AEye (LIDR) Return on Sales (2020 - 2025)

AEye (LIDR) posted quarterly Return on Sales of 0.76% for Q4 2025, up 110.0% YoY from 0.36% in Q4 2024, and up 59.44% sequentially from 1.87% in Q3 2025.

AEye (LIDR) Return on Sales (2020 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

AEye has disclosed Return on Sales across 6 years of filings, most recently posting 0.76% for Q4 2025.

  • In Q4 2025, Return on Sales rose 110.0% year-over-year to 0.76%; the TTM figure through Dec 2025 stood at 1.46% (up 30.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 1.46%, up 30.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales rose to 0.76% in Q4 2025, from 1.87% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Sales for LIDR reached as high as 0.13% in Q4 2021 and fell as low as 5.11% in Q1 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.8% (2025), against an average of 1.35%.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Return on Sales slumped 470 bps — and 2025, when it jumped 386 bps.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.13% in 2021, then tumbled by 69 bps to 0.22% in 2022, then plunged by 1768 bps to 4.03% in 2023, then surged by 54 bps to 1.86% in 2024, then soared by 59 bps to 0.76% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Sales over the past three periods registered 0.76%, 1.87%, and 4.21% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.

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10 AEye 33.07 Mn 33.07 Mn -150,000.00 -0.76%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 -0.76%
Sep 30, 2025 -1.87%
Jun 30, 2025 -4.21%
Mar 31, 2025 -1.25%
Dec 31, 2024 -1.86%
Sep 30, 2024 -0.84%
Jun 30, 2024 -2.50%
Mar 31, 2024 -5.11%
Dec 31, 2023 -4.03%
Sep 30, 2023 -0.91%
Jun 30, 2023 -0.28%
Mar 31, 2023 -0.41%
Dec 31, 2022 -0.22%
Sep 30, 2022 -0.30%
Jun 30, 2022 -0.37%
Mar 31, 2022 -0.23%
Dec 31, 2021 -0.13%
Sep 30, 2021 -1.32%
Jun 30, 2021 -0.16%
Mar 31, 2021 -0.33%