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

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

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Sales rose 111.0% to 0.09% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.12%, a 63.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.08%, up 66.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Sales was 0.09% for Q4 2025 at Applied Optoelectronics, up from 0.16% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.4% in Q4 2022 to a low of 1.19% in Q4 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.28% and a median of 0.27% in 2021 define the central range for Return on Sales.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: tumbled -96bps in 2024, then soared 111bps in 2025.
  • Applied Optoelectronics' Return on Sales stood at 0.27% in 2021, then surged by 251bps to 0.4% in 2022, then crashed by -157bps to 0.23% in 2023, then plummeted by -421bps to 1.19% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 93bps to 0.09% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AAOI's Return on Sales are 0.09% (Q4 2025), 0.16% (Q3 2025), and 0.16% (Q2 2025).