Growth Metrics

Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) Cost of Revenue (2016 - 2026)

Applied Optoelectronics has reported Cost of Revenue over the past 13 years, most recently at -$196.2 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Cost of Revenue fell 5474.01% to -$196.2 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was -$108.9 million through Dec 2025, down 218.51% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $30.3 million for FY2025, 66.72% up from the prior year.
  • Cost of Revenue was -$196.2 million for Q4 2025 at Applied Optoelectronics, down from $9.9 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Cost of Revenue peaked at $69.3 million in Q1 2025 and troughed at -$196.2 million in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Cost of Revenue is $7.0 million (2024), against an average of -$2.0 million.
  • Year-over-year, Cost of Revenue soared 1586.81% in 2022 and then crashed 5474.01% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Cost of Revenue shows it stood at -$116.6 million in 2021, then dropped by 6.41% to -$124.1 million in 2022, then surged by 131.3% to $38.8 million in 2023, then crashed by 90.6% to $3.7 million in 2024, then crashed by 5474.01% to -$196.2 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AAOI's Cost of Revenue are -$196.2 million (Q4 2025), $9.9 million (Q3 2025), and $8.1 million (Q2 2025).