AEye (LIDR) Capital Expenditures (2020 - 2025)
AEye's Capital Expenditures came in at $57,000 for Q4 2025, down 13.6% from $66,000 a year earlier but up 50.0% from the prior quarter.
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AEye (LIDR) Capital Expenditures (2020 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, AEye's Capital Expenditures was $109,000, down 77.6% from FY2024.
- Capital Expenditures has declined in each of the last three years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of -51.4% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Capital Expenditures was $486,000 in FY2024 (-75.1%), $1.95 million in FY2023 (-53.5%), $4.2 million in FY2022 (+311.4%) and $1.02 million in FY2021 (-74.7%).
- The five-year range for quarterly Capital Expenditures is $6,000 (Q1 2025) to $1.64 million (Q3 2022).
- Year-over-year, Capital Expenditures has declined for 12 consecutive quarters, with an average decline of 69.2% over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Capital Expenditures over five years came in Q2 2022 (growth of 694.4%), and the weakest in Q2 2025 (a decline of 94.6%).
- Business Quant data shows LIDR's Capital Expenditures at $38,000 (Q3 2025), $8,000 (Q2 2025) and $6,000 (Q1 2025) in the three quarters before Q4 2025.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Capex (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple | 4,865.08 Bn | 4,612.57 Bn | 54.77 Bn | 2.46 Bn |
| 2 | Cisco Systems | 424.71 Bn | 360.64 Bn | 11.06 Bn | 390.00 Mn |
| 3 | Dell Technologies | 344.52 Bn | 300.28 Bn | 9.83 Bn | 1.24 Bn |
| 4 | Arista Networks | 256.79 Bn | 210.25 Bn | 1.91 Bn | 29.70 Mn |
| 5 | Sandisk | 254.02 Bn | 242.55 Bn | 7.58 Bn | 43.00 Mn |
| 6 | Seagate Technology Holdings | 209.18 Bn | 204.17 Bn | 1.90 Bn | 187.00 Mn |
| 7 | Western Digital | 164.06 Bn | 152.19 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 108.00 Mn |
| 8 | Sony | 144.83 Bn | 95.22 Bn | 6.53 Bn | - |
| 9 | Lumentum Holdings | 86.05 Bn | 77.87 Bn | 477.30 Mn | 166.80 Mn |
| 10 | AEye | 55.79 Mn | 55.79 Mn | -161,000.00 | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 57,000.00 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 38,000.00 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 8,000.00 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 6,000.00 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 66,000.00 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 186,000.00 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 147,000.00 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 87,000.00 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 530,000.00 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 613,000.00 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 209,000.00 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 599,000.00 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 798,000.00 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.64 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 985,000.00 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 774,000.00 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 308,000.00 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 468,000.00 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 124,000.00 |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 121,000.00 |
API Access
AEye Capital Expenditures API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=capital-expenditures&ticker=LIDR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "capital-expenditures", "ticker": "LIDR", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=capital-expenditures&ticker=LIDR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();