AEye, Inc.
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AEye, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $233,000.00, up 15.3% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 818.2%, EPS grew 54.2%, free cash flow fell 16.6% and total debt fell 93.2%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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AEye, Inc. (LIDR) Altman Z-score
AEye, Inc.'s Altman Z-score for fiscal 2025 is −3.68, in the distress zone (below 1.81).
Altman Z-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Altman Z-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | −3.68 | 18.86 |
| FY2024 | −22.54 | (9.50) |
| FY2023 | −13.03 | (9.89) |
| FY2022 | −3.15 | (20.15) |
| FY2021 | 17.01 | — |
How fiscal 2025’s score is made up
| Component | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working capital / total assets | 0.89 | — | 1.07 | |
| Retained earnings / total assets | (4.48) | — | −6.27 | |
| EBIT / total assets | (0.35) | — | −1.15 | |
| Market value of equity / total liabilities | 4.46 | — | 2.67 | |
| Sales / total assets | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | |
| Altman Z-score | Distress zone | −3.68 | ||
| Z″ Variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies (drops the sales/assets term, uses book equity) | Distress zone | −2.15 | ||
How the Altman Z-score works
Z = 1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets (Altman, 1968). The market value of equity is the close on the last trading day of the fiscal year times weighted basic shares.
Z″ = 6.56 × working capital ÷ total assets + 3.26 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 6.72 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 1.05 × book equity ÷ total liabilities (Altman, Hartzell and Peck, 1995), the variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies.
| Zone | Z | Z″ |
|---|---|---|
| Safe zone | above 2.99 | above 2.60 |
| Grey zone | 1.81–2.99 | 1.10–2.60 |
| Distress zone | below 1.81 | below 1.10 |
Not worked out for banks, insurers and REITs, whose balance sheets the model does not describe, nor when a figure is missing or there is no share price in the week to the fiscal year end.
Altman Z-score against peers
| Company | Altman Z-score |
|---|---|
| MLGO MicroAlgo Inc. compare | 2.7× |
| AVX AVAX One Technology Ltd. compare | 1.0× |
| XBP XBP Global Holdings, Inc. compare | −0.9× |
| REKR Rekor Systems, Inc. compare | −3.0× |
| LIDR AEye, Inc. | −3.7× |
| VHC VirnetX Holding Corp compare | −7.1× |
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| SLMT Brera Holdings PLC compare | −8.0× |
| LYLTQ Loyalty Ventures Inc. compare | — |
What Altman Z-score is
The Altman Z-Score weighs working capital, retained earnings, operating profit, market value and sales against assets and debts to gauge the risk of distress.
1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets