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The cash flow of APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC. over the past 10 years

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In fiscal 2025, the latest fiscal year on file, APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.'s operating cash flow was -$174.43M and its capital expenditures $179.15M, leaving free cash flow of -$353.58M. Free cash flow was above zero in 2 of the 10 years shown. It ranged from -$353.58M in fiscal 2025 to $17.32M in fiscal 2017. Capital expenditures were highest in fiscal 2025, at $179.15M.

Year by year

Fiscal yearOperating cash flowCapital expendituresFree cash flow*
2025ended Dec 31, 2025-$174.43M$179.15M-$353.58M
2024ended Dec 31, 2024-$69.53M$43.41M-$112.93M
2023ended Dec 31, 2023-$7.93M$9.08M-$17.01M
2022ended Dec 31, 2022-$14.02M$3.21M-$17.23M
2021ended Dec 31, 2021-$11.64M$7.98M-$19.63M
2020ended Dec 31, 2020-$44.01M$15.79M-$59.8M
2019ended Dec 31, 2019-$1.75M$28.79M-$30.54M
2018ended Dec 31, 2018$14.03M$71.85M-$57.83M
2017ended Dec 31, 2017$84.28M$66.97M$17.32M
2016ended Dec 31, 2016$57.1M$49.44M$7.66M

Fiscal years as APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC. reports them. * Calculated by us from the company's filed figures; — no figure on file. From SEC filings, updated nightly. How each line is read.

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