Insider trading activities (stock purchases, sales, and option exercises) reported by insiders of Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (AAOI) since 2015 are shown in Table 1 and Table 2. Table 1 shows the monthly insider trading data of Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.. (See page 1 of this report.) Table 2 shows the detailed insider transactions. This company's CIK number is 1158114.
Total stock buying since 2015: $6,446,953.
Total stock sales since 2015: $129,703,365.
Total stock option exercises since 2015: $7,900,872.
| Insider Buying | Insider Sales | Option Exercises | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Shares | Value | Shares | Value | Shares | Value |
| 2026 | 0 | $0 | 709,864 | $101,041,079 | 0 | $0 |
| 2025 | 77,984 | $1,662,009 | 115,966 | $2,899,074 | 0 | $0 |
| 2024 | 19,800 | $256,191 | 151,741 | $4,540,106 | 1,100 | $15,224 |
| 2023 | 56,766 | $667,852 | 255,317 | $3,526,033 | 130,348 | $1,453,466 |
| 2022 | 44,443 | $97,774 | 106,990 | $233,160 | 0 | $0 |
| 2021 | 0 | $0 | 49,632 | $563,827 | 0 | $0 |
| 2020 | 35,401 | $288,937 | 118,433 | $1,421,806 | 0 | $0 |
| 2019 | 0 | $0 | 13,000 | $146,988 | 222 | $1,332 |
| 2018 | 0 | $0 | 7,500 | $267,697 | 227,800 | $2,249,700 |
| 2017 | 0 | $0 | 191,859 | $12,171,463 | 386,021 | $3,563,288 |
| 2016 | 335,000 | $3,375,190 | 101,267 | $2,368,316 | 62,074 | $388,322 |
| 2015 | 6,000 | $99,000 | 32,537 | $523,816 | 33,027 | $229,540 |
| Trade Date | Insider Name | Trade Type | Shares | Price ($) | Value ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-08-27 | Lin Chih-hsiang (thompson) (President and CEO) | Option Ex | 40,000 | 9.96 | 398,400 |
| 2018-08-14 | Lin Chih-hsiang (thompson) (President and CEO) | Option Ex | 30,000 | 9.96 | 298,800 |
| 2018-06-07 | Murry Stefan J. (Chief Financial Officer) | Sale | 3,000 | 44.25 | 132,759 |
| 2018-06-01 | Murry Stefan J. (Chief Financial Officer) | Option Ex | 4,000 | 7.50 | 30,000 |
| 2018-05-31 | Kuo David C (General Counsel and Secretary) | Sale | 1,500 | 45.84 | 68,760 |
| 2018-05-22 | Lin Chih-hsiang (thompson) (President and CEO) | Option Ex | 70,000 | 9.96 | 697,200 |
| 2018-03-13 | Lin Chih-hsiang (thompson) (President and CEO) | Option Ex | 80,000 | 9.96 | 796,800 |
| 2018-01-11 | Black Richard B | Sale | 1,000 | 35.37 | 35,370 |
| 2017-12-07 | Black Richard B | Sale | 1,000 | 40.43 | 40,430 |
| 2017-12-05 | Lin Chih-hsiang (thompson) (President and CEO) | Option Ex | 40,000 | 9.96 | 398,400 |
| 2017-11-20 | Lin Chih-hsiang (thompson) (President and CEO) | Sale | 2,300 | 45.20 | 103,960 |
| 2017-11-16 | Lin Chih-hsiang (thompson) (President and CEO) | Sale | 1,300 | 45.30 | 58,889 |
| 2017-11-16 | Lin Chih-hsiang (thompson) (President and CEO) | Option Ex | 80,000 | 9.96 | 796,800 |
| 2017-11-09 | Black Richard B | Sale | 1,000 | 43.00 | 43,000 |
| 2017-10-12 | Black Richard B | Sale | 1,000 | 60.62 | 60,620 |
| 2017-09-20 | Lin Chih-hsiang (thompson) (President and CEO) | Option Ex | 30,000 | 9.96 | 298,800 |
| 2017-09-11 | Lin Chewei | Sale | 7,000 | 58.00 | 406,000 |
| 2017-09-07 | Black Richard B | Sale | 1,000 | 58.52 | 58,520 |
| 2017-08-15 | Murry Stefan J. (Chief Financial Officer) | Sale | 3,050 | 70.21 | 214,137 |
| 2017-08-10 | Black Richard B | Sale | 1,000 | 66.10 | 66,100 |
| 2017-08-07 | Kuo David C (General Counsel and Secretary) | Sale | 889 | 70.00 | 62,230 |
| 2017-08-02 | Lin Chih-hsiang (thompson) (President and CEO) | Option Ex | 30,000 | 9.96 | 298,800 |
| 2017-07-31 | Kuo David C (General Counsel and Secretary) | Sale | 578 | 96.47 | 55,759 |
| 2017-07-31 | Kuo David C (General Counsel and Secretary) | Option Ex | 300 | 13.84 | 4,152 |
| 2017-07-28 | Lin Chih-hsiang (thompson) (President and CEO) | Option Ex | 30,000 | 9.96 | 298,800 |
| 2017-07-27 | Murry Stefan J. (Chief Financial Officer) | Option Ex | 3,000 | 7.50 | 22,500 |
| 2017-07-27 | Lin Chih-hsiang (thompson) (President and CEO) | Option Ex | 50,000 | 9.96 | 498,000 |
| 2017-07-24 | Kuo David C (General Counsel and Secretary) | Sale | 1,116 | 94.87 | 105,876 |
| 2017-07-19 | Yeh Shu-hua (joshua) (*** See Remarks) | Sale | 10,000 | 95.01 | 950,130 |
| 2017-07-18 | Yeh Shu-hua (joshua) (*** See Remarks) | Sale | 10,000 | 90.00 | 900,040 |
| 2017-07-17 | Chang Hung-lun (fred) (*** See Remarks) | Option Ex | 4,610 | 11.90 | 54,859 |
| 2017-07-06 | Black Richard B | Sale | 1,000 | 59.70 | 59,700 |
| 2017-06-15 | Chang Hung-lun (fred) (*** See Remarks) | Sale | 10,000 | 60.11 | 601,090 |
| 2017-06-15 | Chang Hung-lun (fred) (*** See Remarks) | Option Ex | 10,000 | 8.73 | 87,300 |
| 2017-06-08 | Black Richard B | Sale | 1,000 | 71.73 | 71,730 |
| 2017-06-02 | Yeh William H | Sale | 10,000 | 74.06 | 740,560 |
| 2017-05-31 | Yeh William H | Sale | 20,000 | 71.16 | 1,423,140 |
| 2017-05-22 | Yeh Shu-hua (joshua) (*** See Remarks) | Sale | 10,000 | 68.06 | 680,610 |
| 2017-05-22 | Kuo David C (General Counsel and Secretary) | Sale | 507 | 70.00 | 35,490 |
| 2017-05-22 | Kuo David C (General Counsel and Secretary) | Option Ex | 507 | 9.96 | 5,049 |
| 2017-05-18 | Lin Chewei | Sale | 7,500 | 64.00 | 480,000 |
| 2017-05-18 | Murry Stefan J. (Chief Financial Officer) | Sale | 3,168 | 63.51 | 201,183 |
| 2017-05-18 | Murry Stefan J. (Chief Financial Officer) | Option Ex | 3,200 | 7.50 | 24,000 |
| 2017-05-17 | Lin Chih-hsiang (thompson) (President and CEO) | Option Ex | 86,333 | 7.50 | 647,497 |
| 2017-05-12 | Yeh Shu-hua (joshua) (*** See Remarks) | Sale | 10,000 | 66.01 | 660,090 |
| 2017-05-11 | Black Richard B | Sale | 1,000 | 64.37 | 64,370 |
| 2017-05-10 | Yeh Shu-hua (joshua) (*** See Remarks) | Sale | 10,000 | 64.05 | 640,470 |
| 2017-05-09 | Chang Hung-lun (fred) (*** See Remarks) | Sale | 10,000 | 59.50 | 595,010 |
| 2017-05-09 | Chang Hung-lun (fred) (*** See Remarks) | Option Ex | 10,000 | 6.75 | 67,500 |
| 2017-05-09 | Kuo David C (General Counsel and Secretary) | Sale | 2,398 | 60.00 | 143,880 |
| 2017-05-09 | Kuo David C (General Counsel and Secretary) | Option Ex | 738 | 10.67 | 7,874 |
| 2017-05-08 | Kuo David C (General Counsel and Secretary) | Sale | 1,389 | 60.00 | 83,340 |
| 2017-04-06 | Black Richard B | Sale | 1,000 | 44.76 | 44,760 |
| 2017-03-13 | Murry Stefan J. (Chief Financial Officer) | Sale | 1,000 | 50.95 | 50,954 |
| 2017-03-13 | Murry Stefan J. (Chief Financial Officer) | Option Ex | 1,000 | 9.96 | 9,960 |
| 2017-03-07 | Yeh Shu-hua (joshua) (*** See Remarks) | Sale | 5,000 | 54.00 | 270,000 |
| 2017-03-07 | Chang Hung-lun (fred) (*** See Remarks) | Sale | 3,000 | 54.50 | 163,500 |
| 2017-03-07 | Chang Hung-lun (fred) (*** See Remarks) | Option Ex | 3,000 | 6.00 | 18,000 |
| 2017-03-03 | Chen Min-chu (mike) | Sale | 5,000 | 52.00 | 260,000 |
| 2017-02-28 | Yeh William H | Sale | 37,664 | 47.15 | 1,775,895 |
| 2017-02-13 | Murry Stefan J. (Chief Financial Officer) | Option Ex | 3,333 | 7.50 | 24,997 |
| 2016-11-17 | Yeh Shu-hua (joshua) (*** See Remarks) | Sale | 30,000 | 25.74 | 772,080 |
| 2016-11-17 | Murry Stefan J. (Chief Financial Officer) | Sale | 11,505 | 25.73 | 296,035 |
| 2016-11-17 | Chang Hung-lun (fred) (*** See Remarks) | Sale | 10,000 | 25.74 | 257,360 |
| 2016-11-17 | Chang Hung-lun (fred) (*** See Remarks) | Option Ex | 7,823 | 6.00 | 46,938 |
| 2016-11-17 | Kuo David C (General Counsel and Secretary) | Sale | 4,352 | 25.74 | 112,003 |
| 2016-11-17 | Lin Chih-hsiang (thompson) (President and CEO) | Sale | 19,737 | 25.74 | 507,951 |
| 2016-11-17 | Lin Chih-hsiang (thompson) (President and CEO) | Option Ex | 8,000 | 6.00 | 48,000 |
| 2016-11-16 | Murry Stefan J. (Chief Financial Officer) | Option Ex | 16,667 | 6.00 | 100,002 |
| 2016-11-14 | Kuo David C (General Counsel and Secretary) | Option Ex | 7,162 | 8.22 | 58,850 |
| 2016-09-13 | Lin Chih-hsiang (thompson) (President and CEO) | Option Ex | 10,000 | 6.00 | 60,000 |
| 2016-09-12 | Murry Stefan J. (Chief Financial Officer) | Sale | 3,660 | 19.05 | 69,723 |
| 2016-08-05 | Murry Stefan J. (Chief Financial Officer) | Sale | 1,058 | 14.27 | 15,096 |
| 2016-08-05 | Chang Hung-lun (fred) (*** See Remarks) | Sale | 756 | 14.27 | 10,787 |
| 2016-08-05 | Kuo David C (General Counsel and Secretary) | Sale | 455 | 14.27 | 6,492 |
| 2016-08-05 | Lin Chih-hsiang (thompson) (President and CEO) | Sale | 4,254 | 14.27 | 60,700 |
| 2016-08-01 | Murry Stefan J. (Chief Financial Officer) | Sale | 267 | 11.75 | 3,137 |
| 2016-08-01 | Chang Hung-lun (fred) (*** See Remarks) | Sale | 192 | 11.75 | 2,256 |
| 2016-08-01 | Kuo David C (General Counsel and Secretary) | Sale | 139 | 11.75 | 1,633 |
| 2016-08-01 | Lin Chih-hsiang (thompson) (President and CEO) | Sale | 1,171 | 11.75 | 13,759 |
| 2016-06-16 | Moore Alan D | Buy | 210,000 | 10.08 | 2,115,960 |
| 2016-05-27 | Chen Min-chu (mike) | Buy | 5,000 | 9.95 | 49,750 |
| 2016-05-27 | Yeh William H | Buy | 10,000 | 10.15 | 101,500 |
| 2016-05-25 | Chen Min-chu (mike) | Buy | 5,000 | 10.00 | 50,000 |
| 2016-05-11 | Murry Stefan J. (Chief Financial Officer) | Option Ex | 1,000 | 6.00 | 6,000 |
| 2016-05-11 | Lin Chih-hsiang (thompson) (President and CEO) | Option Ex | 10,681 | 6.00 | 64,086 |
| 2016-03-17 | Chang Hung-lun (fred) (*** See Remarks) | Sale | 741 | 17.50 | 12,967 |
| 2016-03-17 | Chang Hung-lun (fred) (*** See Remarks) | Option Ex | 741 | 6.00 | 4,446 |
| 2016-03-14 | Chang Hung-lun (fred) (*** See Remarks) | Sale | 2,759 | 17.55 | 48,420 |
| 2016-03-04 | Lin Chih-hsiang (thompson) (President and CEO) | Sale | 5,643 | 18.63 | 105,129 |
| 2016-02-01 | Murry Stefan J. (Chief Financial Officer) | Sale | 635 | 15.90 | 10,096 |
| 2016-02-01 | Anselm Klaus Alexander (VP Semiconductor Products) | Sale | 366 | 15.90 | 5,819 |
| 2016-02-01 | Chang Hung-lun (fred) (*** See Remarks) | Sale | 455 | 15.90 | 7,234 |
| 2016-02-01 | Kuo David C (General Counsel and Secretary) | Sale | 330 | 15.90 | 5,247 |
| 2016-02-01 | Lin Chih-hsiang (thompson) (President and CEO) | Sale | 2,792 | 15.90 | 44,392 |
| 2015-11-16 | Chen Min-chu (mike) | Buy | 6,000 | 16.50 | 99,000 |
| 2015-10-29 | Murry Stefan J. (Chief Financial Officer) | Option Ex | 3,444 | 6.00 | 20,664 |
| 2015-10-28 | Lin Chih-hsiang (thompson) (President and CEO) | Option Ex | 7,833 | 6.00 | 46,998 |
| 2015-08-10 | Chen Min-chu (mike) | Sale | 1,000 | 22.01 | 22,010 |
| 2015-06-16 | Li Chung-yao (ford) | Sale | 12,750 | 18.78 | 239,457 |
| 2015-04-17 | Yeh Shu-hua (joshua) (*** See Remarks) | Sale | 3,000 | 15.03 | 45,075 |
| 2015-04-17 | Chang Hung-lun (fred) (*** See Remarks) | Sale | 4,000 | 15.19 | 60,744 |
| 2015-04-17 | Chang Hung-lun (fred) (*** See Remarks) | Option Ex | 4,000 | 6.00 | 24,000 |
| 2015-04-17 | Li Chung-yao (ford) | Option Ex | 1,000 | 13.84 | 13,840 |
| 2015-04-16 | Li Chung-yao (ford) | Option Ex | 11,750 | 7.37 | 86,538 |
| 2015-04-06 | Yeh Shu-hua (joshua) (*** See Remarks) | Sale | 7,000 | 13.39 | 93,730 |
| 2015-04-06 | Murry Stefan J. (Chief Financial Officer) | Sale | 4,787 | 13.12 | 62,800 |
| 2015-02-25 | Lin Chih-hsiang (thompson) (President and CEO) | Option Ex | 5,000 | 7.50 | 37,500 |
Insider trading activities including stock purchases, stock sales, and option exercises of AAOI listed in the above tables cannot be completely guaranteed as to their accuracy. For more insider trading information of Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (symbol AAOI, CIK number 1158114) see the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) website.