For the quarter ended April 2025, AeroVironment (AVAV) reported revenue of $275.05 million, up 39.6% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $1.61, compared to $0.43 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +12.88% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $243.67 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $1.44, the EPS surprise was +11.81%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how AeroVironment performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Revenue- Product Sales: $242.23 million versus $198.61 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +47.2% change.
- Revenue- Loitering Munitions Systems (LMS): $138.35 million versus $133.09 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +87.6% change.
- Revenue- Contract Services: $32.82 million compared to the $45.41 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +1.3% year over year.
- Revenue- UxS: $112.64 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $93.19 million.
- Revenue- MacCready Works (MW): $24.07 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $19.93 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +23.5%.
- Gross margin- Contract services: $8.87 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $15.12 million.
- Gross margin- Product sales: $91.46 million compared to the $81.93 million average estimate based on two analysts.
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Shares of AeroVironment have returned +13.1% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.9% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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