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Cynthia DeLaney sold $2.1M of AAOI

director at APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.. 21,000 shares at an average of $98.02, traded Mar 4, 2026, filed Mar 5, 2026.

Warning score
60
Value
$2.1M
21,000 shares
Holdings after
116,222
-15% from before
From 52-week low
+892%
low $10.05, close $99.71
From 52-week high
-3%
high $102.51, as of Mar 4, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $2.1M at market
    +25
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 15% of holdings
    +5
  • Cluster
    8 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 +2.7%, 3m +100.6%, 6m -0.8%.

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 Mar 5, 2026: +8.4%SPY +15.1% · excess -6.7%

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 0001683168-26-001539, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Mar 4, 2026SOpen-market sale
Common Stock, $.001 par value
-21,000$98.02$2.1M116,222Mar 5, 2026

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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