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APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.

AAOI Net selling
CIK 0001158114 #894 in the set updated 17 Sep 2026
Bought (120 mo)
$4.62M
out of their own pocket, the only kind of buying there is
Sold (120 mo)
$154.14M
$22.87M on a plan · $2.67M straight out of an exercise
Sold at will
$128.60M
150 of 197 sales
Net
−$149.52M
−$123.98M against sales at will

By person

14 insiders · 265 transactions
267×

Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) Lin holds 267 times base salary in stock. $221.58M of shares against $828.66K in salary for 2025.

Salary from the company's own proxy. The shares are what Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) Lin last reported holding, valued at $105.33, the price Common Stock, $.001 par value was last bought or sold at on the open market here, on 10 Sep 2026.

Insider
Role
Bought
Sold
Net
Holding
Worth
Change
Chang Hung-Lun (Fred)
*** See Remarks
$30.78M (25)
−$30.78M
249,276
$26.26M
Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua)
*** See Remarks
$27.59M (23)
−$27.59M
377,498
$39.76M
+754.5%
Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson)
President and CEO
$1.90M (15)
$22.19M (15)
−$20.29M
2,103,649
$221.58M
Murry Stefan J.
Chief Financial Officer
$20.18M (57)
−$20.18M
367,168
$38.67M
Kuo David C
*** See Remarks
$15.77M (39)
−$15.77M
145,814
$15.36M
DeLaney Cynthia
Director
$12.76M (2)
−$12.76M
60,813
$6.41M
Loboa Elizabeth G
Director
$10.82M (4)
−$10.82M
20,523
$2.16M
Yeh William H
Director
$854.09K (7)
$6.11M (7)
−$5.25M
239,985
$25.28M
+102.0%
Chen Min-Chu (Mike)
Director
$171.83K (1)
$3.51M (5)
−$3.34M
182,219
$19.19M
+343.6%
BLACK RICHARD B
Director
$2.07M (15)
−$2.07M
371,370
$39.12M
+45.1%
Lin Che-Wei
Director
$696.75K (3)
$2.35M (5)
−$1.65M
254,672
$26.82M
+204.2%
MOORE ALAN D
Director
$999.05K (1)
+$999.05K
261,519
$27.55M
+17.5%
Ignatiev Alex
Director
52,549
$5.53M
+129.3%
Flanagan Robert James
Director
1,166
$122.81K

No percentages here. These insiders hold more than one class of share between them, and the share count on file covers one of them rather than all. Dividing the two would compare different things.

Insider
Date
Role
Action
Shares
Price
Amount
Chang Hung-Lun (Fred)
5 Jan 2024
*** See Remarks
Exercised, kept
1,100
$13.84
$15.22K
Murry Stefan J.
20 Dec 2023
Chief Financial Officer
Exercised, kept
5,000
$13.84
$69.20K
Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson)
11 Dec 2023
President and CEO
Exercised, kept
26,250
$13.84
$363.30K
Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson)
11 Dec 2023
President and CEO
Exercised, kept
3,750
$13.84
$51.90K
Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua)
7 Dec 2023
*** See Remarks
Exercised, kept
5,000
$13.84
$69.20K
Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua)
12 Sep 2023
*** See Remarks
Exercised, kept
12,000
$9.96
$119.52K
Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson)
31 Aug 2023
President and CEO
Exercised, kept
65,905
$9.96
$656.41K
Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson)
31 Aug 2023
President and CEO
Exercised, kept
1,443
$9.96
$14.37K
Murry Stefan J.
31 Aug 2023
Chief Financial Officer
Exercised, kept
11,000
$9.96
$109.56K
Murry Stefan J.
11 Sep 2019
Chief Financial Officer
Exercised, kept
222
$6.00
$1.33K
Murry Stefan J.
4 Sep 2018
Chief Financial Officer
Exercised, kept
3,800
$7.50
$28.50K
Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson)
27 Aug 2018
President and CEO
Exercised, kept
40,000
$9.96
$398.40K
Kuo David C
24 Aug 2018
General Counsel and Secretary
Exercised, kept
300
$13.84
$4.15K
Kuo David C
24 Aug 2018
General Counsel and Secretary
Exercised, kept
506
$9.96
$5.04K
Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson)
14 Aug 2018
President and CEO
Exercised, kept
30,000
$9.96
$298.80K
Murry Stefan J.
1 Jun 2018
Chief Financial Officer
Exercised, kept
4,000
$7.50
$30.00K
Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson)
22 May 2018
President and CEO
Exercised, kept
70,000
$9.96
$697.20K
Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson)
13 Mar 2018
President and CEO
Exercised, kept
80,000
$9.96
$796.80K
Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson)
5 Dec 2017
President and CEO
Exercised, kept
40,000
$9.96
$398.40K
Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson)
20 Sep 2017
President and CEO
Exercised, kept
30,000
$9.96
$298.80K
Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson)
2 Aug 2017
President and CEO
Exercised, kept
30,000
$9.96
$298.80K
Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson)
28 Jul 2017
President and CEO
Exercised, kept
30,000
$9.96
$298.80K
Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson)
27 Jul 2017
President and CEO
Exercised, kept
50,000
$9.96
$498.00K
Murry Stefan J.
27 Jul 2017
Chief Financial Officer
Exercised, kept
3,000
$7.50
$22.50K
Chang Hung-Lun (Fred)
17 Jul 2017
*** See Remarks
Exercised, kept
3,300
$13.84
$45.67K
Chang Hung-Lun (Fred)
17 Jul 2017
*** See Remarks
Exercised, kept
1,310
$9.96
$13.05K
Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson)
17 May 2017
President and CEO
Exercised, kept
50,237
$7.50
$376.78K
Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson)
17 May 2017
President and CEO
Exercised, kept
36,096
$7.50
$270.72K
Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson)
11 May 2017
President and CEO
Exercised, kept
10,667
$6.00
$64.00K
Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson)
11 May 2017
President and CEO
Exercised, kept
17,407
$6.00
$104.44K
Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson)
11 May 2017
President and CEO
Exercised, kept
2,000
$6.00
$12.00K
Showing 250 of 265 transactions. The figures above use every one of them.

What was left out

Form 4 filings counted 644
Amendments (4/A) skipped 6
Filings about a different issuer 0
Unreadable filings 0
Joint filings 0
Sales on a Rule 10b5-1 plan 36
Sales straight out of an exercise 11
Sales at will 150
Transactions with no price 0
Shares from compensation/vesting 13,296,223
Sales filed before the plan box existed 94
History held since 14 Sep 2016