Applied Opt (AAOI) — the peer cohort

As of 2026-10-06 — scores re-bake nightly. Cohort = shared Closelooknet index membership first, then sector. Diary readings, not advice.

Applied Opt ranks 15 of 16 in its cohort on the Closelooknet composite (36/100) — the cohort is led by Micron Technology Inc at 71/100.

Name	Composite	Momentum	Quality	Valuation	Signal	Off 52w high
AAOI Applied Opt	36	48	11	23	bull	48%
MU Micron Technology Inc	71	82	88	49	info	15.2%
005930.KS Samsung Electronics Co Ltd	70	59	75	76	neutral	27.4%
000660.KS SK Hynix Inc	69	38	94	73	neutral	40.6%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation	67	83	95	36	bull	0.5%
APH Amphenol Corporation	66	83	74	33	info	2.2%
AMD Advanced Micro Devices Inc	65	96	55	21	neutral	2.1%
ASML ASML Holding N.V. New York Registry Shares	65	74	85	21	neutral	7%
ASM.AS ASM International NV	62	61	76	27	bull	13.2%
ALAB Astera Labs, Inc.	61	70	77	7	bull	27.5%
CRDO Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd	61	56	83	14	bull	31.2%
NDSN Nordson Corporation	61	82	71	35	bull	1.4%
LITE Lumentum Holdings Inc	60	92	45	21	bull	2.9%
VIAV Viavi Solutions Inc	48	68	33	26	ok	20.3%
NOK Nokia Corp ADR	39	40	26	32	neutral	41.5%
ASTS Ast Spacemobile Inc	30	5	2	3	bull	56.3%

Scores are relative readings across the Closelooknet coverage universe — methodology in the company-scoring explainer. Signal lights come from the nightly signal board.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-06

Quick answers

Who are Applied Opt's peers in the Closelooknet universe?

The cohort is drawn from shared Closelooknet index membership first, then sector: Micron Technology Inc (MU), Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS), SK Hynix Inc (000660.KS), NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA), Amphenol Corporation (APH), Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD), ASML Holding N.V. New York Registry Shares (ASML), ASM International NV (ASM.AS) and others.

How does AAOI score against its peers?

Applied Opt's composite reads 36/100, ranking 15 of 16 in its cohort as of 2026-10-06; the cohort's highest composite is Micron Technology Inc at 71/100. Closelooknet scores are research diary readings, not ratings or advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where AAOI appears in the diary — 9 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Long reads

Optical Interconnects — The Toll Nobody KeepsReport · 13 Aug 2026The floors on the tape (12 Aug closes): LITE 932.47, 14% off high · COHR 355.64, 19% off · MRVL 217.08, 34% off · AAOI 138.08, 41% off · FN 571.88, 24% off, prints Monday · AVGO $2.0T market cap…

Dailies

Oil knocks on $100 and Wall Street sells everything but the AI pipe: Intel +9%, Lumentum +11%, Dow −1.2% — Seoul buys the dip and the Kospi is back above 7,000Morning 10 · 9 Sept 2026
Semis break the 505 line at midday while bitcoin presses 80,000Midday 10 · 24 Aug 2026AAOI drops 12.45 percent to 109.28 by midday, the sharpest single-name decline on today's tape.
The macro week breaks at the last print — retail and Michigan miss, bonds slip the floor, and Lumentum runs from the middleMidday 10 · 14 Aug 2026AAOI +14.6% to 149.09 and RDDT +14.1% to 180.40, both reclaiming their 50-day averages intraday — two clean average-reclaims in one session on the risk side of the book, the same session the macro prints missed.
Everyone is watching the software wreck. The line that matters is breaking in bonds.Midday 10 · 6 Aug 2026And the group being bought is, name for name, Rubin's S14 High-Speed Interconnects layer — Astera, Lumentum, Coherent, Fabrinet, Marvell, AAOI are all constituents; AAOI, yesterday's worst-record most-bought foil, trades +1.6% post-print…
Software Earnings — Beat, Raise, Down 18%: The Punishment Phase Is BackDaily Pulse · 6 Aug 2026AAOI: five-for-ten and three-for-ten, the worst record on the board, the most bought into the print.
The index went nowhere and the market changed horses underneath itMidday 10 · 5 Aug 2026AAOI trades near 132.3, up 0.51%, after adding 16.85% Monday and 19.44% Tuesday.
Temperature 62 — semis re-lead, Interconnects +18% weekDaily Pulse · 15 May 2026Names: AAOI, Furukawa (5801.T), Lumentum, Coherent, MACOM, Fabrinet, Marvell, Amphenol, Astera Labs, Credo.
The AI Trade Has a Visibility ProblemDaily Pulse · 25 Mar 2026Sector spotlight — S14, High-Speed Interconnects (10 stocks, +36.83% YTD): optical/photonics names leading — AAOI +227%, Furukawa Electric +193%, Lumentum +116%.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

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