Growth Metrics

Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) Return on Sales: 2014-2025

Historic Return on Sales for Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) over the last 12 years, with Sep 2025 value amounting to -0.37%.

  • Applied Optoelectronics' Return on Sales rose 2.00% to -0.37% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was -0.37%, marking a year-over-year increase of 2.00%. This contributed to the annual value of -0.75% for FY2024, which is 49.00% down from last year.
  • According to the latest figures from Q3 2025, Applied Optoelectronics' Return on Sales is -0.37%, which was up 12.58% from -0.42% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • Over the past 5 years, Applied Optoelectronics' Return on Sales peaked at -0.20% during Q2 2021, and registered a low of -0.75% during Q4 2024.
  • Its 3-year average for Return on Sales is -0.39%, with a median of -0.35% in 2024.
  • Per our database at Business Quant, Applied Optoelectronics' Return on Sales grew by 20bps in 2021 and then crashed by 49bps in 2024.
  • Over the past 5 years, Applied Optoelectronics' Return on Sales (Quarterly) stood at -0.26% in 2021, then decreased by 4bps to -0.30% in 2022, then grew by 4bps to -0.26% in 2023, then slumped by 49bps to -0.75% in 2024, then rose by 2bps to -0.37% in 2025.
  • Its last three reported values are -0.37% in Q3 2025, -0.42% for Q2 2025, and -0.56% during Q1 2025.