Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) Return on Sales (2013 - 2026)

Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) reported Return on Sales of 0.0% for Q1 2026, little changed year-over-year from 0.0% in Q1 2025, and down 20.83% quarter-over-quarter from 0.0% in Q4 2025.

Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) Return on Sales (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) has 14 years of Return on Sales data on file, last reported at 0.0% in Q1 2026.

  • Return on Sales for Q1 2026 came in at 0.0%, changed 0.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.0% (changed 0.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.0%, up 1.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales slipped to 0.0% in Q1 2026 per AAOI's latest filing, from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Sales peaked at 0.0% in Q4 2025 and troughed at 0.01% in Q4 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.0% and a median of 0.0% in 2022 frame the typical range for Return on Sales.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Return on Sales decreased 1 bps in 2024, then rose 1 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.0% in 2022, then jumped by 30 bps to 0.0% in 2023, then tumbled by 421 bps to 0.01% in 2024, then jumped by 93 bps to 0.0% in 2025, then declined by 21 bps to 0.0% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows AAOI's Return on Sales at 0.0% in Q1 2026, 0.0% in Q4 2025, and 0.0% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

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1 Cisco Systems 480.96 Bn 464.32 Bn 10.08 Bn 0.00%
2 Ciena 69.17 Bn 67.87 Bn 625.52 Mn 0.00%
3 Motorola Solutions 68.03 Bn 67.17 Bn 1.36 Bn 0.00%
4 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 65.63 Bn 60.79 Bn 8.25 Bn 0.00%
5 Lumentum Holdings 61.32 Bn 58.15 Bn 357.00 Mn 0.00%
6 Ubiquiti 34.34 Bn 33.97 Bn 370.71 Mn 0.00%
7 AST SpaceMobile 27.21 Bn 27.79 Bn -69.36 Mn -0.17%
8 Applied Optoelectronics 13.45 Bn 13.01 Bn 43.92 Mn 0.00%
9 Zebra Technologies 11.38 Bn 11.26 Bn 742.00 Mn 0.00%
10 Viavi Solutions 10.76 Bn 10.75 Bn 234.10 Mn 0.00%

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 0.00%
Dec 31, 2025 0.00%
Sep 30, 2025 0.00%
Jun 30, 2025 0.00%
Mar 31, 2025 0.00%
Dec 31, 2024 -0.01%
Sep 30, 2024 0.00%
Jun 30, 2024 -0.01%
Mar 31, 2024 -0.01%
Dec 31, 2023 0.00%
Sep 30, 2023 0.00%
Jun 30, 2023 0.00%
Mar 31, 2023 0.00%
Dec 31, 2022 0.00%
Sep 30, 2022 0.00%
Jun 30, 2022 0.00%
Mar 31, 2022 0.00%
Dec 31, 2021 0.00%
Sep 30, 2021 0.00%
Jun 30, 2021 0.00%