Growth Metrics

Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) Share-based Compensation (2016 - 2026)

Applied Optoelectronics has reported Share-based Compensation over the past 13 years, most recently at $2.9 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Share-based Compensation fell 80.61% to $2.9 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $11.7 million through Dec 2025, down 56.03% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $11.7 million for FY2025, 20.82% down from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation was $2.9 million for Q4 2025 at Applied Optoelectronics, down from $3.1 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Share-based Compensation peaked at $14.8 million in Q4 2024 and troughed at -$8.6 million in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Share-based Compensation is $2.9 million (2024), against an average of $3.0 million.
  • Year-over-year, Share-based Compensation crashed 464.32% in 2023 and then surged 272.24% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Share-based Compensation shows it stood at $3.2 million in 2021, then fell by 26.32% to $2.4 million in 2022, then crashed by 464.32% to -$8.6 million in 2023, then surged by 272.24% to $14.8 million in 2024, then crashed by 80.61% to $2.9 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AAOI's Share-based Compensation are $2.9 million (Q4 2025), $3.1 million (Q3 2025), and $3.2 million (Q2 2025).