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.

  • Quarterly Gross Margin rose 259.0% to 31.24% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 30.04% through Dec 2025, up 526.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 30.04% for FY2025, 526.0% up from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin for Q4 2025 was 31.24% at Applied Optoelectronics, up from 28.04% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Gross Margin was 35.74% in Q4 2023, with the low at 10.11% in Q4 2022.
  • Average Gross Margin over 5 years is 22.55%, with a median of 20.73% recorded in 2021.
  • The sharpest move saw Gross Margin tumbled -980bps in 2021, then soared 2563bps in 2023.
  • Over 5 years, Gross Margin stood at 14.88% in 2021, then tumbled by -32bps to 10.11% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 253bps to 35.74% in 2023, then decreased by -20bps to 28.65% in 2024, then grew by 9bps to 31.24% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Gross Margin over the past three periods came in at 31.24%, 28.04%, and 30.27% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.