Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (AAOI) — Available-Data Snapshot

We don't publish a discounted-cash-flow fair value for Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (AAOI) because the free data sources we rely on don't expose the multi-year financials a DCF needs — common for small or thinly-covered listings. Rather than invent numbers, this page shows an honest snapshot of what the public data does support: the current price and size, any relative valuation multiples that exist, a book-value view, and a price-based read. Treat it as a descriptive starting point, not a valuation and not investment advice.

On the numbers we do have, AAOI trades at a recent price of $103.13, a market capitalisation of about $8,756,384,768, sitting 39% of the way up its 52-week range ($18.50–$233.67), on the NasdaqGM.

The standard alternative to a DCF is relative valuation — comparing AAOI's trading multiples against a sector benchmark. Here that gives Fwd P/E of 22.4× (richer than the peer median of 18.8×); P/B of 5.2× (cheaper than the peer median of 19.9×); P/S of 14.7× (richer than the peer median of 11.1×); EV/EBITDA of -265.4× (cheaper than the peer median of 26.8×). A cheaper multiple than peers can flag a discount or a market that expects weaker growth; it is a comparison, not a recommendation.

The asset, or book-value, lens is the classic tool for asset-heavy businesses and financials. AAOI shows a price-to-book (P/B) of 5.22 and book value of $19.77 per share. Price-to-book compares the market price to the accounting net-asset value per share; below 1.0 can mean a discount to net assets or that the market is pricing in trouble — descriptive either way, never a buy signal on its own.

Finally, a price-based read — explicitly not a valuation. AAOI is in a mixed trend, trading -55.9% from its 52-week high. Over the past year the stock is +343.4%. Moving-average trend and 52-week position describe where the stock has traded; they say nothing about what it is worth.

What's missing and why: we can't build a DCF for AAOI because the data source doesn't reliably provide dividend. We would rather say so plainly than manufacture a precise-looking number from nothing. As coverage improves, or for larger and more widely-followed listings, a full intrinsic-value model becomes possible.