AEye (LIDR) Operating Expenses (2020 - 2025)

AEye (LIDR) posted quarterly Operating Expenses of $8.3 million for Q4 2025, down 8.24% YoY from $9.0 million in Q4 2024, and up 6.16% sequentially from $7.8 million in Q3 2025.

AEye (LIDR) Operating Expenses (2020 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

AEye has disclosed Operating Expenses across 6 years of filings, most recently posting $8.3 million for Q4 2025.

  • In Q4 2025, Operating Expenses fell 8.24% year-over-year to $8.3 million; the TTM figure through Dec 2025 stood at $31.4 million (down 10.9% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $31.4 million, down 10.9% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses advanced to $8.3 million in Q4 2025, from $7.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Expenses for LIDR reached as high as $25.9 million in Q2 2022 and fell as low as $6.8 million in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $12.7 million (2021), against an average of $14.8 million.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — Operating Expenses soared 197.09% — and 2024, when it plunged 58.88%.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $23.2 million in 2021, then declined by 5.52% to $22.0 million in 2022, then declined by 0.41% to $21.9 million in 2023, then sank by 58.88% to $9.0 million in 2024, then dropped by 8.24% to $8.3 million in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses over the past three periods registered $8.3 million, $7.8 million, and $8.6 million for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 2,853.66 Bn 2,775.39 Bn 56.06 Bn 10.85 Bn
2 Oracle 408.21 Bn 376.86 Bn 17.12 Bn 13.05 Bn
3 Palantir Technologies 300.98 Bn 293.06 Bn 1.42 Bn 662.79 Mn
4 Palo Alto Networks 247.84 Bn 243.30 Bn 1.91 Bn 1.51 Bn
5 CrowdStrike Holdings 193.63 Bn 190.57 Bn 993.68 Mn 979.89 Mn
6 Fortinet 117.45 Bn 114.16 Bn 1.49 Bn 905.10 Mn
7 Cloudflare 86.88 Bn 85.93 Bn 455.60 Mn 517.59 Mn
8 Synopsys 86.18 Bn 86.06 Bn 1.77 Bn 1.57 Bn
9 Block 46.10 Bn 39.21 Bn 2.91 Bn 3.08 Bn
10 AEye 33.07 Mn 33.07 Mn -150,000.00 8.25 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 8.25 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 7.77 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 8.62 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 6.77 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 8.99 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 7.64 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 8.13 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 10.49 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 21.87 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 12.94 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 14.85 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 24.26 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 21.96 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 21.33 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 25.91 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 24.52 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 23.24 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 16.55 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 12.39 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 10.43 Mn