Growth Metrics

Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) has disclosed Return on Equity for 13 consecutive years, with 0.09% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Equity rose 76.0% to 0.09% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.09%, a 76.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.08%, up 76.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Equity was 0.09% for Q4 2025 at Applied Optoelectronics, up from 0.33% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Equity ranged from a high of 0.09% in Q4 2025 to a low of 0.85% in Q4 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.29% and a median of 0.24% in 2022 define the central range for Return on Equity.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Equity: crashed -56bps in 2024, then surged 76bps in 2025.
  • Applied Optoelectronics' Return on Equity stood at 0.21% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 49bps to 0.11% in 2022, then plummeted by -169bps to 0.28% in 2023, then crashed by -197bps to 0.85% in 2024, then surged by 90bps to 0.09% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AAOI's Return on Equity are 0.09% (Q4 2025), 0.33% (Q3 2025), and 0.44% (Q2 2025).