Growth Metrics

Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) Gross Margin: 2013-2025

Historic Gross Margin for Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) over the last 13 years, with Sep 2025 value amounting to 28.04%.

  • Applied Optoelectronics' Gross Margin rose 361.00% to 28.04% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 29.33%, marking a year-over-year increase of 324.00%. This contributed to the annual value of 24.78% for FY2024, which is 229.00% down from last year.
  • As of Q3 2025, Applied Optoelectronics' Gross Margin stood at 28.04%, which was down 7.36% from 30.27% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • Applied Optoelectronics' Gross Margin's 5-year high stood at 35.74% during Q4 2023, with a 5-year trough of 10.11% in Q4 2022.
  • Moreover, its 3-year median value for Gross Margin was 28.04% (2025), whereas its average is 26.10%.
  • Per our database at Business Quant, Applied Optoelectronics' Gross Margin plummeted by 980bps in 2021 and then skyrocketed by 2,563bps in 2023.
  • Over the past 5 years, Applied Optoelectronics' Gross Margin (MRQ) stood at 14.88% in 2021, then crashed by 32bps to 10.11% in 2022, then surged by 253bps to 35.74% in 2023, then dropped by 20bps to 28.65% in 2024, then decreased by 2bps to 28.04% in 2025.
  • Its Gross Margin was 28.04% in Q3 2025, compared to 30.27% in Q2 2025 and 30.59% in Q1 2025.