Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (AAOI): Price and Financial Metrics

AAOI POWR Grades

• Growth is the dimension where AAOI ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 77.6% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for AAOI is in Growth, which has been heading up over the past 179 days.
• AAOI ranks lowest in Stability; there it ranks in the 14th percentile.

AAOI Stock Summary

• AAOI has a higher market value than only 14.13% of US stocks; more precisely, its current market capitalization is $91,877,388.
• With a price/sales ratio of 0.43, Applied Optoelectronics Inc has a higher such ratio than merely 9.52% of stocks in our set.
• Revenue growth over the past 12 months for Applied Optoelectronics Inc comes in at -9.83%, a number that bests only 10.87% of the US stocks we're tracking.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to Applied Optoelectronics Inc, a group of peers worth examining would be GTHX, FORM, IVAC, KOPN, and MRAM.
• AAOI's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Applied Optoelectronics Inc's official web site, go to www.ao-inc.com.

AAOI Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Technology stock, AAOI's EV/EBIT ratio is 124.81% lower, now standing at -8.
• AAOI's EV/EBIT ratio has moved up 408.3 over the prior 97 months.
• AAOI's price/earnings ratio has moved up 73.9 over the prior 97 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for AAOI.

AAOI Growth Metrics

Its 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 23.71%.
• Its 4 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 23.71%.
• Its 4 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at -233.97%.

Over the past 34 months, AAOI's revenue has gone down $43,380,000.

The table below shows AAOI's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-12-31	211.565	-11.644	-54.162
2021-09-30	209.482	-25.487	-53.061
2021-06-30	232.823	-35.122	-46.88
2021-03-31	243.856	-50.977	-57.277
2020-12-31	234.623	-44.009	-58.452
2020-09-30	230.955	-33.07	-80.442

AAOI's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• AAOI has a Quality Grade of D, ranking ahead of 10.82% of graded US stocks.
• AAOI's asset turnover comes in at 0.483 -- ranking 149th of 208 Electronic Equipment stocks.
• VIAV, UCTT, and IIN are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with AAOI.

The table below shows AAOI's key quality metrics over time.