Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.

AAOI Technology Communication Equipment

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $455.7 million, up 82.8% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+127.5%
EPS
+125.0%
Free cash flow
+96.1%
Total debt
+69.0%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

48.51 1.62 +3.45%
Market cap
$4.0B
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
19.6×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
2.98
Beneish M
−0.51
Dividend safety
n/a

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (AAOI) Debt to equity

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Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.'s debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 0.0×, down 0.2× from fiscal 2025 (0.2×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.1× (fiscal 2017) to 0.8× (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is below the Communication Equipment industry median of 0.0× and below the Technology sector median of 0.1×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 0.2× (70.80%)
FY2024 0.6× 70.15%
FY2023 0.4× (57.72%)
FY2022 0.8× 50.23%
FY2021 0.6× 0.61%
FY2020 0.6× 13.55%
FY2019 0.5× 82.35%
FY2018 0.3× 81.09%
FY2017 0.1× (21.67%)
FY2016 0.2× (7.69%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Sep 2026 0.0× —
Jun 2026 0.2× (28.13%)
Mar 2026 0.2× (24.04%)
Dec 2025 0.3× 1.77%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.1× High 0.8×
Ten-year median 0.4×
Current reading's percentile 18

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
AAOI Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. 0.0×
ONDS Ondas Holdings Inc. compare 0.0×
DGII Digi International Inc. compare 0.2×
VIAV Viavi Solutions Inc. compare 0.5×
ZBRA Zebra Technologies Corporation compare 0.7×
ASTS AST SpaceMobile, Inc. compare 1.2×
VSAT Viasat Inc. compare 1.4×
BDC Belden Inc compare 2.2×
EXTR Extreme Networks, Inc. compare 2.3×
Communication Equipment industry median 0.0×
Technology sector median 0.1×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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