chief Financial Officer Sell 10b5-1 4,000 $112.76 $451.0K 280,070 −1.4% of holding
Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua) *** See Remarks Sell 10b5-1 50,000 $97.10 $4.9M 322,051 −13.4% of holding
Yeh William H Director Sell 15,000 $105.76 $1.6M 238,819 −5.9% of holding
Chen Min-Chu (Mike) Director Sell 8,835 $108.72 $960.5K 169,300 −5% of holding
Chen Min-Chu (Mike) Director Sell 2,500 $97.00 $242.5K 20,000 −11.1% of holding
BLACK RICHARD B Director Sell 3,231 $95.00 $306.9K 164,363 −1.9% of holding
DeLaney Cynthia Director Sell 21,000 $98.02 $2.1M 116,222 −15.3% of holding
Loboa Elizabeth G Director Sell 102,347 $95.76 $9.8M 20,523 −83.3% of holding
Murry Stefan J. Chief Financial Officer Sell 10b5-1 5,980 $50.15 $299.9K 284,070 −2.1% of holding
Kuo David C *** See Remarks Sell 10b5-1 17,467 $50.17 $876.3K 111,663 −13.5% of holding
Murry Stefan J. Chief Financial Officer Sell 10b5-1 11,693 $50.25 $587.6K 290,050 −3.9% of holding
Murry Stefan J. 2 fills Chief Financial Officer Sell 10b5-1 6,327 $49.17 $311.1K 304,070 −2% of holding
Kuo David C *** See Remarks Sell 10b5-1 2,533 $50.00 $126.7K 129,130 −1.9% of holding
Kuo David C *** See Remarks Sell 10b5-1 12,000 $45.05 $540.7K 114,636 −9.5% of holding
Murry Stefan J. Chief Financial Officer Sell 10b5-1 66 $35.01 $2.3K 282,971 −0% of holding
Murry Stefan J. Chief Financial Officer Sell 10b5-1 934 $35.00 $32.7K 283,037 −0.3% of holding
Murry Stefan J. Chief Financial Officer Sell 10b5-1 3,000 $33.75 $101.2K 283,971 −1% of holding
Kuo David C *** See Remarks Sell 10b5-1 12,500 $40.15 $501.9K 130,948 −8.7% of holding
Loboa Elizabeth G Director Sell 4,121 $30.23 $124.6K 122,870 −3.2% of holding
Murry Stefan J. 2 fills Chief Financial Officer Sell 10b5-1 4,000 $31.55 $126.2K 288,971 −1.4% 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.