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AEye, Inc.

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Signs3 good3 warning1 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20
Revenue$233,000$202,000$1.5M$3.6M$3.0M$1.6M
Operating income−$31.7M−$35.8M−$87.8M−$98.8M−$63.2M−$26.5M
Net income−$34.0M−$35.5M−$87.1M−$98.7M−$65.0M−$26.6M
Total assets$90.9M$27.1M$54.3M$133.3M$186.2M$25.9M
Total liabilities$9.6M$12.0M$25.3M$39.4M$17.4M$44.1M
Equity$81.3M$15.1M$29.0M$94.0M$168.8M−$18.2M
EPS (diluted)$-1.47$-4.89$-14.95$-18.82$-0.60$-0.26
Shares out.18.7M6.5M168.8M156.3M154.4M101.3M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2025
Operating margin
−13618.5%
Net margin
−14574.2%
Return on equity
−41.7%
Return on assets
−37.4%
Return on capital (ROCE)
−38.5%
Liabilities / assets
10.5%
Debt / equity
0.12×
Book value / share
$4.35
Revenue growth (YoY)
15.3%
Net income growth (YoY)

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2025
Altman Z″ (distress)
-2.15distress
Accruals / assets
6.8%clean
Piotroski F-Score
5/9mixed

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
55
/ 100
Profitability 0Growth 100Catalyst 33Earnings quality 67Financial strength 75

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Signs

1 severe3 warning3 good
  • Altman Z″ in the distress zone
  • Operating losses (negative operating margin)
  • Reported a net loss
  • Negative operating cash flow
  • Revenue is growing year-over-year
  • Conservative leverage (liabilities < 50% of assets)
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Insider transactions

SEC Form 4 · most recent
3 acquisitions9 disposalsnet +960,541 shares · last 12
InsiderDateTypeSharesPrice
Hughes Andrew SOfficer — Secretary &amp; General CounselMay 15, 2026Tax withholding15,421$1.89
Tierney Conor BOfficer — Treasurer &amp; CFOMay 15, 2026Tax withholding26,549$1.89
Fisch MatthewOfficer — CEOMay 15, 2026Tax withholding40,242$1.89
Tierney Conor BOfficer — Treasurer &amp; CFOFeb 15, 2026Tax withholding29,342$1.65
Hughes Andrew SOfficer — Secretary &amp; General CounselFeb 15, 2026Tax withholding16,482$1.65
Fisch MatthewOfficer — CEOFeb 15, 2026Tax withholding40,242$1.65
Fisch MatthewOfficer — CEOFeb 11, 2026Grant834,724$0.00
Tierney Conor BOfficer — Treasurer &amp; CFOFeb 9, 2026Grant208,713$0.00
Hughes Andrew SOfficer — Secretary &amp; General CounselFeb 9, 2026Grant121,229$0.00
Dussan LuisDirectorDec 11, 2025Sell32,000$2.40
Tierney Conor BOfficer — Treasurer &amp; CFONov 15, 2025Tax withholding2,788$2.35
Hughes Andrew SOfficer — Secretary &amp; General CounselNov 15, 2025Tax withholding1,059$2.35

Headline trade per Form 4 (officers, directors, 10%+ owners). Buy/sell read from the filing's structured data — blank where a field isn't cleanly tagged.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
May 15, 20264.6M2.3+10.5%
Apr 30, 20264.2M1.0+88.9%
Apr 15, 20262.2M2.6+7.4%
Mar 31, 20262.1M1.0+17.1%
Mar 13, 20261.8M4.3-19.2%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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