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Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Applied Optoelectronics has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 12 years, most recently at 6.69% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 1630.0% to 6.69% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 6.69% through Dec 2025, up 1630.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 9.09% for FY2025, 1470.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 6.69% for Q4 2025 at Applied Optoelectronics, up from 7.76% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 3.02% in Q3 2022 and troughed at 33.92% in Q2 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 11.43% (2021), against an average of 13.41%.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed plummeted -3044bps in 2023 and then skyrocketed 2445bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 3.25% in 2021, then tumbled by -565bps to 21.63% in 2022, then surged by 81bps to 4.08% in 2023, then crashed by -463bps to 22.99% in 2024, then surged by 71bps to 6.69% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AAOI's Return on Capital Employed are 6.69% (Q4 2025), 7.76% (Q3 2025), and 9.51% (Q2 2025).