AeroVironment, Inc. (AVAV)Industrials | Aerospace & Defense | Arlington, United States | NasdaqGS
121.79 USD
-1.43
(-1.161%) ⇩
(Oct. 16, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 121.70 -0.09 (-0.090%) ⇩ (Oct. 16, 2026, 5:50 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 10:22 a.m. EDT
The most critical signal here is the stark divergence between the company's massive nine-year price appreciation and its current lack of profitability. While the long-term trajectory shows a cumulative gain exceeding 1,500 percent, the business is currently generating negative earnings and operating margins, which prevents it from qualifying as a top-tier buy-and-hold candidate despite the revenue growth. On the short end, technicals are clearly bearish; the stock has fallen roughly twelve percent in just two weeks and is trading significantly below both its fifty-day and two-hundred-day moving averages, suggesting downward momentum is still in play. There is no dividend income to offset these risks. Options traders are positioning for continued volatility, with heavy open interest walls sitting just above the current price, which may offer a temporary floor, but the fundamental picture remains one of a high-risk, high-reward growth play rather than a stable income vehicle. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.073064 |
| AutoETS | 0.073064 |
| MSTL | 0.074633 |
| AutoTheta | 0.115827 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 37% |
| H-stat | 0.08 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.042 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.30 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 19.354 |
| Revenue per Share | 40.196 |
| Market Cap | 6,189,453,824 |
| Forward P/E | 27.58 |
| Beta | 1.36 |
| Profit Margins | -10.13% |
| Website | https://www.avinc.com |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 10:22 a.m. EDT: Implied volatility remains elevated across expirations, with significant spikes at deep out-of-the-money strikes for both calls and puts, reflecting heightened uncertainty. Open interest clusters heavily around the $135 to $150 range, creating defined support and resistance zones. Call volume is weighted toward strikes above the current price ($150-$180), while put volume concentrates near current levels ($130-$140), indicating a mix of hedging against further declines and speculative bets on a recovery.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.6485354 |
| Address1 | 241 18th Street South |
| Address2 | Suite 650 |
| All Time High | 417.86 |
| All Time Low | 16.98 |
| Ask | 130.99 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 10 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.7 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,575,270 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,630,604 |
| Average Volume | 1,630,604 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,575,270 |
| Beta | 1.364 |
| Bid | 114.43 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 4 |
| Book Value | 86.819 |
| City | Arlington |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,798,675,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 5 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 121.79 |
| Current Ratio | 4.26 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 124.8999 |
| Day Low | 120.46 |
| Debt To Equity | 19.354 |
| Display Name | AeroVironment |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,788,984,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,788,984,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,788,984,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,796,241,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,796,241,600 |
| Ebitda | 218,812,992 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.10925999 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 29.418 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 3.214 |
| Enterprise Value | 6,437,087,232 |
| Eps Current Year | 3.25842 |
| Eps Forward | 4.41559 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -4.05 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 15 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 154.1878 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -32.397804 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.21011911 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -64.85354 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 408.25 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -286.46 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.70167786 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 116.43 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 5.3600006 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.04603625 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 116.43 - 408.25 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,169,562,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 38,070,831 |
| Forward Eps | 4.41559 |
| Forward P E | 27.58182 |
| Free Cashflow | -25,920,876 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 3,991 |
| Fullday Change | -1.5200043 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -1.2335694 |
| Fullday Price | 121.7 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,790,812,800 |
| Gross Margins | 0.26471 |
| Gross Profits | 530,123,008 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.00896 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.88345003 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 50,820,702 |
| Industry | Aerospace & Defense |
| Industry Disp | Aerospace & Defense |
| Industry Key | aerospace-defense |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,777,507,200 |
| Long Business Summary | 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. |
| Long Name | AeroVironment, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 6,189,453,824 |
| Market State | POST |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_1674636 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,785,542,400 |
| Net Income To Common | -202,818,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,809,043,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 7,924,980,269 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 22 |
| Open | 123.78 |
| Operating Cashflow | 58,818,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.02269 |
| Overall Risk | 5 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.57 |
| Phone | 703 418 2828 |
| Post Market Change | -0.09000397 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.07390095 |
| Post Market Price | 121.7 |
| Post Market Time | 1,792,187,439 |
| Previous Close | 123.22 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 37.37701 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 1.4028035 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 3.0906181 |
| Profit Margins | -0.10127 |
| Quick Ratio | 3.185 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.69565 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -1.4300003 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -1.160526 |
| Regular Market Day High | 124.8999 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 120.46 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 120.46 - 124.8999 |
| Regular Market Open | 123.78 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 123.22 |
| Regular Market Price | 121.79 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,792,180,801 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,235,226 |
| Return On Assets | -0.00132 |
| Return On Equity | -0.04597 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.057 |
| Revenue Per Share | 40.196 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.16207206 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 3 |
| Shares Outstanding | 50,820,702 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0968 |
| Shares Short | 4,920,630 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 4,304,654 |
| Short Name | AeroVironment, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.12810001 |
| Short Ratio | 2.21 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | VA |
| Symbol | AVAV |
| Target High Price | 315.0 |
| Target Low Price | 148.57 |
| Target Mean Price | 216.16228 |
| Target Median Price | 215.0 |
| Total Cash | 580,227,008 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 11.46 |
| Total Debt | 850,822,976 |
| Total Revenue | 2,002,658,944 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -4.05 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 196.1451 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -74.355095 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.3790821 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 1,235,226 |
| Website | https://www.avinc.com |
| Zip | 22,202 |