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AAOI vs AMD
Side-by-side comparison of Applied Optoelectronics Inc. (AAOI) and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both AAOI and AMD operate in Semiconductors (Technology), so they compete in similar markets.
- AMD is the larger of the two at $835.65B, about 62.2x AAOI ($13.43B).
- Over the past year, AAOI is up 717.4% and AMD is up 323.6% - AAOI leads by 393.8 points.
- AAOI has been more active in the news (32 items in the past 4 weeks vs 11 for AMD).
- AMD has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 15 for AAOI).
- Company
- Applied Optoelectronics Inc.
- Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
- Price
- $162.19-3.07%
- $536.59+4.76%
- Market cap
- $13.43B
- $835.65B
- 1M return
- -5.71%
- +29.69%
- 1Y return
- +717.38%
- +323.60%
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Semiconductors
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- NASDAQ
- IPO
- 2013
- News (4w)
- 32
- 11
- Recent ratings
- 15
- 25
Applied Optoelectronics Inc.
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells various fiber-optic networking products worldwide. It offers optical modules, lasers, subassemblies, transmitters and transceivers, and turn-key equipment, as well as headend, node, and distribution equipment. The company sells its products to internet data center operators, cable television and telecom equipment manufacturers, and internet service providers through its direct and indirect sales channels. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Sugar Land, Texas.
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. operates as a semiconductor company worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Computing and Graphics; and Enterprise, Embedded and Semi-Custom. Its products include x86 microprocessors as an accelerated processing unit, chipsets, discrete and integrated graphics processing units (GPUs), data center and professional GPUs, and development services; and server and embedded processors, and semi-custom System-on-Chip (SoC) products, development services, and technology for game consoles. The company provides x86 microprocessors for desktop PCs under the AMD Ryzen, AMD Ryzen PRO, Ryzen, Threadripper, AMD A-Series, AMD FX, AMD Athlon, AMD Athlon PRO, and AMD Pro A-Series processors brands; microprocessors for notebook and 2-in-1s under the AMD Ryzen, AMD A-Series, AMD Athlon, AMD Ryzen PRO, AMD Athlon PRO, and AMD Pro A-Series processors brands; microprocessors for servers under the AMD EPYC and AMD Opteron brands; and chipsets under the AMD trademark. It also offers discrete GPUs for desktop and notebook PCs under the AMD Radeon graphics and AMD Embedded Radeon brands; professional graphics products under the AMD Radeon Pro and AMD FirePro graphics brands; and Radeon Instinct and AMD Instinct accelerators for servers. In addition, the company provides embedded processor solutions under the AMD Opteron, AMD Athlon, AMD Geode, AMD Ryzen, AMD EPYC, AMD R-Series, and G-Series processors brands; and customer-specific solutions based on AMD CPU, GPU, and multi-media technologies, as well as semi-custom SoC products. It serves original equipment manufacturers, public cloud service providers, original design manufacturers, system integrators, independent distributors, online retailers, and add-in-board manufacturers through its direct sales force, independent distributors, and sales representatives. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
Latest AAOI
- Officer Chang Hung-Lun (Fred) sold $6,880,127 worth of shares (40,329 units at $170.60) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 12% to 286,124 units (SEC Form 4)
- Officer Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua) sold $1,031,340 worth of shares (6,000 units at $171.89) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 1% to 394,207 units (SEC Form 4)
- Applied Optoelectronics Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- Officer Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua) covered exercise/tax liability with 23,397 shares and sold $4,800,394 worth of shares (28,826 units at $166.53), decreasing direct ownership by 12% to 400,207 units (SEC Form 4) to satisfy tax liability
- Chief Financial Officer Murry Stefan J. sold $5,495,490 worth of shares (33,000 units at $166.53) and covered exercise/tax liability with 30,330 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 14% to 384,576 units (SEC Form 4) to satisfy tax liability
- President and CEO Lin Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) covered exercise/tax liability with 86,655 shares and sold $9,825,270 worth of shares (59,000 units at $166.53), decreasing direct ownership by 10% to 1,302,436 units (SEC Form 4) to cover taxes
- Officer Kuo David C covered exercise/tax liability with 19,065 shares and sold $4,867,172 worth of shares (29,227 units at $166.53), decreasing direct ownership by 24% to 149,078 units (SEC Form 4) to satisfy tax liability
- Officer Chang Hung-Lun (Fred) covered exercise/tax liability with 27,297 shares and sold $5,662,020 worth of shares (34,000 units at $166.53), decreasing direct ownership by 16% to 326,453 units (SEC Form 4) (withholding obligation)
- Director Yeh William H was granted 1,166 shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.49% to 239,985 units (SEC Form 4)
- Chief Financial Officer Murry Stefan J. sold $685,800 worth of shares (4,000 units at $171.45) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 0.89% to 447,906 units (SEC Form 4)
Latest AMD
- EVP & Chief Commercial Officer Guido Philip converted options into 7,495 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 2,950 shares, increasing direct ownership by 6% to 83,043 units (SEC Form 4) (for tax liability)
- Chief Technology Officer & EVP Papermaster Mark D exercised 6,000 shares at a strike of $84.85 and sold $3,217,980 worth of shares (6,000 units at $536.33) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan (SEC Form 4)
- AMD and Rackspace Technology Sign Definitive Agreement for Phased Deployment of 30 MW of AMD AI Compute
- AI Infrastructure Boom Drives Demand for Semiconductor, Pharmaceutical Automation
- SEC Form 4 filed by Chair, President & CEO Su Lisa T
- Chair, President & CEO Su Lisa T sold $57,585,715 worth of shares (125,000 units at $460.69) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan and gifted 30,000 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 5% to 2,866,899 units (SEC Form 4)
- Advanced Micro Devices upgraded by Citigroup with a new price target
- BlueRock Introduces New AI Infrastructure Architecture for Secure-Shared Execution with AMD DMA Isolation
- AMD Commits up to £2 Billion to Accelerate AI Innovation and Research in the United Kingdom
- Director Denzel Nora sold $5,453,334 worth of shares (10,447 units at $522.00), decreasing direct ownership by 11% to 87,173 units (SEC Form 4)