$AAOI is... finally... done...
With their $600m ATM program, turns out it's ~$105.36 average.
I do think AOI outperforms $LITE, as long as they stop filing these ATM programs.
Just due to their sheer magnitude of ramp with $471m/month transceiver revenue + 400K/month ELSFP coming up.
$AAOI just removed one of the biggest overhangs on the stock.
The $600M ATM is officially COMPLETE.
AAOI sold 5.7M shares at an average price of $105.36, raising roughly $588M net.
The dilution is now behind us.
More importantly, that capital strengthens the balance sheet and gives AAOI significantly more firepower to scale manufacturing as demand for 800G/1.6T optics continues to ramp.
They didn’t raise this kind of capital to sit on it.
ATM overhang gone. Balance sheet loaded. Capacity expanding. AI optical demand accelerating.
Now the focus goes back to execution.
Still very bullish on $AAOI 🚀