My prediction — $AAOI
2031 market cap: $75B.
From $9B today.
Mgmt’s own mid-2027 run-rate: ~$471M/month of data-center optics. That’s ~$5.6B annualized before mix shifts to 1.6T and own-laser content. Demand is not the constraint. Texas InP + U.S. capacity is.
If they clear 35–40% Gross Margin with vertical lasers and hold even a mid-single-digit share of 1.6T/CPO modules, $75B from here is doable on a business the Street still models as “commodity transceiver.”
I’m positioned. NFA.