Growth Metrics

Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) has disclosed Gross Margin for 13 consecutive years, with 31.24% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Gross Margin rose 259.0% to 31.24% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 30.04%, a 526.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 30.04%, up 526.0% from a year prior.
  • Gross Margin was 31.24% for Q4 2025 at Applied Optoelectronics, up from 28.04% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 35.74% in Q4 2023 to a low of 10.11% in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 22.55% and a median of 20.73% in 2021 define the central range for Gross Margin.
  • Peak YoY movement for Gross Margin: plummeted -980bps in 2021, then surged 2563bps in 2023.
  • Applied Optoelectronics' Gross Margin stood at 14.88% in 2021, then plummeted by -32bps to 10.11% in 2022, then soared by 253bps to 35.74% in 2023, then dropped by -20bps to 28.65% in 2024, then rose by 9bps to 31.24% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AAOI's Gross Margin are 31.24% (Q4 2025), 28.04% (Q3 2025), and 30.27% (Q2 2025).