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Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 12 consecutive years, with 0.07% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 16.0% to 0.07% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.07%, a 16.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.09%, up 15.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.07% for Q4 2025 at Applied Optoelectronics, up from 0.08% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.02% in Q1 2021 to a low of 0.26% in Q3 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.1% and a median of 0.07% in 2023 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: decreased -21bps in 2024, then grew 19bps in 2025.
  • Applied Optoelectronics' Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.03% in 2021, then tumbled by -57bps to 0.05% in 2022, then tumbled by -181bps to 0.14% in 2023, then tumbled by -60bps to 0.23% in 2024, then surged by 71bps to 0.07% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AAOI's Return on Capital Employed are 0.07% (Q4 2025), 0.08% (Q3 2025), and 0.1% (Q2 2025).