Growth Metrics

Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) FCF Margin: 2013-2025

Historic FCF Margin for Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) over the last 13 years, with Sep 2025 value amounting to -66.35%.

  • Applied Optoelectronics' FCF Margin fell 3453.00% to -66.35% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was -71.60%, marking a year-over-year decrease of 4080.00%. This contributed to the annual value of -45.29% for FY2024, which is 3747.00% down from last year.
  • According to the latest figures from Q3 2025, Applied Optoelectronics' FCF Margin is -66.35%, which was up 24.90% from -88.35% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • In the past 5 years, Applied Optoelectronics' FCF Margin ranged from a high of 34.54% in Q2 2023 and a low of -88.35% during Q2 2025.
  • In the last 3 years, Applied Optoelectronics' FCF Margin had a median value of -31.82% in 2024 and averaged -39.38%.
  • Per our database at Business Quant, Applied Optoelectronics' FCF Margin soared by 3,147bps in 2023 and then tumbled by 7,687bps in 2025.
  • Quarterly analysis of 5 years shows Applied Optoelectronics' FCF Margin stood at -4.94% in 2021, then crashed by 195bps to -6.89% in 2022, then tumbled by 74bps to -7.63% in 2023, then plummeted by 4,522bps to -52.85% in 2024, then slumped by 3,453bps to -66.35% in 2025.
  • Its FCF Margin was -66.35% in Q3 2025, compared to -88.35% in Q2 2025 and -79.42% in Q1 2025.