TTM
-47.1%
YoY change
−32.30pp
Trough year (2025)
-77.6%
Peak year (2017)
3.6%
Latest annual
-77.6%
FCF Margin history chart for Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) from 2010 to 2025
Latest: -77.6%
FCF Margin change chart for Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) from 2010 to 2025
Latest: −32.30pp
FCF Margin history table for Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) from 2010 to 2025
| 2025 | -77.6% | -32.30pp | ||
| 2024 | -45.3% | -37.20pp | ||
| 2023 | -8.1% | +0.11pp | ||
| 2022 | -8.2% | +2.35pp | ||
| 2021 | -10.5% | +16.55pp | ||
| 2020 | -27.1% | -9.35pp | ||
| 2019 | -17.7% | +5.89pp | ||
| 2018 | -23.6% | -27.28pp | ||
| 2017 | 3.6% | +0.92pp | ||
| 2016 | 2.7% | +41.05pp | ||
| 2015 | -38.3% | -9.78pp | ||
| 2014 | -28.5% | -7.79pp | ||
| 2013 | -20.8% | -14.85pp | ||
| 2012 | -5.9% | +6.81pp | ||
| 2011 | -12.7% | +2.78pp | ||
| 2010 | -15.5% | — |
- 2025-77.6%-32.30pp
- 2024-45.3%-37.20pp
- 2023-8.1%+0.11pp
- 2022-8.2%+2.35pp
- 2021-10.5%+16.55pp
- 2020-27.1%-9.35pp
- 2019-17.7%+5.89pp
- 2018-23.6%-27.28pp
- 20173.6%+0.92pp
- 20162.7%+41.05pp
- 2015-38.3%-9.78pp
- 2014-28.5%-7.79pp
- 2013-20.8%-14.85pp
- 2012-5.9%+6.81pp
- 2011-12.7%+2.78pp
- 2010-15.5%—
FCF Margin values are taken from Applied Optoelectronics's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About FCF Margin at Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI)
According to Applied Optoelectronics's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is -47.1%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
The 2025 reading of Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) free cash flow margin is -77.59% – contracted 32.3 percentage points year-over-year.
3.65% stands as the all-time-high annual free cash flow margin, posted in 2017, against a low of -77.59% during 2025.
Applied Optoelectronics FCF Margin by Year
Applied Optoelectronics FCF Margin 2025: -77.6%
2025's free cash flow margin for Applied Optoelectronics came in at -77.59%, contracted 32.3 percentage points from 2024. This figure represents the lowest annual value in the available history.
Applied Optoelectronics FCF Margin 2024: -45.3%
Applied Optoelectronics posted free cash flow margin of -45.29% in 2024, contracted 37.2 percentage points from 2023.
Applied Optoelectronics FCF Margin 2023: -8.1%
In 2023, Applied Optoelectronics reported free cash flow margin of -8.08%, expanded 0.1 percentage points from 2022.
Applied Optoelectronics FCF Margin 2022: -8.2%
Applied Optoelectronics free cash flow margin in 2022 was -8.19%, expanded 2.3 percentage points from 2021.
Applied Optoelectronics FCF Margin 2021: -10.5%
Applied Optoelectronics free cash flow margin in 2021 was -10.54%.
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Sector peers by FCF Margin
Technology peers of Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI), ranked by their latest free cash flow margin
| 47.0% | |
| 43.4% | |
| 28.6% | |
| 26.6% | |
| 25.5% | |
| 22.9% | |
| 22.9% | |
| 17.7% |
- 47.0%
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