Growth Metrics

Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) EBITDA (2016 - 2026)

Applied Optoelectronics has reported EBITDA over the past 13 years, most recently at -$11.5 million 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 was -$11.5 million for Q4 2025 at Applied Optoelectronics, up from -$18.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, EBITDA peaked at $31.8 million in Q4 2021 and troughed at -$26.2 million in Q2 2024.
  • The 5-year median for EBITDA is -$14.1 million (2021), against an average of -$10.4 million.
  • Year-over-year, EBITDA skyrocketed 341.37% in 2021 and then plummeted 157.81% in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of EBITDA shows it stood at $31.8 million in 2021, then plummeted by 157.81% to -$18.4 million in 2022, then surged by 236.41% to $25.0 million in 2023, then plummeted by 125.84% to -$6.5 million in 2024, then plummeted by 77.7% to -$11.5 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AAOI's EBITDA are -$11.5 million (Q4 2025), -$18.2 million (Q3 2025), and -$16.0 million (Q2 2025).