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
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 |