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Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) has disclosed Free Cash Flow for 13 consecutive years, with -$104.6 million as the latest value 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 for Q4 2025 was -$104.6 million at Applied Optoelectronics, down from -$78.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Free Cash Flow was $14.4 million in Q2 2023, with the low at -$104.6 million in Q4 2025.
  • Average Free Cash Flow over 5 years is -$26.0 million, with a median of -$10.0 million recorded in 2022.
  • The sharpest move saw Free Cash Flow surged 794.96% in 2023, then plummeted 1731.15% in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, Free Cash Flow stood at -$2.7 million in 2021, then tumbled by 57.91% to -$4.2 million in 2022, then dropped by 8.74% to -$4.6 million in 2023, then plummeted by 1048.57% to -$53.0 million in 2024, then crashed by 97.4% to -$104.6 million in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Free Cash Flow over the past three periods came in at -$104.6 million, -$78.7 million, and -$91.0 million for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.