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

Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 12 consecutive years, with 0.1% as the latest value for Q3 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital rose 23.0% to 0.1% in Q3 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Sep 2025 was 0.1%, a 23.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.09%, up 22.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.1% for Q3 2025 at Applied Optoelectronics, up from 0.31% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.03% in Q1 2021 to a low of 0.33% in Q3 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.14% and a median of 0.1% in 2025 define the central range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: rose 23bps in 2021, then decreased -27bps in 2024.
  • Applied Optoelectronics' Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.03% in 2021, then plummeted by -41bps to 0.04% in 2022, then plummeted by -396bps to 0.21% in 2023, then plummeted by -45bps to 0.31% in 2024, then soared by 69bps to 0.1% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AAOI's Return on Invested Capital are 0.1% (Q3 2025), 0.31% (Q4 2024), and 0.33% (Q3 2024).