Growth Metrics

Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) Operating Margin: 2013-2025

Historic Operating Margin for Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) over the last 13 years, with Sep 2025 value amounting to -15.33%.

  • Applied Optoelectronics' Operating Margin rose 1007.00% to -15.33% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was -11.75%, marking a year-over-year increase of 2116.00%. This contributed to the annual value of -28.44% for FY2024, which is 944.00% down from last year.
  • As of Q3 2025, Applied Optoelectronics' Operating Margin stood at -15.33%, which was up 1.21% from -15.52% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • In the past 5 years, Applied Optoelectronics' Operating Margin registered a high of -6.45% during Q4 2024, and its lowest value of -60.65% during Q2 2024.
  • Over the past 3 years, Applied Optoelectronics' median Operating Margin value was -15.52% (recorded in 2025), while the average stood at -24.44%.
  • Its Operating Margin has fluctuated over the past 5 years, first slumped by 2,650bps in 2024, then skyrocketed by 4,513bps in 2025.
  • Applied Optoelectronics' Operating Margin (Quarterly) stood at -25.04% in 2021, then slumped by 478bps to -29.82% in 2022, then surged by 2,232bps to -7.50% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 104bps to -6.45% in 2024, then surged by 1,007bps to -15.33% in 2025.
  • Its Operating Margin stands at -15.33% for Q3 2025, versus -15.52% for Q2 2025 and -8.95% for Q1 2025.