AAOI News & Events

Applied Optoelectronics announced plans to expand its Houston-area footprint through the addition of two adjacent buildings in Pearland, Texas, adding approximately 388,000 square feet of manufacturing capacity. The expansion builds on AOI's existing U.S. operations, which include a 210,000-square-foot manufacturing facility currently under development near its Sugar Land headquarters, where the company operates 135,000 square feet of capacity, as well as a recently leased 154,000-square-foot building at Blue Ridge Commerce Center.

Moderately bullish activity in Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI), with shares up $17.05, or 12.79%, near $150.35. Options volume more than double the daily average with 82k contracts traded and calls leading puts for a put/call ratio of 0.91, compared to a typical level near 0.59. Implied volatility (IV30) is higher by 4.8 points near 163.95, in the highest 10% of observations over the past year, suggesting an expected daily move of $15.53. Put-call skew flattened, suggesting a modestly bullish tone.

Applied Optoelectronics is up 12.6%, or $16.75 to $150.06.

Applied Optoelectronics announced it has received a new $71M order for 800G single-mode data center transceivers from one of its hyperscale customers. This marks $124M in orders from this customer since mid-March, which will more than double the existing backlog from this customer.