Growth Metrics

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

Applied Optoelectronics has reported FCF Margin over the past 13 years, most recently at 77.91% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly FCF Margin fell 2506.0% to 77.91% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 77.59% through Dec 2025, down 3230.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 77.59% for FY2025, 3230.0% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin was 77.91% for Q4 2025 at Applied Optoelectronics, down from 66.35% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Margin peaked at 34.54% in Q2 2023 and troughed at 88.35% in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 18.19% (2022), against an average of 29.02%.
  • Year-over-year, FCF Margin skyrocketed 3147bps in 2023 and then plummeted -7687bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 4.94% in 2021, then plummeted by -40bps to 6.89% in 2022, then dropped by -11bps to 7.63% in 2023, then plummeted by -592bps to 52.85% in 2024, then tumbled by -47bps to 77.91% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AAOI's FCF Margin are 77.91% (Q4 2025), 66.35% (Q3 2025), and 88.35% (Q2 2025).