Growth Metrics

Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) EBITDA (2016 - 2025)

Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) has disclosed EBITDA for 13 consecutive years, with -$11.5 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly EBITDA fell 77.7% to -$11.5 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was -$54.6 million through Dec 2025, up 23.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at -$54.6 million for FY2025, 23.0% up from the prior year.
  • EBITDA for Q4 2025 was -$11.5 million at Applied Optoelectronics, up from -$18.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for EBITDA was $31.8 million in Q4 2021, with the low at -$26.2 million in Q2 2024.
  • Average EBITDA over 5 years is -$8.1 million, with a median of -$13.8 million recorded in 2021.
  • The sharpest move saw EBITDA surged 341.37% in 2021, then plummeted 147.49% in 2024.
  • Over 5 years, EBITDA stood at $31.8 million in 2021, then decreased by 15.98% to $26.7 million in 2022, then fell by 6.16% to $25.0 million in 2023, then crashed by 125.84% to -$6.5 million in 2024, then crashed by 77.7% to -$11.5 million in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, EBITDA over the past three periods came in at -$11.5 million, -$18.2 million, and -$16.0 million for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.