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

AEye (LIDRW) posted quarterly Free Cash Flow of -$7.6 million for Q4 2025, down 72.98% YoY from -$28.1 million in Q4 2024, and down 23.65% sequentially from -$6.1 million in Q3 2025.

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

AEye has disclosed Free Cash Flow across 6 years of filings, most recently posting -$7.6 million for Q4 2025.

  • In Q4 2025, Free Cash Flow fell 72.98% year-over-year to -$7.6 million; the TTM figure through Dec 2025 stood at -$27.9 million (down 4.76% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was -$27.9 million, down 4.76% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow retreated to -$7.6 million in Q4 2025, from -$6.1 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Free Cash Flow for LIDRW reached as high as -$4.4 million in Q4 2024 and fell as low as -$21.7 million in Q3 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is -$9.3 million (2021), against an average of -$12.0 million.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — Free Cash Flow tumbled 185.62% — and 2024, when it jumped 60.65%.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at -$16.4 million in 2021, then declined by 22.82% to -$20.2 million in 2022, then surged by 44.74% to -$11.1 million in 2023, then jumped by 60.65% to -$4.4 million in 2024, then tumbled by 72.98% to -$7.6 million in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Free Cash Flow over the past three periods registered -$7.6 million, -$6.1 million, and -$6.4 million for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 2,853.66 Bn 2,775.39 Bn 56.06 Bn 15.80 Bn
2 Oracle 408.21 Bn 376.86 Bn 17.12 Bn 13.85 Bn
3 Palantir Technologies 300.98 Bn 293.06 Bn 1.42 Bn 891.76 Mn
4 Palo Alto Networks 247.84 Bn 243.30 Bn 1.91 Bn 384.00 Mn
5 CrowdStrike Holdings 193.63 Bn 190.57 Bn 993.68 Mn 395.40 Mn
6 Fortinet 117.45 Bn 114.16 Bn 1.49 Bn 1.02 Bn
7 Cloudflare 86.88 Bn 85.93 Bn 455.60 Mn 93.10 Mn
8 Synopsys 86.18 Bn 86.06 Bn 1.77 Bn 821.51 Mn
9 Block 46.10 Bn 39.21 Bn 2.91 Bn 935.02 Mn
10 AEye - - -150,000.00 -7.59 Mn

Historic Data

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Dec 31, 2025 -7.59 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -7.59 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -6.14 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -6.14 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -6.35 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -6.35 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -7.81 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -7.81 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -4.39 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -4.39 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -7.76 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -7.76 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -6.50 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -6.50 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -7.97 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -7.97 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -11.15 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -11.15 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -9.04 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -9.04 Mn