Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) Return on Capital Employed (2014 - 2026)
Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) reported Return on Capital Employed of 1.25% for Q1 2026, up 530.0% year-over-year from 0.2% in Q1 2025, and down 4.14% quarter-over-quarter from 1.2% in Q4 2025.
Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) Return on Capital Employed (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) has 13 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 1.25% in Q1 2026.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 1.25%, up 530.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 1.25% (up 530.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 1.63%, up 1152.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed fell to 1.25% in Q1 2026 per AAOI's latest filing, from 1.2% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 1.2% in Q4 2025 and troughed at 15.04% in Q3 2024.
- A 5-year average of 5.98% and a median of 5.11% in 2022 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Return on Capital Employed plunged 932 bps in 2024, then soared 1224 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 5.11% in 2022, then rose by 20 bps to 4.08% in 2023, then tumbled by 211 bps to 12.71% in 2024, then jumped by 91 bps to 1.2% in 2025, then fell by 4 bps to 1.25% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows AAOI's Return on Capital Employed at 1.25% in Q1 2026, 1.2% in Q4 2025, and 2.8% in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -1.25% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -1.20% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -2.80% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -3.22% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -6.55% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -12.71% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -15.04% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -11.00% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -6.51% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -4.08% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -5.72% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -9.27% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -7.29% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -5.11% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -3.02% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -3.48% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -3.46% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -3.25% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -15.03% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -12.39% |