Bowling Portfolio Management LLC Acquires 23286 Shares of Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AAOI)

Needham & Company LLC reduced their price objective on shares of Applied Optoelectronics from $75.00 to $50.00 and set a "strong-buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, November 8th. Brinker Capital holds 0.03% or 10,083 shares in its portfolio. Trafelet Brokaw Capital Management Lp who had been investing in Applied Optoelectronics Inc for a number of months, seems to be bullish on the $660.35M market cap company. The stock decreased 2.48% or $0.87 during the last trading session, reaching $34.22. About 1.01M shares traded. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI) has risen 622.05% since January 24, 2017 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 605.35% the S&P500. LAWS's profit would be $1.42 million giving it 38.67 P/E if the $0.16 EPS is correct. Finally, PNC Financial Services Group Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Applied Optoelectronics in the 2nd quarter valued at about $149,000. The stock decreased 0.30% or $0.18 during the last trading session, reaching $59.21. About 1.29 million shares traded or 20.71% up from the average. It has underperformed by 12.09% the S&P500.

Since August 1, 2017, it had 0 insider purchases, and 2 insider sales for $137,357 activity. The shares were sold at an average price of $35.37, for a total transaction of $35,370.00.

Investors sentiment increased to 1.67 in 2017 Q3. Its up 0.34, from 0.9 in 2017Q2. It worsened, as 45 investors sold AAOI shares while 48 reduced holdings. 34 funds opened positions while 58 raised stakes. Fmr Ltd Liability stated it has 796,138 shares or 0.01% of all its holdings. Marble Arch Limited Partnership owns 175,800 shares for 0.75% of their portfolio. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 34,478 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,219,486.86. Spc Fincl has invested 0.05% of its portfolio in Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. Retail Bank Of America Corp De holds 0% or 300 shares in its portfolio. (NASDAQ:LAWS). 76,476 were reported by Northern Trust. Craig Hallum maintained Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. Profund owns 9,292 shares. 221,560 were accumulated by Bnp Paribas Asset Mgmt Holdings. Gabelli Funds Lc has invested 0.01% in The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS). Cowen & Co maintained Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. Therefore 83% are positive. (NASDAQ:AAOI) on Friday, August 4 with "Buy" rating. The firm has "Buy" rating by Stifel Nicolaus given on Thursday, November 5. Barclays Capital has "Equal-Weight" rating and $43 target. The firm earned "Buy" rating on Friday, October 13 by Raymond James. (NYSE:FTK) on Monday, July 27 to "Perform" rating. Oppenheimer upgraded Flotek Industries, Inc. The company has market cap of $219.98 million. The company's products include fastening systems, specialty chemicals, fluid power products, cutting tools and abrasives, electrical products, aftermarket automotive supplies, safety products, welding and metal fix products, and other products. It has a 46.26 P/E ratio. It serves clients in the automotive fix, commercial vehicle maintenance, government, manufacturing, food processing, distribution, construction, gas and oil, mining, wholesale, service, and other industries.

Investors sentiment increased to 1.24 in 2017 Q3. Its down 1.02, from 2.21 in 2017Q2. (NASDAQ:AAOI) or 7,000 shares. Swiss Savings Bank, Switzerland-based fund reported 30,200 shares. New York-based King Wealth Mgmt Gru Ltd Company has invested 0.19% in Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI). Chicago Equity Lc accumulated 48,660 shares. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.38 EPS. analysts expect that Applied Optoelectronics will post 4.21 EPS for the current year. Suntrust Banks holds 5,719 shares or 0% of its portfolio. Geode Capital Limited Liability Com holds 614,851 shares. Lin Chewei also sold $406,000 worth of Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI). Sg Americas Ltd Liability Company has invested 0.07% in Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI) or 184 shares.

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Applied Optoelectronics, Inc is a vertically integrated provider of fiber-optic networking products, primarily for networking end markets, such as Internet data center, cable television (CATV), fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) and telecommunications (telecom). Applied Optoelectronics had a return on equity of 32.35% and a net margin of 21.29%. Cipher Capital Lp who had been investing in Rexnord Corp New for a number of months, seems to be less bullish one the $2.93B market cap company.

S&T Bank, which manages about $560.29M US Long portfolio, decreased its stake in Amtrust Financial Services (NASDAQ:AFSI) by 35,251 shares to 419,308 shares, valued at $5.64M in 2017Q3, according to the filing. Recently, investment analysts covering the stock have updated the mean rating to 2.44. Therefore 63% are positive. California State Teachers Retirement System owned about 0.15% of Applied Optoelectronics worth $1,902,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. The rating was maintained by Needham on Monday, July 24 with "Buy". The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) has declined 7.87% since January 25, 2017 and is downtrending. On Friday, July 14 the stock rating was maintained by Roth Capital with "Buy". Craig Hallum maintained the stock with "Buy" rating in Tuesday, October 3 report.

ILLEGAL ACTIVITY WARNING: "Somewhat Favorable Media Coverage Somewhat Unlikely to Affect Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) Stock Price" was posted by Dispatch Tribunal and is the property of of Dispatch Tribunal. (NASDAQ:AAOI) for 15,574 shares. The firm has "Buy" rating by Cowen & Co given on Thursday, July 13. On Thursday, August 3 the stock rating was maintained by Piper Jaffray with "Buy". The stock of The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) has "Hold" rating given on Wednesday, August 2 by Stifel Nicolaus.

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