AVAV

AeroVironment Inc

117.63

Oct 20 • 3:59 PM ET -0.27 (-0.23%)

118.30

Aftermarket • 7:59 PM ET +0.67 (0.57%)

Industrials Aerospace & Defense USA Mid NASD

Today, 10:15 AMMacquarie Equity Research initiates AeroVironment at Outperform with $210 price target

Peers: KTOS AVEX RCAT RDW KRMN LHX NOC ONDS TDY UMAC

| Held by: VTI IJH XAR VB VBK VXF SHLD ARKQ ITA PPA

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Index	-
Market Cap	5.98B
Enterprise Value	6.25B
Income	-202.82M
Sales	2.00B
Book/sh	86.50
Cash/sh	11.42
Dividend Est.	-
Dividend TTM	-
Dividend Ex-Date	-
Dividend Gr. 3/5Y	- -
Payout	-
Employees	4091
IPO	Jan 23, 2007

P/E	-
Forward P/E	26.35
PEG	1.30
P/S	2.99
P/B	1.36
P/C	10.30
P/FCF	-
EV/EBITDA	25.11
EV/Sales	3.12
Quick Ratio	3.33
Current Ratio	4.26
Debt/Eq	0.19
LT Debt/Eq	0.19
Option/Short	Yes / Yes

EPS (ttm)	-4.10
EPS next Y	4.46
EPS next Q	0.42
EPS this Y	-1.17%
EPS next Y	36.44%
EPS next 5Y	20.31%
EPS past 3/5Y	8.44% -
Sales past 3/5Y	54.07% 38.00%
EPS Y/Y TTM	-541.91%
Sales Y/Y TTM	84.44%
EPS Q/Q	92.92%
Sales Q/Q	5.68%
Earnings	Sep 09 AMC
EPS/Sales Surpr.	165.41% 6.31%

Insider Own	25.03%
Insider Trans	-0.02%
Inst Own	62.15%
Inst Trans	-1.08%
ROA	-3.57%
ROE	-4.60%
ROIC	-3.88%
Gross Margin	21.31%
Oper. Margin	0.73%
Profit Margin	-10.13%
SMA20	-14.03%
SMA50	-21.79%
SMA200	-39.44%
Trades

Shs Outstand	50.82M
Shs Float	38.10M
Short Float	12.92%
Short Ratio	3.02
Short Interest	4.92M
52W High	408.25 -71.19%
52W Low	116.43 1.03%
Volatility	5.37% 4.63%
ATR (14)	6.84
RSI (14)	26.13
Beta	1.41
Rel Volume	0.70
Avg Volume	1.63M
Volume	1,138,968

Perf Week	-7.47%
Perf Month	-26.89%
Perf Quarter	-21.76%
Perf Half Y	-44.00%
Perf YTD	-51.37%
Perf Year	-67.69%
Perf 3Y	0.65%
Perf 5Y	27.14%
Perf 10Y	426.07%
Recom	1.48
Target Price	212.09
Prev Close	117.90
Price	117.63
Change %	-0.23%

Date	Action	Analyst	Rating Change	Price Target Change
Oct-16-26	Initiated	Macquarie	Outperform	$210
Oct-09-26	Initiated	Barclays	Equal Weight	$237
Oct-06-26	Initiated	Rothschild & Co Redburn	Neutral	$165
Jul-16-26	Upgrade	Raymond James	Mkt Perform → Outperform	$210
Jul-09-26	Downgrade	RBC Capital Mkts	Outperform → Sector Perform	$180
Jul-01-26	Initiated	Wedbush	Outperform	$250
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

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Sep-15-26 03:01PM	Swarmer Targets $200M in Pro Forma Revenue Next Year Report (Exec Edge)
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Sep-14-26 10:34AM	Boeing Wins $13.4 Billion KC-46 Air Force Contract Amid Defense Awards (Investor's Business Daily)
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10:27AM	Aerovironment secures landmark $465M U.S. Army contract for laser defense systems (Investing.com)
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Aug-24-26 01:00PM	AV to Invest $100 Million in New Unified Campus in Southern California (Business Wire) -7.50%
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Aug-20-26 06:45PM	AeroVironment to Establish Industrial Presence in Greece Through AV Eagle (Business Wire) -7.50%
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Jul-24-26 02:15PM	Kaplan Fox Encourages AeroVironment, Inc. (AVAV) Investors with Losses of More Than $200,000 to Contact the Firm Before July 27, 2026 (Newsfile) -5.81%
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Jul-21-26 08:30AM	Kaplan Fox Urges Investors of AeroVironment, Inc. (AVAV) with Significant Losses of More Than $200,000 to Seek a Leadership Role Before July 27, 2026 (Newsfile)
Jul-20-26 01:37PM	Cathie Wood Adds $18 Million Worth Of SpaceX, These Defense Names (Investor's Business Daily)
10:14AM	AeroVironment stock rises after securing $117.3 million U.S. Army drone contract (InvestorsHub)
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Jul-17-26 02:00PM	Kaplan Fox Encourages Investors of AeroVironment, Inc. (AVAV) Who Suffered Losses to Contact the Firm Before July 27, 2026 (Newsfile)
Jul-16-26 01:17PM	AVAV Stock Has Slumped Over 40% YTD Why Raymond James Thinks This Beaten-Down Drone Stock Can Soar 49% (Stocktwits) +5.71%
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Insider Trading	Relationship	Date	Transaction	Cost	#Shares	Value ($)	#Shares Total	SEC Form 4
STEPHEN F. PAGE LIVING TRUST U	Director	Oct 15 '26	Proposed Sale	120.60	750	90,450		Oct 15 04:39 PM
Shackley Brian Charles	SVP, Chief Accounting Officer	Sep 15 '26	Sale	152.27	100	15,227	7,788	Sep 17 04:16 PM
PAGE STEPHEN F	Director	Sep 15 '26	Sale	152.27	250	38,068	48,253	Sep 17 04:14 PM
PAGE STEPHEN F	Director	Aug 17 '26	Sale	191.98	250	47,995	48,503	Aug 19 08:09 PM
Shackley Brian Charles	SVP, Chief Accounting Officer	Aug 14 '26	Sale	201.86	205	41,381	7,888	Aug 14 05:39 PM
BRIAN SHACKLEY	Officer	Aug 14 '26	Proposed Sale	189.43	205	38,833		Aug 14 04:39 PM
Shackley Brian Charles	SVP, Chief Accounting Officer	Jul 15 '26	Sale	143.00	300	42,900	8,093	Jul 16 05:52 PM
PAGE STEPHEN F	Director	Jul 15 '26	Sale	143.00	248	35,464	48,753	Jul 16 12:58 PM
BRIAN SHACKLEY	Officer	Jul 15 '26	Proposed Sale	143.47	400	57,388		Jul 15 04:32 PM
STEPHEN F. PAGE LIVING TRUST U	Director	Jul 15 '26	Proposed Sale	143.47	748	107,316		Jul 15 04:24 PM
Kevin Patrick McDonnell	Officer	Jul 06 '26	Proposed Sale	190.89	1,500	286,335		Jul 06 08:48 PM
Woodward Sean Thomas	CFO	Jun 29 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	2,382	0	4,753	Jun 30 01:44 PM
Stevenson Trace E	President, Autonomous Systems	Jun 29 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	4,765	0	9,672	Jun 30 01:39 PM
Shackley Brian Charles	SVP, Chief Accounting Officer	Jun 29 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	2,382	0	8,883	Jun 30 01:24 PM
Nawabi Wahid	Chair, President and CEO	Jun 29 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	57,672	0	179,905	Jun 30 01:22 PM
Brown Melissa Ann	EVP, Chief Legal Officer	Jun 29 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	9,175	0	28,744	Jun 30 01:17 PM
PAGE STEPHEN F	Director	Jun 15 '26	Sale	174.41	250	43,602	49,001	Jun 16 12:39 PM
PAGE STEPHEN F	Director	May 15 '26	Sale	162.31	250	40,578	49,251	May 18 02:41 PM
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

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.

Chairman of the BoardMr. Wahid Nawabi

President of Autonomous SystemsMr. Trace E. Stevenson

President of SpaceMs. Mary Clum

Executive VP & CFOMr. Sean T. Woodward

Executive VP & COODr. Robert F. Smith Ph.D.

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