TTM
-11.6%
YoY change
+16.45pp
Trough year (2024)
-28.4%
Peak year (2017)
22.7%
Latest annual
-12.0%
Operating Margin history chart for Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) from 2010 to 2025
Latest: -12.0%
Operating Margin change chart for Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) from 2010 to 2025
Latest: +16.45pp
Operating Margin history table for Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) from 2010 to 2025
| 2025 | -12.0% | +16.45pp | ||
| 2024 | -28.4% | -9.44pp | ||
| 2023 | -19.0% | +7.48pp | ||
| 2022 | -26.5% | +0.35pp | ||
| 2021 | -26.8% | -6.01pp | ||
| 2020 | -20.8% | +4.72pp | ||
| 2019 | -25.5% | -21.51pp | ||
| 2018 | -4.0% | -26.77pp | ||
| 2017 | 22.7% | +13.91pp | ||
| 2016 | 8.8% | +1.75pp | ||
| 2015 | 7.1% | +3.14pp | ||
| 2014 | 3.9% | +4.33pp | ||
| 2013 | -0.4% | -0.67pp | ||
| 2012 | 0.3% | +8.09pp | ||
| 2011 | -7.8% | -0.17pp | ||
| 2010 | -7.6% | — |
- 2025-12.0%+16.45pp
- 2024-28.4%-9.44pp
- 2023-19.0%+7.48pp
- 2022-26.5%+0.35pp
- 2021-26.8%-6.01pp
- 2020-20.8%+4.72pp
- 2019-25.5%-21.51pp
- 2018-4.0%-26.77pp
- 201722.7%+13.91pp
- 20168.8%+1.75pp
- 20157.1%+3.14pp
- 20143.9%+4.33pp
- 2013-0.4%-0.67pp
- 20120.3%+8.09pp
- 2011-7.8%-0.17pp
- 2010-7.6%—
Operating 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 Operating Margin at Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI)
According to Applied Optoelectronics's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is -11.6%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
2025's annual operating margin for Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) came in at -11.98% – expanded 16.5 percentage points year-over-year.
The record annual operating margin stands at 22.74%, reached in 2017; the historical low of -28.44% was recorded in 2024.
Applied Optoelectronics Operating Margin by Year
Applied Optoelectronics Operating Margin 2025: -12.0%
2025's operating margin for Applied Optoelectronics came in at -11.98%, expanded 16.5 percentage points from 2024.
Applied Optoelectronics Operating Margin 2024: -28.4%
Applied Optoelectronics posted operating margin of -28.44% in 2024, contracted 9.4 percentage points from 2023. This figure represents the lowest annual value in the available history.
Applied Optoelectronics Operating Margin 2023: -19.0%
In 2023, Applied Optoelectronics reported operating margin of -19.00%, expanded 7.5 percentage points from 2022.
Applied Optoelectronics Operating Margin 2022: -26.5%
Applied Optoelectronics operating margin in 2022 was -26.48%, expanded 0.4 percentage points from 2021.
Applied Optoelectronics Operating Margin 2021: -26.8%
Applied Optoelectronics operating margin in 2021 was -26.83%.
See more financial history for Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI).
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