The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

AVAV

Concerning the House

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

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%
Quotation

$189.43

-4.38 (-2.3%)

52w hi$409.83
52w lo$136.68
Vol880.78K
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score -0.39

Short-0.46
Medium-0.36
Long-0.33

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

AeroVironment, Inc.

Industrials · Aerospace & Defense

Market cap$9.59B
Enterprise value$9.97B
Trailing P/E
Forward P/E43.01x
EV / EBITDA51.25x
P / S (ttm)4.85x
Profit margin-13.4%
Return on equity-10.0%
Revenue growth+133.3%
Earnings growth
Debt / equity18.97
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX1.39
Corr SPX0.34
Annual vol67.2%
Annual ret+25.9%
Sharpe0.39
Max DD-66.6%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.07
Sector+0.10
Technical-0.27
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$190.00$194.30$185.68$189.43880.78K
Aug 12$196.82$196.82$191.18$193.811.04M
Aug 11$188.60$196.32$185.00$196.02984.40K
Aug 10$186.39$190.96$180.50$189.151.45M
Aug 7$172.70$187.50$168.74$186.731.92M