AEye LIDR
NASDAQ LIDR
$1.33 -0.04 (-2.92%)
At close: Sep 8, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

AEye (LIDR) Free Cash Flow (2020 - 2025)

AEye's (LIDR) quarterly Free Cash Flow came in at -$7.5 million in Q4 2025, down 53.45% year-over-year from -$16.1 million in Q4 2024, and down 23.86% quarter-over-quarter from -$6.0 million in Q3 2025.

Analysis

AEye (LIDR) Free Cash Flow (2020 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

AEye (LIDR) has reported Free Cash Flow for 6 consecutive years, with -$7.5 million the latest figure, recorded in Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Free Cash Flow fell 53.45% year-over-year to -$7.5 million in Q4 2025; TTM through Dec 2025 was -$27.5 million, a 1.59% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at -$27.5 million, down 1.59% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow was -$7.5 million for Q4 2025 at AEye, down from -$6.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Free Cash Flow peaked at -$4.9 million in Q4 2024 and troughed at -$24.1 million in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of -$12.0 million and a median of -$9.0 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
  • Across the five-year window, Free Cash Flow plunged 193.65% in 2021 and surged 65.41% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Over 5 years, Free Cash Flow stood at -$16.9 million in 2021, then decreased by 0.22% to -$16.9 million in 2022, then soared by 42.4% to -$9.7 million in 2023, then soared by 50.02% to -$4.9 million in 2024, then plunged by 53.45% to -$7.5 million in 2025.
  • The last three Free Cash Flow figures came in at -$7.5 million (Q4 2025), -$6.0 million (Q3 2025), and -$6.3 million (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Lumentum Holdings 72.60 Bn 69.87 Bn 477.30 Mn 196.20 Mn
2 Coherent 53.56 Bn 51.58 Bn 787.08 Mn -486.23 Mn
3 Zebra Technologies 16.79 Bn 16.63 Bn 825.00 Mn 198.00 Mn
4 Littelfuse 10.69 Bn 10.07 Bn 306.06 Mn 127.29 Mn
5 Vishay Intertechnology 4.31 Bn 3.01 Bn 207.38 Mn 10.16 Mn
6 LG Display 3.27 Bn 2.19 Bn 509.35 Mn 1.21 Bn
7 Knowles 3.06 Bn 3.01 Bn 74.60 Mn 21.70 Mn
8 Bel Fuse 2.82 Bn 2.52 Bn 83.97 Mn 15.69 Mn
9 Hesai 2.59 Bn 1.61 Bn 50.88 Mn -
10 AEye 61.76 Mn 61.76 Mn -161,000.00 -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 -7.48 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -6.04 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -6.30 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -7.72 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -4.87 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -7.76 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -6.69 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -7.79 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -9.75 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -8.32 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -16.82 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 -17.79 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -16.92 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -24.06 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 -18.07 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 -16.80 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -16.89 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 -21.72 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 -6.99 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 -11.60 Mn