APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC. financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q4 2025.

Symbol
AAOI on Nasdaq
Location
Sugar Land, TX
Fiscal year end
31 December
Latest financial report
26 Feb 2026

Quick Takeaways

  • AAOI - APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC. financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Headline metric: Return On Equity -7.9%.

What Changed

  • Return On Equity YoY change: <span class="text-red-600">-91%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 01 Feb 2026.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Official SEC Source

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Facts and ratios are grounded in SEC company facts linked to the latest 10-Q/10-K cycle.

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Latest SEC snapshot (2026-02-01) highlights Return On Equity -7.9%, Return On Assets -4.0%, and Operating Margin -8.6%.

Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

57.2/100

Caution Confidence high

Return On Equity

-7.9%

Metric score 0.0/100

Return On Assets

-4%

Metric score 0.0/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
2.63x
Quick Ratio
1.75x
Debt to Equity
0.34x

Strengths

Current Ratio, Quick Ratio, and Debt-to-equity

Watchpoints

Return On Equity, Return On Assets, and Operating Margin

Key metrics snapshot

Return On Equity

-7.9%

YoY: -91%

Industry median: -0.05% (n=96)

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Return On Assets

-4%

YoY: -89%

Industry median: -3.4% (n=96)

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Operating Margin

-8.6%

YoY: -58%

Industry median: -4.2% (n=84)

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Current Ratio

2.63x

YoY: +48%

Industry median: 2.78x (n=96)

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Quick Ratio

1.75x

YoY: +62%

Industry median: 1.62x (n=95)

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Debt-to-equity

0.34x

YoY: -24%

Industry median: 0.39x (n=80)

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Revenues YoY

83%

YoY:

Industry median: 11% (n=84)

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NetIncomeLoss YoY

80%

YoY:

Industry median: 11% (n=91)

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Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Equity -7.9% -91%
Return On Assets -4% -89%
Operating Margin -8.6% -58%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 2.63x +48%
Quick Ratio 1.75x +62%
Debt-to-equity 0.34x -24%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 83%
NetIncomeLoss YoY 80%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 75,198,817
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding 74,998,000 +52%
Common Stock, Value, Issued $75,000 +53%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 60,183,987 +45%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 60,183,987 +45%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax $455,715,000 +83%
Research and Development Expense $85,507,000 +56%
Selling and Marketing Expense $30,267,000 +67%
General and Administrative Expense $75,741,000 +27%
Operating Income (Loss) $54,602,000 +23%
Nonoperating Income (Expense) $7,898,000
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest $46,704,000 +75%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $8,476,000 -423900%
Earnings Per Share, Basic -0.64 +86%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted -0.64 +86%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $206,140,000 +206%
Accounts Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Current $244,404,000 +109%
Inventory, Net $183,105,000 +108%
Assets, Current $675,727,000 +124%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net $376,050,000 +72%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $49,697,000 +415%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $58,501,000 +599%
Assets $1,168,423,000 +114%
Accounts Payable, Current $143,932,000 +37%
Accrued Liabilities, Current $42,491,000 +92%
Liabilities, Current $257,283,000 +51%
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent $47,393,000 +424%
Liabilities $434,505,000 +37%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $617,000 +76%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $490,078,000 -8.5%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $733,918,000 +220%
Liabilities and Equity $1,168,423,000 +114%
Common Stock, Shares Authorized 120,000,000 +50%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued 74,998,000 +52%
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.001 0%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $216,035,000 +173%
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance $95,753,000 +0.8%
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, at Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate, Percent 0.21 0%
Deferred Tax Assets, Gross $111,868,000 +8%
Operating Lease, Liability $50,915,000 +389%
Depreciation $27,200,000 +35%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $36,297,000 +81%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid $63,154,000 +415%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross $568,054,000 +37%
Operating Lease, Liability, Current $3,522,000 +155%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Two $5,303,000
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year One $5,190,000
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent 0.034 +9.3%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount $12,239,000 +564%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Three $5,458,000
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards $79,264,000 +33%
Preferred Stock, Shares Issued 0
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized 5,000,000 0%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits $181,000 0%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Four $4,823,000
Additional Paid in Capital $1,224,538,000 +79%
Preferred Stock, Shares Outstanding 0
Amortization of Intangible Assets $400,000 0%
Deferred Tax Assets, Net of Valuation Allowance $16,115,000 +88%
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expense $11,710,000 -21%
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.001 0%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY