AEye, Inc.
LIDR Nasdaq Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessories Financials FY2019βFY2025
What AEye, Inc. does
No business description yet.
- Legal name
- AEye, Inc.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K Β· Mar 18, 2026
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0001437749-26-008858
0001818644
Revenue and margins
AEye, Inc. had $0.2M of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 15.3% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was β$27.9M in fiscal 2025, β11,968.2% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
AEye, Inc. returned β to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count rose 218.8%.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably AEye, Inc. can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $164M | $94.2M | $36.5M | $22.3M | $86.5M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $0.0M | $8.6M | β | β | β |
| Debt / equity | 0.0x | 0.1x | β | β | β |
| Current ratio | 13.1x | 4.7x | 4.0x | 2.2x | 10.5x |
| Quick ratio | 12.8x | 4.5x | 3.9x | 2.2x | 10.3x |
| Total assets | $186M | $133M | $54.3M | $27.1M | $90.9M |
| Total liabilities | $17.4M | $39.4M | $25.3M | $12.0M | $9.6M |
| Shareholders' equity | $169M | $94.0M | $29.0M | $15.1M | $81.3M |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | β$164M | β$85.6M | β | β | β |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
β
$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 1 | β / 5 | 4 / 9 | 3 / 9 | 1 / 8 | 3 / 8 | 4 / 8 |
| Accruals ratio | β | β53.0% | β8.8% | β16.9% | β38.8% | β21.7% | β10.5% |
| Altman Z'' | 2,504.05 | β22.83 | 11.02 | β4.52 | β26.33 | β49.05 | β2.15 |
7 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | |||||||
| Revenue | β | $1.6M | $3.0M | $3.6M | $1.5M | $0.2M | $0.2M |
| Gross profit | β | $0.8M | β$0.6M | β$5.1M | β$13.9M | β$0.6M | β$0.3M |
| Research and development | β | $17.1M | $26.5M | $37.6M | $26.2M | $16.4M | $13.9M |
| Operating income | β$0.0M | β$26.5M | β$63.2M | β$98.8M | β$87.8M | β$35.8M | β$31.7M |
| Pretax income | β$0.0M | β$2.9M | β | β | β$87.1M | β$35.5M | β$33.9M |
| Income tax | β | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.1M | $0.1M | β$0.0M | $0.0M |
| Net income | β$0.0M | β$26.6M | β$65.0M | β$98.7M | β$87.1M | β$35.5M | β$34.0M |
| Net income to common | β | β$2.7M | β | β | β | β | β |
| Diluted EPS | β | β$0.26 | β$0.60 | β$18.82 | β$14.95 | β | β |
| Diluted shares | β | 0.10B | 0.11B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.02B |
| Cash flow | |||||||
| Cash from operations | β | β$19.7M | β$55.7M | β$71.6M | β$50.7M | β$26.6M | β$27.8M |
| Capital expenditure | β | $4.0M | $1.0M | $4.2M | $2.0M | $0.5M | $0.1M |
| Free cash flow | β | β$23.7M | β$56.7M | β$75.8M | β$52.7M | β$27.1M | β$27.9M |
| Depreciation and amortization | β | $0.9M | $1.0M | $1.4M | $1.5M | $0.1M | $0.2M |
| Stock-based compensation | β | $2.0M | $10.0M | $24.0M | $18.1M | $9.0M | $5.5M |
| Balance sheet | |||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $0.0M | $15.3M | $164M | $94.2M | $36.5M | $22.3M | $86.5M |
| Total debt | β | $34.7M | $0.0M | $8.6M | β | β | β |
| Current assets | $0.0M | $19.5M | $177M | $106M | $39.8M | $25.2M | $89.6M |
| Current liabilities | $0.0M | $37.6M | $13.6M | $22.6M | $10.0M | $11.3M | $8.6M |
| Inventory | β | $2.7M | $4.1M | $4.6M | $0.6M | $0.2M | $1.0M |
| Property and equipment, net | β | $4.9M | $5.1M | $7.7M | $0.3M | $0.6M | $0.6M |
| Total assets | $0.0M | $25.9M | $186M | $133M | $54.3M | $27.1M | $90.9M |
| Total liabilities | $0.0M | $44.1M | $17.4M | $39.4M | $25.3M | $12.0M | $9.6M |
| Preferred stock | β | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Shareholders' equity | $5.7M | β$18.2M | $169M | $94.0M | $29.0M | $15.1M | $81.3M |
| Margins | |||||||
| Gross margin | β | 48.8% | β21.0% | β139.4% | β946.4% | β285.1% | β137.8% |
| Operating margin | β | β1,677.1% | β2,102.9% | β2,709.3% | β5,995.6% | β17,736.6% | β13,618.5% |
| EBITDA margin | β | β1,618.7% | β2,069.2% | β2,670.3% | β5,890.0% | β17,672.8% | β13,551.9% |
| Net margin | β | β1,681.5% | β2,162.0% | β2,706.7% | β5,951.2% | β17,554.5% | β14,574.2% |
| FCF margin | β | β1,502.5% | β1,886.4% | β2,079.8% | β3,598.1% | β13,418.8% | β11,968.2% |
| Returns | |||||||
| Return on capital | β | β1,809.8% | β1,049.5% | β933.2% | β | β | β |
| Return on capital employed | β2.2% | 226.1% | β36.6% | β89.2% | β198.2% | β226.6% | β38.5% |
| Return on equity | β0.0% | β | β86.4% | β75.1% | β141.7% | β160.6% | β70.4% |
| Return on assets | β2.0% | β204.9% | β61.3% | β61.8% | β92.9% | β87.1% | β57.5% |
| Return on tangible equity | β0.0% | β | β38.5% | β105.0% | β300.2% | β234.5% | β41.7% |
| Growth | |||||||
| Revenue growth | β | β | 90.4% | 21.3% | β59.9% | β86.2% | 15.3% |
| Share count change | β | β | 6.1% | β95.2% | 11.1% | 24.5% | 218.8% |
| Financial health | |||||||
| Debt / equity | β | β | 0.0x | 0.1x | β | β | β |
| Current ratio | 10.4x | 0.5x | 13.1x | 4.7x | 4.0x | 2.2x | 10.5x |
| Quick ratio | 10.4x | 0.4x | 12.8x | 4.5x | 3.9x | 2.2x | 10.3x |
| Capital allocation | |||||||
| Capex / revenue | β | 255.6% | 34.0% | 115.2% | 133.3% | 240.6% | 46.8% |
| Stock comp / revenue | β | 123.6% | 333.2% | 657.0% | 1,234.4% | 4,478.7% | 2,370.0% |
| Quality scores | |||||||
| Piotroski F-score | β | β | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| Altman Z'' | 2,504.0 | β22.8 | 11.0 | β4.5 | β26.3 | β49.0 | β2.2 |
| Accruals ratio | β | β53.0% | β8.8% | β16.9% | β38.8% | β21.7% | β10.5% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001818644). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.