AeroVironment, Inc. (AVAV)Industrials | Aerospace & Defense | Arlington, United States | NasdaqGS
147.94 USD
-4.34
(-2.850%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 148.44 +0.50 (0.341%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 1:18 a.m. EDT
AeroVironment presents a classic high-growth, high-volatility profile where the long-term thesis remains intact despite near-term technical weakness. The company is delivering explosive revenue expansion, yet profitability lags, keeping the forward valuation multiples stretched. While the stock trades below key moving averages and faces a statistically weak short-term forecast, the multi-year price trajectory and analyst consensus point to a substantial recovery path. Options market participants are hedging aggressively, creating a floor for downside while pricing in a 200-plus strike target. For investors with a multi-year horizon, the growth trajectory outweighs the current earnings deficit, though the short-term path is likely to remain choppy. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.100392 |
| AutoETS | 0.101261 |
| MSTL | 0.101464 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.133899 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 38% |
| H-stat | 1.08 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.213 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.97 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 18.971 |
| Revenue per Share | 40.272 |
| Market Cap | 7,518,697,984 |
| Forward P/E | 33.59 |
| Beta | 1.41 |
| Profit Margins | -13.41% |
| Website | https://www.avinc.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 1:18 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for high volatility with significant option interest at both upside targets (200-240 strikes) and downside protection (145-175 strikes). Implied volatility is elevated across all expirations, indicating uncertainty around the upcoming earnings and contract announcements. Call open interest walls suggest a bullish bias for medium-term targets, while put volume indicates active hedging against near-term corrections.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.36555284 |
| Address1 | 241 18th Street South |
| Address2 | Suite 650 |
| All Time High | 417.86 |
| All Time Low | 16.98 |
| Ask | 160.65 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 10 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.6 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,201,140 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,591,909 |
| Average Volume | 1,591,909 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,201,140 |
| Beta | 1.412 |
| Bid | 136.62 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 5 |
| Book Value | 87.271 |
| City | Arlington |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,798,675,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 4 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 147.94 |
| Current Ratio | 4.304 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 152.505 |
| Day Low | 146.3 |
| Debt To Equity | 18.971 |
| Display Name | AeroVironment |
| 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 | 1,788,984,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,788,984,000 |
| Ebitda | 194,632,992 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.09846 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 39.364 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 3.876 |
| Enterprise Value | 7,661,551,616 |
| Eps Current Year | 3.24154 |
| Eps Forward | 4.40435 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -5.25 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 159.7252 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -11.785202 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.07378423 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -36.555283 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 417.86 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -269.91998 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.64595795 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 135.2 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 12.7400055 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.09423081 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 135.2 - 417.86 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,169,562,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 37,858,989 |
| Forward Eps | 4.40435 |
| Forward P E | 33.589523 |
| Free Cashflow | -251,387,504 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 3,991 |
| Fullday Change | -4.34 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -2.85001 |
| Fullday Price | 148.4442 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.25325 |
| Gross Profits | 500,641,984 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.00904 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.88138 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 50,822,615 |
| Industry | Aerospace & Defense |
| Industry Disp | Aerospace & Defense |
| Industry Key | aerospace-defense |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| 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 | 7,518,697,984 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_1674636 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,777,507,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -265,122,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,809,043,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 7,739,267,812 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 19 |
| Open | 151.61 |
| Operating Cashflow | -78,404,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.02812 |
| Overall Risk | 4 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.57 |
| Phone | 703 418 2828 |
| Post Market Change | 0.50419617 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.34081125 |
| Post Market Price | 148.4442 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,961,583 |
| Previous Close | 152.28 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 45.6388 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 1.6951793 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 3.8033826 |
| Profit Margins | -0.13411 |
| Quick Ratio | 3.472 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.6 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -4.34 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -2.85001 |
| Regular Market Day High | 152.505 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 146.3 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 146.3 - 152.505 |
| Regular Market Open | 151.61 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 152.28 |
| Regular Market Price | 147.94 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,201 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,178,138 |
| Return On Assets | -0.01287 |
| Return On Equity | -0.10029 |
| Revenue Growth | 1.333 |
| Revenue Per Share | 40.272 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 3 |
| Shares Outstanding | 50,822,615 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0721 |
| Shares Short | 3,666,021 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 3,840,514 |
| Short Name | AeroVironment, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0955 |
| Short Ratio | 2.81 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | VA |
| Symbol | AVAV |
| Target High Price | 326.0 |
| Target Low Price | 148.57 |
| Target Mean Price | 225.76685 |
| Target Median Price | 225.0 |
| Total Cash | 632,297,024 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 12.541 |
| Total Debt | 834,788,992 |
| Total Revenue | 1,976,845,056 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -5.25 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 217.35785 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -69.41785 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.31937125 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 1,178,138 |
| Website | https://www.avinc.com |
| Zip | 22,202 |