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Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) Gross Margin (2016 - 2026)

Applied Optoelectronics has reported Gross Margin over the past 13 years, most recently at 31.24% 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 was 31.24% for Q4 2025 at Applied Optoelectronics, up from 28.04% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Gross Margin peaked at 35.74% in Q4 2023 and troughed at 10.11% in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 20.73% (2021), against an average of 22.55%.
  • Year-over-year, Gross Margin plummeted -980bps in 2021 and then surged 2563bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it 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 fell by -20bps to 28.65% in 2024, then increased 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).