Growth Metrics

Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) EBITDA Margin (2016 - 2026)

Applied Optoelectronics has reported EBITDA Margin over the past 13 years, most recently at 8.57% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly EBITDA Margin fell 211.0% to 8.57% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 11.98% through Dec 2025, up 1645.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 11.98% for FY2025, 1645.0% up from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin was 8.57% for Q4 2025 at Applied Optoelectronics, up from 15.33% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, EBITDA Margin peaked at 58.39% in Q4 2021 and troughed at 60.65% in Q2 2024.
  • The 5-year median for EBITDA Margin is 24.93% (2021), against an average of 17.9%.
  • Year-over-year, EBITDA Margin skyrocketed 8354bps in 2021 and then tumbled -8820bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of EBITDA Margin shows it stood at 58.39% in 2021, then plummeted by -151bps to 29.82% in 2022, then surged by 239bps to 41.44% in 2023, then tumbled by -116bps to 6.45% in 2024, then crashed by -33bps to 8.57% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AAOI's EBITDA Margin are 8.57% (Q4 2025), 15.33% (Q3 2025), and 15.52% (Q2 2025).