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Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2026)

Applied Optoelectronics has reported Free Cash Flow over the past 13 years, most recently at -$104.6 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Free Cash Flow fell 97.4% to -$104.6 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was -$353.6 million through Dec 2025, down 213.09% year-over-year, with the annual reading at -$353.6 million for FY2025, 213.09% down from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow was -$104.6 million for Q4 2025 at Applied Optoelectronics, down from -$78.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Free Cash Flow peaked at $14.4 million in Q2 2023 and troughed at -$104.6 million in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is -$10.0 million (2022), against an average of -$26.0 million.
  • Year-over-year, Free Cash Flow skyrocketed 794.96% in 2023 and then crashed 1731.15% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at -$2.7 million in 2021, then crashed by 57.91% to -$4.2 million in 2022, then decreased by 8.74% to -$4.6 million in 2023, then tumbled by 1048.57% to -$53.0 million in 2024, then plummeted by 97.4% to -$104.6 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AAOI's Free Cash Flow are -$104.6 million (Q4 2025), -$78.7 million (Q3 2025), and -$91.0 million (Q2 2025).