Applied Opt (AAOI) — the peer cohort

As of 2026-10-26 — scores re-bake nightly. Cohort = shared Closelooknet index membership first, then sector. Diary readings, not advice.

Applied Opt ranks 16 of 16 in its cohort on the Closelooknet composite (28/100) — the cohort is led by Micron Technology Inc at 75/100.

Name	Composite	Momentum	Quality	Valuation	Signal	Off 52w high
AAOI Applied Opt	28	10	12	23	bear	71.1%
MU Micron Technology Inc	75	79	95	62	info	30.1%
SNDK Sandisk Corp	70	61	94	51	info	47.4%
TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing	70	67	88	66	info	14.1%
3017.TW Asia Vital Components Co Ltd	68	83	74	26	watch	15%
000660.KS SK Hynix Inc	68	32	94	76	bull	57.2%
ASML ASML Holding N.V. New York Registry Shares	65	64	88	24	info	21.4%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation	65	69	94	34	info	13.3%
005930.KS Samsung Electronics Co Ltd	64	38	74	65	bear	42.5%
AMD Advanced Micro Devices Inc	62	84	53	17	bear	21.5%
APH Amphenol Corporation	62	64	73	34	info	17.6%
DELL Dell Technologies Inc	62	85	55	44	bear	23.4%
3653.TW Jentech Precision Industrial Co Ltd	61	83	73	9	bear	18.4%
HPE Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co	56	86	37	57	bull	22.9%
LITE Lumentum Holdings Inc	54	65	41	21	watch	33.8%
HUBN.SW Huber+suhner AG	46	17	43	36	info	45%

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 2026-10-26

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), Sandisk Corp (SNDK), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), Asia Vital Components Co Ltd (3017.TW), SK Hynix Inc (000660.KS), ASML Holding N.V. New York Registry Shares (ASML), NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA), Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) and others.

How does AAOI score against its peers?

Applied Opt's composite reads 28/100, ranking 16 of 16 in its cohort as of 2026-10-26; the cohort's highest composite is Micron Technology Inc at 75/100. 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

same Closelooknet index seat first, then Communication Equipment. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.