LIDR Stock — AEye, Inc.

AEye, Inc. (LIDR)

Updated October 16, 2026.

LIDR is a Stock. Total return is -99.7% over the past 5.8 years, 217.3 points behind SPY at 117.6%.

AEye, Inc. designs and sells intelligent lidar sensing systems for vehicle autonomy, advanced driver-assistance systems, and robotics applications across automotive and non-automotive markets including aerospace, defense, rail, and construction. The company's primary products are Apollo for autonomous vehicles and ADAS, STRATOS for long-distance sensing applications, and OPTIS for non-automotive physical AI solutions. AEye does not currently have a known distribution policy, making it primarily of interest to growth-oriented investors rather than income-focused shareholders.

LIDR performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is -99.7% over the past 5.8 years, 217.3 points behind SPY at 117.6%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -70.3%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 70.8%.

LIDR key facts

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

01/11/2021

Distribution frequency

None

Last close

$0.86 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$40,058,723

Average volume

380800.0

Beta

2.708

Payout ratio

0.0%

EPS

$-0.83

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (the posted rate) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

LIDR risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 70.8%.

Who may consider LIDR — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (LIDR does not currently distribute); investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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