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AeroVironment, Inc.

AVAV Research profile · latest available data

Price overview

$152.05

▼ -6.50 (-4.1%)

52w hi$409.83
52w lo$136.68
Vol1.29M
As of25 Sep 2026

The Verdict

Sell

Our score -0.54

Short-0.13
Medium-0.70
Long-1.02

computed 2026-09-27

Key fundamentals

AeroVironment, Inc.

Industrials · Aerospace & Defense

Market cap$7.73B
Enterprise value$7.97B
Forward P/E34.11x
EV / EBITDA36.42x
P / S (ttm)3.86x
Profit margin-10.1%
Return on equity-4.6%
Revenue growth+5.7%
Debt / equity19.35

Layer Breakdown

LayerRawContribution
Fundamental-0.08
Sector-0.07
Technical-0.23
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-09-27

Business overview

AeroVironment, Inc., a defense technology provider, designs, develops, produces, delivers, and supports a portfolio of robotic systems and related services for government agencies and businesses in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Autonomous Systems; and Space, Cyber and Directed Energy. The company provides uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS), which include small and medium UAS, and kinesis command and control software; and counter-UAS and precision strike, a loitering munitions solution that deliver actionable intelligence and precision firepower modern warfighters, including precision strike, radio frequency and kinetic C-UAS, and electronic warfare systems. It also offers autonomy, AI, and platform technologies; unmanned maritime; and uncrewed ground systems. The company provides digital beamforming technology, a multi-band/beam software defined antenna tile that allows simultaneous communication with multiple satellites; laser communications, a data transmission systems for space operations; space-qualified hardware for line of sight stabilization and control electronics in low, medium, and geostationary earth orbit, as well as cislunar orbits; phased array antenna technology to supports hypersonic telemetry and tracking, and other missile testing; and directed energy solution. It also offers cyber solutions for national security and defense operations. AeroVironment, Inc. was incorporated in 1971 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.

United States · www.avinc.com

Risk Metrics

Beta vs SPX1.41
Corr SPX0.34
Annual vol67.3%
Annual ret+13.2%
Sharpe0.20
Max DD-66.6%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Analyst Coverage

Mean PT$309.88
High / Low$450.00 / $235.00
Median$305.00
Analysts17
Strong Buy6
Buy10
Hold3
Sell0
Strong Sell0

Recent rating actions

2026-03-23Raymond James→ Market Perform
2026-03-12Jefferies→ Buy
2026-03-12Canaccord Genuity→ Buy
2026-03-12BTIG→ Buy
2026-03-11UBS→ Neutral
2026-03-11Stifel→ Buy

Material Events

DateEvent8-K
2026-08-07Officer / Director Change, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2026-07-29Officer / Director Change, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2026-06-29Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2026-06-25Officer / Director Change, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2026-06-224.02, Officer / Director Changeread
2026-04-13Officer / Director Change, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2026-04-09Officer / Director Change, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2026-03-18Officer / Director Change, Exhibitsread
2026-03-16Securities Issuance, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2026-03-10Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2026-03-05Officer / Director Change, Exhibitsread
2026-02-23Officer / Director Change, Exhibitsread

Insider Trades

DateInsiderRoleActionSharesValue
2026-08-14Shackley Brian CharlesOfficer, SVP, Chief AccouSell205$41.38K
2026-07-15Shackley Brian CharlesOfficer, SVP, Chief AccouSell300$42.90K
2026-07-15PAGE STEPHEN FDirectorSell248$35.46K
2026-07-13MULLER EDWARD RDirectorJ996—
2026-07-10Woodward Sean ThomasOfficer, CFOWithheld for tax236$34.12K
2026-07-10Stevenson Trace EOfficer, President, AutonWithheld for tax545$78.80K
2026-07-10McDaniel Clum Mary ElizabethOfficer, President, SpaceWithheld for tax58$8.39K
2026-07-10Brown Melissa AnnOfficer, EVP, Chief LegalWithheld for tax813$117.54K
2026-07-10Shackley Brian CharlesOfficer, SVP, Chief AccouWithheld for tax243$35.13K
2026-07-10Nawabi WahidDirector, Officer, Chair,Withheld for tax5.25K$758.47K

Flow & Concentration

Insider 180d net-$119.75K
Insider buys / sells0 / 3
Insider biasNeutral
13F holders9
Top-5 share96.6%
HHI2,880 (concentrated)

Top Holders

HolderValueShares
Citadel Advisors$133.54M809.01K
Ark Invest$100.28M607.50K
Capital Research / Capital World$54.15M328.05K
State Street Corp$18.53M19.79M
Renaissance Technologies$12.38M75.00K
Fidelity / FMR LLC$7.98M8.38M
AQR Capital Management$2.62M15.84K
Millennium Management$617.95K650.00K
T. Rowe Price Group$5.82K35.24K

As of 2026-06-30

SEC Filings

DateFormDoc
2026-08-144view
2026-08-14ARSview
2026-08-14DEF 14Aview
2026-08-143view
2026-08-078-Kview
2026-07-298-Kview
2026-07-164view
2026-07-164view
2026-07-154view
2026-07-154view
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2026-07-144view

The Long Run

FY 2012–2025 · 13 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$36.25M-30.6%
Gross profit$173.51M+3.3%
Operating income-$178.66M-3.0%
Cash from ops-$1.32M-82.3%

Indices

S&P MidCap 400

Recent Sessions

DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Sep 25$159.16$161.65$152.03$152.051.29M
Sep 24$153.03$160.29$151.50$158.55894.40K
Sep 23$156.25$163.35$154.94$155.941.18M
Sep 22$164.10$164.10$153.53$156.151.37M
Sep 21$161.28$165.00$160.06$160.901.04M

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