Growth Metrics

Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) Cash from Investing Activities (2016 - 2025)

Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) has disclosed Cash from Investing Activities for 13 consecutive years, with -$84.9 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Cash from Investing Activities fell 190.17% to -$84.9 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was -$210.6 million, a 315.42% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at -$210.6 million, down 315.42% from a year prior.
  • Cash from Investing Activities was -$84.9 million for Q4 2025 at Applied Optoelectronics, down from -$50.5 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Cash from Investing Activities ranged from a high of -$624000.0 in Q4 2022 to a low of -$84.9 million in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of -$14.5 million and a median of -$3.6 million in 2021 define the central range for Cash from Investing Activities.
  • Peak YoY movement for Cash from Investing Activities: surged 76.34% in 2022, then plummeted 1438.94% in 2023.
  • Applied Optoelectronics' Cash from Investing Activities stood at -$2.6 million in 2021, then soared by 76.34% to -$624000.0 in 2022, then tumbled by 1438.94% to -$9.6 million in 2023, then crashed by 204.8% to -$29.3 million in 2024, then crashed by 190.17% to -$84.9 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AAOI's Cash from Investing Activities are -$84.9 million (Q4 2025), -$50.5 million (Q3 2025), and -$38.9 million (Q2 2025).