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David C Kuo sold $45k of AAOI

*** See Remarks at APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.. 2,000 shares at an average of $22.34, traded Aug 15, 2025, filed Aug 15, 2025.

Warning score
36
Value
$45k
2,000 shares
Holdings after
147,371
-1% from before
From 52-week low
+123%
low $10.05, close $22.36
From 52-week high
-49%
high $44.03, as of Aug 15, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    Officer
    +15
  • Trade size
    $45k at market
    +6
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 1.3% of holdings
    0
  • Cluster
    3 insiders selling within 14 days
    +15

What happened after comparable sells

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

This signal so far: 1m +21.0%, 3m -4.0%, 6m +98.8%.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

AAOIOct 9, 2026 · close 109.64
Since filing Aug 15, 2025: +390.2%SPY +22.6% · excess +367.7%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001683168-25-006246, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Aug 15, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stock, $.001 par value
-2,000$22.34$45k147,371Aug 15, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
16Weak
AAOIsell10b5-1
APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
Shu-Hua (Joshua) Yeh
*** See Remarks
$720k
6,000 shares
-2%
26Weak
AAOIsell 210b5-1
APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
Stefan J. Murry
Chief Financial Officer
$421k
4,000 shares
-1%
53Moderate
AAOIsell 2
APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
Hung-Lun (Fred) Chang
*** See Remarks
$3.5M
32,172 shares
-11%
26Weak
AAOIsell 210b5-1
APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
Shu-Hua (Joshua) Yeh
*** See Remarks
$886k
6,000 shares
-2%
29Weak
AAOIsell 210b5-1
APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
Stefan J. Murry
Chief Financial Officer
$579k
4,000 shares
-1%
22Weak
AAOIsell 210b5-1
APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
Shu-Hua (Joshua) Yeh
*** See Remarks
$596k
4,715 shares
-1%
14Weak
AAOIsell 210b5-1
APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
Shu-Hua (Joshua) Yeh
*** See Remarks
$154k
1,285 shares
-0%
28Weak
AAOIsell 210b5-1
APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
Stefan J. Murry
Chief Financial Officer
$488k
4,000 shares
-1%
35Weak
AAOIsell 510b5-1
APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
Shu-Hua (Joshua) Yeh
*** See Remarks
$1.0M
6,000 shares
-1%
40Moderate
AAOIsell 510b5-1
APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
Hung-Lun (Fred) Chang
*** See Remarks
$6.9M
40,329 shares
-12%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

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