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Applied Optoelectronics stock: dividend
AAOIApplied Optoelectronics does not currently pay a dividend. Applied Optoelectronics did not buy back any of its own shares from fiscal 2023 to 2025.
Whether Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. pays a dividend and what the company does with its cash instead: free cash flow, buybacks of its own shares and the share count over recent years.
Daily figure as of 13 Nov 2026
Free cash flow and buybacks
| Fiscal year | Free cash flow | Share buybacks | Shares outstanding |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | −$353.58M | $0 | 60.18M |
| 2024 | −$112.93M | $0 | 41.54M |
| 2023 | −$17.6M | $0 | 31.94M |
| 2022 | −$18.26M | $0 | 27.85M |
| 2021 | −$22.3M | $0 | 26.91M |
Data status and sources
- Score
- Daily value of 13 Nov 2026, recalculated nightly
- Price
- Closing price of 12 Nov 2026
- Latest annual report
- Fiscal year 2025, period end 31 Dec 2025
- Source
- Financial statements, ratios and prices from Financial Modeling Prep (FMP), based on the company's reports. MEQIRI calculates the score and fair value from them.
Mandatory disclosures for this rating
- ; time horizon around 12 months
- Rated Weak, published since 7 Nov 2026 (in the score history since 30 Nov 2018)
- Valuation signal Fairly valued since 7 Nov 2026
- End-of-day prices, metrics cached for up to 24 hours
- Score and fair value are estimates from a disclosed model. They are not facts and not a price target.
- Produced by SSM Ventures UG (haftungsbeschränkt), responsible person Sven Brostmeyer, Managing Director, automatically according to the disclosed model.
- Not investment advice. Losses up to and including a total loss are possible. Personal circumstances are not considered.