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AeroVironment Inc

May 07 • 04:00PM ET

168.18

-6.19 -3.55 %

Industrials • Aerospace & Defense • USA • Mid • NASD

May 06, 9:20 AMAeroVironment's LOCUST high‑energy laser completes first-of-its-kind FAA‑validated counter‑drone test at White Sands

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Index	RUT	P/E	-	EPS (ttm)	-4.34	Insider Own	24.93%	Shs Outstand	49.93M	Perf Week	-13.76%
Market Cap	8.40B	Forward P/E	41.66	EPS next Y	4.04	Insider Trans	-0.05%	Shs Float	37.49M	Perf Month	-10.04%
Enterprise Value	8.64B	PEG	2.32	EPS next Q	1.47	Inst Own	65.73%	Short Float	11.64%	Perf Quarter	-29.00%
Income	-224.36M	P/S	5.22	EPS this Y	-12.21%	Inst Trans	2.89%	Short Ratio	2.71	Perf Half Y	-53.93%
Sales	1.61B	P/B	1.97	EPS next Y	40.19%	ROA	-6.90%	Short Interest	4.37M	Perf YTD	-30.47%
Book/sh	85.56	P/C	14.30	EPS next 5Y	17.92%	ROE	-8.74%	52W High	417.86 -59.75%	Perf Year	5.11%
Cash/sh	11.76	P/FCF	-	EPS past 3/5Y	- -2.04%	ROIC	-4.41%	52W Low	155.69 8.02%	Perf 3Y	63.57%
Dividend Est.	-	EV/EBITDA	53.75	Sales past 3/5Y	22.56% 17.44%	Gross Margin	18.88%	Volatility	6.62% 6.22%	Perf 5Y	53.66%
Dividend TTM	-	EV/Sales	5.36	EPS Y/Y TTM	-467.25%	Oper. Margin	-3.49%	ATR (14)	12.05	Perf 10Y	490.31%
Dividend Ex-Date	-	Quick Ratio	4.54	Sales Y/Y TTM	116.86%	Profit Margin	-13.93%	RSI (14)	37.32	Recom	1.35
Dividend Gr. 3/5Y	- -	Current Ratio	5.51	EPS Q/Q	-4927.64%	SMA20	-11.88%	Beta	1.34	Target Price	300.94
Payout	0.00%	Debt/Eq	0.19	Sales Q/Q	143.41%	SMA50	-16.14%	Rel Volume	0.67	Prev Close	174.37
Employees	1475	LT Debt/Eq	0.19	Earnings	Mar 10 AMC	SMA200	-37.51%	Avg Volume	1.61M	Price	168.18
IPO	Jan 23, 2007	Option/Short	Yes / Yes	EPS/Sales Surpr.	-5.60% -14.19%	Trades		Volume	1,100,541	Change	-3.55%

Date	Action	Analyst	Rating Change	Price Target Change
Mar-23-26	Upgrade	Raymond James	Underperform → Mkt Perform
Mar-11-26	Reiterated	Needham	Buy	$450 → $400
Mar-02-26	Downgrade	Raymond James	Strong Buy → Underperform
Feb-18-26	Initiated	UBS	Neutral	$259
Feb-17-26	Initiated	JP Morgan	Overweight	$320
Dec-19-25	Initiated	KeyBanc Capital Markets	Overweight	$285
Nov-20-25	Initiated	Piper Sandler	Overweight	$391
Nov-18-25	Initiated	BNP Paribas Exane	Outperform	$355
Sep-18-25	Initiated	BofA Securities	Buy	$300
Aug-19-25	Initiated	Needham	Buy	$300
Aug-12-25	Resumed	Canaccord Genuity	Buy	$305
Aug-04-25	Initiated	Citizens JMP	Mkt Outperform	$325
Jul-08-25	Initiated	Cantor Fitzgerald	Overweight	$335
Jun-30-25	Initiated	Goldman	Buy	$301
Jun-24-25	Initiated	Stifel	Buy	$240
Apr-08-25	Upgrade	Raymond James	Mkt Perform → Strong Buy	$200
Nov-20-24	Upgrade	Jefferies	Hold → Buy	$240 → $230
Nov-12-24	Downgrade	Jefferies	Buy → Hold	$240
Sep-16-24	Downgrade	Raymond James	Outperform → Mkt Perform
Aug-28-24	Upgrade	Robert W. Baird	Neutral → Outperform	$161 → $220

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07:47AM	AeroVironment Shows Lasers To Take Out Iran's Drones. The Stock Is Rising. (Barrons.com)
Mar-11-26 04:59PM	AeroVironment Books A 'Stellar Quarter,' But Shares Dive (Investor's Business Daily) -6.25%
02:03PM	AeroVironment Shares Plunge on Q3 Miss and Weak Outlook (GuruFocus.com)
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09:00AM	Autonomous Warfare Technologies Propel AI Defense Market Toward $30 Billion (PR Newswire)
07:35AM	Drone-Maker AeroVironment Reported Strong Growth. Why Investors Are Disappointed Anyway. (Barrons.com)
07:10AM	Oracle shares rally after earnings, and other early market movers (MarketWatch)
06:43AM	Why Is AeroVironment Stock Tanking Wednesday? (Benzinga)
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05:10AM	AeroVironment price target lowered to $350 from $400 at Citizens (TipRanks)
Mar-10-26 11:01PM	AeroVironment Inc (AVAV) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Highlights: Record Revenue Growth and Strategic ... (GuruFocus.com)
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05:25PM	AeroVironment (AVAV) Lags Q3 Earnings and Revenue Estimates (Zacks)
05:01PM	AeroVironment CEO Emphasizes Scaling Manufacturing to Accelerate Sales in 2027 (24/7 Wall St.)
04:46PM	AeroVironment Cuts Guidance, Says Timing Issues Hurt Results (The Wall Street Journal)
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03:32PM	Live: Will AeroVironment (AVAV) Beat Q3 Earnings Tonight? (24/7 Wall St.)
11:46AM	Defense Stocks Are Down. Why the Iran War Hasn't Given Them a Lift. (Barrons.com)
10:19AM	AeroVironment Earnings Are Coming. Guidance Will Be Key Amid Drone-Based Fighting in Iran. (Barrons.com)
09:54AM	How Is AeroVironment Expanding Its Counter-Drone Defense Capabilities? (Zacks)
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Mar-08-26 11:02PM	AeroVironment (AVAV) Q4 Earnings Report Preview: What To Look For (StockStory)
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Mar-05-26 06:15PM	AeroVironment (AVAV) Falls More Steeply Than Broader Market: What Investors Need to Know (Zacks)
05:08PM	Defense Stocks: Iran Expands Retaliation For U.S. Naval Attacks, Oil Prices Jump (Investor's Business Daily)
10:54AM	AeroVironment Bags $97.4 Million Army Contract As Defense Spending Momentum Builds (Benzinga)
09:15AM	AeroVironment (AVAV) Q3 Earnings on the Horizon: Analysts' Insights on Key Performance Measures (Zacks)
08:32AM	What Strengthens AeroVironment's Position in Loitering Munitions? (Zacks)
07:00AM	AV Awarded $97 Million U.S. Army Contract to Advance Next-Generation Sensor Testing (Business Wire)
03:08AM	AeroVironment CFO Teases 18% Margin Return, BlueHalo Commercial Push and Red Dragon Ramp at Conference (MarketBeat)
Mar-04-26 05:00PM	AeroVironment, Inc. to Present at J.P. Morgan 2026 Industrials Conference (Business Wire)
04:25PM	U.S. Sinks Iranian Navy, Israel Boosts Defense Budget. ARK Shifts Holdings. (Investor's Business Daily)
04:25PM	Iran Expands Strikes In Retaliation For U.S. Sinking Navy, Oil Prices Jump (Investor's Business Daily)
10:48AM	Canaccord Slashes AeroVironment Target From $400 to $330 but Holds Buy Heres What That Contradiction Means (24/7 Wall St.)
01:47AM	AeroVironment (AVAV) Rebounds 9.6% on Manufacturing Expansion (Insider Monkey)
Mar-03-26 06:03PM	AeroVironment (Up 10%) and AST SpaceMobile (Up 7%) Jump on Tuesday (24/7 Wall St.) +9.59%
12:51PM	Why Is AeroVironment Stock Soaring Today (GuruFocus.com)

AeroVironment, Inc. is a defense technology company delivering integrated capabilities across air, land, sea, space, and cyber. The company develops and deploys autonomous systems, loitering munitions, counter-UAS technologies, space-based platforms, directed energy systems, and cyber and electronic warfare capabilities-built to meet the mission needs of today's warfighter and tomorrow's conflicts. At the core of these technologies lies AV_Halo, a modular, mission-ready suite of AI-powered software tools that empowers warfighters and enables full-battlefield dominance: detect, decide, deliver. With a national manufacturing footprint and a deep innovation pipeline, AV delivers proven systems and future-defining capabilities at speed, scale, and operational relevance. The company was founded by Paul B. MacCready, Jr. in July 1971 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Insider Trading	Relationship	Date	Transaction	Cost	#Shares	Value ($)	#Shares Total	SEC Form 4
PAGE STEPHEN F	Director	Apr 15 '26	Sale	197.29	250	49,322	49,501	Apr 20 01:38 PM
STEPHEN F. PAGE LIVING TRUST U	Director	Apr 15 '26	Proposed Sale	194.52	750	145,890		Apr 15 04:45 PM
PAGE STEPHEN F	Director	Mar 16 '26	Sale	212.52	250	53,130	49,751	Mar 17 07:26 PM
Shackley Brian Charles	Chief Accounting Officer	Mar 16 '26	Sale	212.52	200	42,504	5,794	Mar 17 07:21 PM
McDonnell Kevin Patrick	CFO	Mar 10 '26	Sale	224.55	396	88,922	16,026	Mar 11 01:11 PM
PAGE STEPHEN F	Director	Mar 02 '26	Sale	300.00	250	75,000	50,001	Mar 03 02:17 PM
PAGE STEPHEN F	Director	Feb 19 '26	Sale	275.00	250	68,750	50,251	Feb 20 06:18 PM
PAGE STEPHEN F	Director	Feb 17 '26	Sale	254.95	500	127,475	50,501	Feb 17 05:39 PM
McDonnell Kevin Patrick	CFO	Feb 10 '26	Sale	267.60	879	235,220	16,422	Feb 11 04:48 PM
PAGE STEPHEN F	Director	Jan 15 '26	Sale	377.62	1,000	377,620	51,001	Jan 16 03:09 PM
STEPHEN F. PAGE LIVING TRUST U	Director	Jan 15 '26	Proposed Sale	381.80	3,000	1,145,400		Jan 15 04:27 PM
McDonnell Kevin Patrick	CFO	Jan 12 '26	Sale	367.60	999	367,232	17,301	Jan 13 05:02 PM
Kevin Patrick McDonnell	Officer	Jan 12 '26	Proposed Sale	364.99	2,274	829,987		Jan 12 04:08 PM
Shackley Brian Charles	Chief Accounting Officer	Dec 30 '25	Sale	250.92	200	50,184	5,994	Jan 02 02:26 PM
BRIAN SHACKLEY	Officer	Dec 30 '25	Proposed Sale	249.15	400	99,660		Dec 30 04:24 PM
McDonnell Kevin Patrick	CFO	Dec 10 '25	Sale	249.37	511	127,428	18,300	Dec 12 01:47 PM
McDonnell Kevin Patrick	CFO	Nov 10 '25	Sale	331.46	513	170,039	18,811	Nov 12 02:46 PM
McDonnell Kevin Patrick	CFO	Oct 10 '25	Sale	399.74	998	398,941	19,324	Oct 14 05:41 PM
Kevin P. McDonnell	Officer	Oct 10 '25	Proposed Sale	398.29	2,022	805,342		Oct 10 04:39 PM
Stevenson Trace E	President, Autonomous Systems	Oct 06 '25	Sale	381.00	1,717	654,177	4,907	Oct 07 03:41 PM
Stevenson Trace E	Officer	Oct 06 '25	Proposed Sale	381.00	1,717	654,177		Oct 06 04:46 PM
Nawabi Wahid	Chair, President and CEO	Jul 16 '25	Sale	263.05	17,300	4,550,765	122,233	Jul 16 05:05 PM
WAHID NAWABI	Officer	Jul 16 '25	Proposed Sale	263.05	17,300	4,550,796		Jul 16 04:07 PM
Nawabi Wahid	Chair, President and CEO	Jun 24 '25	Option Exercise	0.00	39,938	0	155,112	Jun 25 06:25 PM
McDonnell Kevin Patrick	CFO	Jun 24 '25	Option Exercise	0.00	17,115	0	33,274	Jun 25 06:14 PM
Brown Melissa Ann	EVP, Chief Legal Officer	Jun 24 '25	Option Exercise	0.00	7,911	0	22,586	Jun 25 05:37 PM
Shackley Brian Charles	Chief Accounting Officer	Jun 24 '25	Option Exercise	0.00	2,280	0	6,801	Jun 25 05:20 PM
Stevenson Trace E	President, Autonomous Systems	Jun 24 '25	Option Exercise	0.00	3,422	0	7,184	Jun 25 05:05 PM

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