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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.

Individual transactions

147
Insider
Date
Role
Action
Shares
Price
Amount
Chang Hung-Lun (Fred)
8 Sep 2026
*** See Remarks
Sell
32,172
$110.21
$3.55M
Chang Hung-Lun (Fred)
12 Jun 2026
*** See Remarks
Sell
34,000
$166.53
$5.66M
Kuo David C
12 Jun 2026
*** See Remarks
Sell
29,227
$166.53
$4.87M
Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson)
12 Jun 2026
President and CEO
Sell
59,000
$166.53
$9.83M
Murry Stefan J.
12 Jun 2026
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
33,000
$166.53
$5.50M
Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua)
12 Jun 2026
*** See Remarks
Sell
28,826
$166.53
$4.80M
Chang Hung-Lun (Fred)
5 Jun 2026
*** See Remarks
Sell
4,000
$200.07
$800.28K
Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua)
4 Jun 2026
*** See Remarks
Sell
5,000
$205.39
$1.03M
Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua)
4 Jun 2026
*** See Remarks
Sell
5,000
$204.75
$1.02M
Chen Min-Chu (Mike)
2 Jun 2026
Director
Sell
8,247
$201.00
$1.66M
DeLaney Cynthia
26 May 2026
Director
Sell
56,575
$189.23
$10.71M
Chang Hung-Lun (Fred)
19 May 2026
*** See Remarks
Sell
33,630
$173.26
$5.83M
Kuo David C
19 May 2026
*** See Remarks
Sell
19,227
$173.26
$3.33M
Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson)
19 May 2026
President and CEO
Sell
58,000
$173.26
$10.05M
Murry Stefan J.
19 May 2026
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
33,000
$173.26
$5.72M
Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua)
19 May 2026
*** See Remarks
Sell
39,154
$173.26
$6.78M
Kuo David C
19 Mar 2026
*** See Remarks
Sell
29,000
$100.13
$2.90M
Chang Hung-Lun (Fred)
16 Mar 2026
*** See Remarks
Sell
36,400
$100.25
$3.65M
Yeh William H
9 Mar 2026
Director
Sell
15,000
$105.76
$1.59M
Chen Min-Chu (Mike)
9 Mar 2026
Director
Sell
8,835
$108.72
$960.52K
Chen Min-Chu (Mike)
6 Mar 2026
Director
Sell indirect
2,500
$97.00
$242.50K
BLACK RICHARD B
5 Mar 2026
Director
Sell indirect
3,231
$95.00
$306.95K
DeLaney Cynthia
4 Mar 2026
Director
Sell
21,000
$98.02
$2.06M
Loboa Elizabeth G
3 Mar 2026
Director
Sell
102,347
$95.76
$9.80M
Loboa Elizabeth G
15 Dec 2025
Director
Sell
4,121
$30.23
$124.58K
Kuo David C
15 Aug 2025
*** See Remarks
Sell
2,000
$22.34
$44.68K
Murry Stefan J.
15 Aug 2025
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
12,000
$22.37
$268.44K
Chang Hung-Lun (Fred)
13 Aug 2025
*** See Remarks
Sell
15,784
$22.70
$358.31K
Kuo David C
14 May 2025
*** See Remarks
Sell
11,426
$19.10
$218.21K
Chang Hung-Lun (Fred)
13 May 2025
*** See Remarks
Sell
23,837
$19.06
$454.28K
Yeh William H
3 Dec 2024
Director
Sell
10,000
$43.08
$430.81K
Loboa Elizabeth G
2 Dec 2024
Director
Sell
9,790
$41.46
$405.92K
Chen Min-Chu (Mike)
29 Nov 2024
Director
Sell
9,790
$40.00
$391.60K
BLACK RICHARD B
26 Nov 2024
Director
Sell indirect
8,162
$37.18
$303.43K
Loboa Elizabeth G
21 Nov 2024
Director
Sell
13,494
$36.54
$493.12K
Chang Hung-Lun (Fred)
20 Nov 2024
*** See Remarks
Sell
20,323
$30.35
$616.83K
Murry Stefan J.
20 Nov 2024
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
5,000
$31.56
$157.78K
Kuo David C
18 Nov 2024
*** See Remarks
Sell
2,433
$28.89
$70.29K
BLACK RICHARD B
15 Nov 2024
Director
Sell indirect
10,000
$27.52
$275.24K
Kuo David C
14 Nov 2024
*** See Remarks
Sell
11,300
$28.97
$327.33K
Kuo David C
12 Nov 2024
*** See Remarks
Sell
6,267
$28.89
$181.03K
Chang Hung-Lun (Fred)
8 Nov 2024
*** See Remarks
Sell
8,915
$25.04
$223.25K
Chang Hung-Lun (Fred)
8 Nov 2024
*** See Remarks
Sell
10,000
$22.11
$221.07K
Kuo David C
8 Nov 2024
*** See Remarks
Sell
10,000
$26.93
$269.27K
Kuo David C
24 Sep 2024
*** See Remarks
Sell
10,000
$15.02
$150.15K
Murry Stefan J.
16 Jan 2024
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
20,000
$17.08
$341.59K
Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua)
15 Dec 2023
*** See Remarks
Sell
20
$23.71
$474.20
Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua)
14 Dec 2023
*** See Remarks
Sell
42,779
$22.39
$958.02K
Murry Stefan J.
22 Aug 2023
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
15,000
$15.88
$238.22K
Yeh William H
21 Aug 2023
Director
Sell
10,000
$15.22
$152.20K
Chang Hung-Lun (Fred)
10 Aug 2023
*** See Remarks
Sell
13,637
$14.08
$192.05K
Kuo David C
10 Aug 2023
*** See Remarks
Sell
10,000
$13.73
$137.31K
Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua)
9 Aug 2023
*** See Remarks
Sell
45,000
$12.10
$544.31K
Chang Hung-Lun (Fred)
8 Aug 2023
*** See Remarks
Sell
32,346
$12.07
$390.26K
Kuo David C
8 Aug 2023
*** See Remarks
Sell
14,535
$11.86
$172.40K
Murry Stefan J.
8 Aug 2023
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
60,000
$11.82
$709.13K
Murry Stefan J.
17 Feb 2023
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
3,000
$2.96
$8.89K
Murry Stefan J.
1 Feb 2023
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
4,600
$2.55
$11.72K
Murry Stefan J.
18 Jan 2023
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
3,100
$2.50
$7.76K
Murry Stefan J.
17 Jan 2023
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
1,300
$2.51
$3.27K
Kuo David C
14 Dec 2022
General Counsel and Secretary
Sell
8,804
$2.18
$19.21K
Murry Stefan J.
14 Dec 2022
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
10,651
$2.18
$23.25K
Kuo David C
13 Dec 2022
General Counsel and Secretary
Sell
10,519
$2.18
$22.89K
Murry Stefan J.
13 Dec 2022
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
4,349
$2.15
$9.35K
Kuo David C
12 Dec 2022
General Counsel and Secretary
Sell
4,581
$2.16
$9.91K
Kuo David C
9 Dec 2022
General Counsel and Secretary
Sell
5,569
$2.17
$12.07K
Kuo David C
8 Dec 2022
General Counsel and Secretary
Sell
9,027
$2.16
$19.47K
Chang Hung-Lun (Fred)
10 Nov 2022
*** See Remarks
Sell
50,490
$2.15
$108.48K
Murry Stefan J.
17 Oct 2022
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
3,000
$2.83
$8.50K
Chang Hung-Lun (Fred)
16 Feb 2021
*** See Remarks
Sell
1,080
$12.25
$13.23K
Murry Stefan J.
16 Feb 2021
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
4,000
$12.26
$49.05K
Kuo David C
10 Feb 2021
General Counsel and Secretary
Sell
1,000
$12.36
$12.36K
Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson)
4 Feb 2021
President and CEO
Sell
5,281
$11.20
$59.15K
Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson)
1 Feb 2021
President and CEO
Sell
2,507
$11.20
$28.08K
Chang Hung-Lun (Fred)
27 Jan 2021
*** See Remarks
Sell
5,400
$12.00
$64.81K
Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson)
27 Jan 2021
President and CEO
Sell
23,364
$11.31
$264.16K
Murry Stefan J.
27 Jan 2021
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
2,000
$12.00
$24.00K
Murry Stefan J.
27 Jan 2021
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
1,000
$12.00
$12.00K
Kuo David C
20 Jan 2021
General Counsel and Secretary
Sell
1,000
$11.00
$11.00K
Murry Stefan J.
4 Jan 2021
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
3,000
$8.67
$26.00K
Murry Stefan J.
22 Dec 2020
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
3,000
$9.00
$27.01K
Kuo David C
12 Oct 2020
General Counsel and Secretary
Sell
1,000
$11.74
$11.74K
Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson)
1 Oct 2020
President and CEO
Sell
7,788
$11.22
$87.37K
Kuo David C
21 Sep 2020
General Counsel and Secretary
Sell
1,000
$11.00
$11.00K
Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson)
1 Sep 2020
President and CEO
Sell
7,788
$11.46
$89.29K
Chang Hung-Lun (Fred)
17 Aug 2020
*** See Remarks
Sell
1,080
$13.36
$14.43K
Kuo David C
11 Aug 2020
General Counsel and Secretary
Sell
12,500
$14.05
$175.61K
Kuo David C
10 Aug 2020
General Counsel and Secretary
Sell
1,000
$15.82
$15.82K
Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson)
3 Aug 2020
President and CEO
Sell
7,788
$14.65
$114.13K
Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua)
3 Aug 2020
*** See Remarks
Sell
2,000
$15.00
$30.00K
Murry Stefan J.
30 Jul 2020
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
4,000
$13.52
$54.06K
Kuo David C
22 Jul 2020
General Counsel and Secretary
Sell
2,000
$15.00
$30.00K
Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua)
22 Jul 2020
*** See Remarks
Sell
2,000
$15.01
$30.02K
Chang Hung-Lun (Fred)
20 Jul 2020
*** See Remarks
Sell
1,080
$12.00
$12.96K
Kuo David C
10 Jul 2020
General Counsel and Secretary
Sell
1,000
$12.02
$12.02K
Chang Hung-Lun (Fred)
6 Jul 2020
*** See Remarks
Sell
1,080
$12.00
$12.96K
Chang Hung-Lun (Fred)
6 Jul 2020
*** See Remarks
Sell
5,388
$11.54
$62.17K
Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson)
6 Jul 2020
President and CEO
Sell
15,576
$11.21
$174.58K
Kuo David C
30 Jun 2020
General Counsel and Secretary
Sell
1,000
$11.00
$11.00K
Chang Hung-Lun (Fred)
8 Jun 2020
*** See Remarks
Sell
5,000
$10.01
$50.04K
Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson)
7 May 2020
President and CEO
Sell
7,788
$11.20
$87.23K
Murry Stefan J.
7 May 2020
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
1,000
$12.00
$12.00K
Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson)
30 Apr 2020
President and CEO
Sell
15,577
$11.25
$175.29K
Kuo David C
29 Apr 2020
General Counsel and Secretary
Sell
1,000
$11.00
$11.00K
Murry Stefan J.
16 Apr 2020
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
4,000
$9.04
$36.15K
Murry Stefan J.
14 Feb 2020
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
6,000
$12.16
$72.96K
Murry Stefan J.
13 Dec 2019
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
6,000
$11.20
$67.17K
Murry Stefan J.
11 Oct 2019
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
6,000
$10.41
$62.44K
Murry Stefan J.
1 Feb 2019
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
1,000
$17.37
$17.37K
Murry Stefan J.
2 Jan 2019
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
1,000
$15.05
$15.05K
Murry Stefan J.
19 Dec 2018
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
2,000
$15.40
$30.81K
Murry Stefan J.
7 Jun 2018
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
3,000
$44.25
$132.76K
Kuo David C
31 May 2018
General Counsel and Secretary
Sell
1,500
$45.84
$68.76K
BLACK RICHARD B
11 Jan 2018
Director
Sell
1,000
$35.37
$35.37K
BLACK RICHARD B
7 Dec 2017
Director
Sell
1,000
$40.43
$40.43K
Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson)
20 Nov 2017
President and CEO
Sell
2,300
$45.20
$103.96K
BLACK RICHARD B
9 Nov 2017
Director
Sell
1,000
$43.00
$43.00K
BLACK RICHARD B
12 Oct 2017
Director
Sell
1,000
$60.62
$60.62K
Lin Che-Wei
11 Sep 2017
Director
Sell
7,000
$58.00
$406.00K
BLACK RICHARD B
7 Sep 2017
Director
Sell
1,000
$58.52
$58.52K
Murry Stefan J.
15 Aug 2017
Chief Financial Officer
Sell
3,050
$70.21
$214.14K
BLACK RICHARD B
10 Aug 2017
Director
Sell
1,000
$66.10
$66.10K
Kuo David C
7 Aug 2017
General Counsel and Secretary
Sell
889
$70.00
$62.23K
Kuo David C
24 Jul 2017
General Counsel and Secretary
Sell
1,116
$94.87
$105.88K
Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua)
19 Jul 2017
*** See Remarks
Sell
10,000
$95.01
$950.13K
Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua)
18 Jul 2017
*** See Remarks
Sell
10,000
$90.00
$900.04K
BLACK RICHARD B
6 Jul 2017
Director
Sell
1,000
$59.70
$59.70K
BLACK RICHARD B
8 Jun 2017
Director
Sell
1,000
$71.73
$71.73K
Yeh William H
2 Jun 2017
Director
Sell
10,000
$74.06
$740.56K
Yeh William H
31 May 2017
Director
Sell
10,000
$71.30
$713.04K
Yeh William H
31 May 2017
Director
Sell
10,000
$71.01
$710.10K
Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua)
22 May 2017
*** See Remarks
Sell
10,000
$68.06
$680.61K
Lin Che-Wei
18 May 2017
Director
Sell
7,500
$64.00
$480.00K
Lin Che-Wei
12 May 2017
Director
Sell
7,500
$67.00
$502.50K
Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson)
12 May 2017
President and CEO
Sell
8,586
$66.00
$566.68K
Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua)
12 May 2017
*** See Remarks
Sell
10,000
$66.01
$660.09K
BLACK RICHARD B
11 May 2017
Director
Sell
1,000
$64.37
$64.37K
Lin Che-Wei
11 May 2017
Director
Sell
5,300
$65.00
$344.50K
Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua)
10 May 2017
*** See Remarks
Sell
10,000
$64.05
$640.47K
Lin Che-Wei
10 May 2017
Director
Sell
9,700
$63.45
$615.50K
Kuo David C
8 May 2017
General Counsel and Secretary
Sell
1,389
$60.00
$83.34K
BLACK RICHARD B
6 Apr 2017
Director
Sell
1,000
$44.76
$44.76K
Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua)
7 Mar 2017
*** See Remarks
Sell
1,500
$54.50
$81.75K
Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua)
7 Mar 2017
*** See Remarks
Sell
2,000
$54.00
$108.00K
Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua)
7 Mar 2017
*** See Remarks
Sell
1,500
$53.50
$80.25K
Chen Min-Chu (Mike)
3 Mar 2017
Director
Sell indirect
5,000
$52.00
$260.00K
Yeh William H
28 Feb 2017
Director
Sell
37,664
$47.15
$1.78M
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