Growth Metrics

Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) Retained Earnings (2016 - 2025)

Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) has disclosed Retained Earnings for 13 consecutive years, with -$490.1 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Retained Earnings fell 8.46% to -$490.1 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was -$490.1 million, a 8.46% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at -$490.1 million, down 8.46% from a year prior.
  • Retained Earnings was -$490.1 million for Q4 2025 at Applied Optoelectronics, roughly flat from -$488.1 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Retained Earnings ranged from a high of $14.3 million in Q2 2021 to a low of -$490.1 million in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of -$207.3 million and a median of -$198.9 million in 2022 define the central range for Retained Earnings.
  • Peak YoY movement for Retained Earnings: skyrocketed 2857.92% in 2021, then tumbled 68937.38% in 2025.
  • Applied Optoelectronics' Retained Earnings stood at -$142.7 million in 2021, then plummeted by 46.54% to -$209.1 million in 2022, then decreased by 26.81% to -$265.1 million in 2023, then tumbled by 70.44% to -$451.9 million in 2024, then decreased by 8.46% to -$490.1 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AAOI's Retained Earnings are -$490.1 million (Q4 2025), -$488.1 million (Q3 2025), and $1.1 million (Q2 2025).