Applied Opt (AAOI) — the peer cohort

As of 2026-09-18 — scores re-bake nightly. Cohort = shared Closelook index membership first, then sector. Diary readings, not advice.

Applied Opt ranks 16 of 16 in its cohort on the Closelook composite (31/100) — the cohort is led by Sandisk Corp at 70/100.

Name	Composite	Momentum	Quality	Valuation	Signal	Off 52w high
AAOI Applied Opt	31	27	10	22	bull	58%
SNDK Sandisk Corp	70	62	94	50	bull	31.4%
TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing	70	64	87	66	bull	10.2%
MU Micron Technology Inc	68	68	87	51	info	22.1%
005930.KS Samsung Electronics Co Ltd	68	48	74	78	bull	30.3%
000660.KS SK Hynix Inc	68	37	94	74	bull	37.8%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation	65	69	95	35	info	7.2%
AMD Advanced Micro Devices Inc	63	86	52	21	bull	6.8%
APH Amphenol Corporation	60	57	72	33	info	12.2%
ASML ASML Holding NV ADR	60	56	84	21	info	18.5%
CRDO Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd	60	50	82	15	bull	45.5%
ASM.AS ASM International NV	59	45	74	28	bull	27.6%
ALAB Astera Labs, Inc.	58	54	76	7	bull	41.2%
LITE Lumentum Holdings Inc	56	72	42	21	bull	17.7%
HUBN.SW Huber+suhner AG	46	14	42	35	info	42.4%
VSAT ViaSat Inc	45	80	25	56	bear	21.5%

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

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

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

The cohort is drawn from shared Closelook index membership first, then sector: Sandisk Corp (SNDK), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), Micron Technology Inc (MU), Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS), SK Hynix Inc (000660.KS), NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA), Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD), Amphenol Corporation (APH) and others.

How does AAOI score against its peers?

Applied Opt's composite reads 31/100, ranking 16 of 16 in its cohort as of 2026-09-18; the cohort's highest composite is Sandisk Corp at 70/100. Closelook scores are research diary readings, not ratings or advice.

Mentioned on Closelook

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 Closelook universe

same Closelook index seat first, then Communication Equipment. Scored names rank on their Closelook 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.