AeroVironment, Inc. (AVAV)Industrials | Aerospace & Defense | Arlington, United States | NasdaqGS
141.80 USD
-2.78
(-1.923%) ⇩
(July 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 142.50 +0.70 (0.492%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 7:58 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 7:08 a.m. EDT
AeroVironment presents a compelling dichotomy between current profitability and explosive growth potential. While the company is currently burning cash with negative free flow and earnings, the underlying business fundamentals are exceptionally strong, evidenced by a staggering 133% revenue growth rate and a massive backlog expansion to $1.2 billion. The recent $500 million Army contract validates the core technology and provides a clear runway for future earnings conversion. The nine-year price trajectory reflects this dominance, delivering an 868% cumulative gain, yet the stock has recently corrected from its highs, trading below its 50-day moving average. Analysts see significant room for expansion, with a mean target nearly double the current price. While the lack of a dividend and high valuation multiples pose risks, the strategic positioning in counter-drone technology and the government contract pipeline make this a high-conviction long-term hold, despite the short-term technical noise and volatility. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.098857 |
| AutoTheta | 0.101032 |
| AutoETS | 0.101645 |
| MSTL | 0.103081 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 34% |
| H-stat | 3.84 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.976 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.06 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 18.971 |
| Revenue per Share | 40.272 |
| Market Cap | 7,176,219,136 |
| Forward P/E | 31.29 |
| Beta | 1.40 |
| Profit Margins | -13.41% |
| Website | https://www.avinc.com |
As of July 11, 2026, 7:08 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning aggressively for upside with heavy out-of-the-money call volume concentrated at 160, 170, and 250 strikes, suggesting a belief in continued momentum beyond current levels. Put writing remains active near the 145-180 range, acting as a hedge against volatility, but implied volatility is elevated across the board, indicating heightened expectations for a move in either direction. The skew favors calls, reflecting optimism following the earnings beat and contract announcements.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.45441508 |
| Address1 | 241 18th Street South |
| Address2 | Suite 650 |
| All Time High | 417.86 |
| All Time Low | 16.98 |
| Ask | 153.9 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 10 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.6 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 3,485,860 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,600,308 |
| Average Volume | 1,600,308 |
| Average Volume10Days | 3,485,860 |
| Beta | 1.395 |
| Bid | 132.22 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 5 |
| Book Value | 87.271 |
| City | Arlington |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 4 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 141.8 |
| Current Ratio | 4.304 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 145.86 |
| Day Low | 141.15 |
| Debt To Equity | 18.971 |
| Display Name | AeroVironment |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,782,765,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,782,765,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,782,763,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,788,379,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,788,379,200 |
| Ebitda | 194,632,992 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.09846 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 37.774 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 3.719 |
| Enterprise Value | 7,351,975,936 |
| Eps Current Year | 3.32567 |
| Eps Forward | 4.53158 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -5.39 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 171.5542 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -29.754196 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.17343904 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -45.44151 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 417.86 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -276.06 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.6606519 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 135.2 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 6.600006 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.048816614 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 135.2 - 417.86 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,169,562,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 37,878,653 |
| Forward Eps | 4.53158 |
| Forward P E | 31.291515 |
| Free Cashflow | -251,387,504 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 3,991 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,782,864,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.25325 |
| Gross Profits | 500,641,984 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.00907 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.89572996 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 50,608,030 |
| 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 | 7,176,219,136 |
| Market State | POSTPOST |
| 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 | 7,316,908,977 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 18 |
| Open | 144.05 |
| 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 | 0.69718933 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.49167088 |
| Post Market Price | 142.4972 |
| Post Market Time | 1,783,987,110 |
| Previous Close | 144.58 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 42.638027 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 1.6248238 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 3.6301374 |
| Profit Margins | -0.13411 |
| Quick Ratio | 3.472 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.65 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -2.78 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -1.92281 |
| Regular Market Day High | 145.86 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 141.15 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 141.15 - 145.86 |
| Regular Market Open | 144.05 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 144.58 |
| Regular Market Price | 141.8 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,783,972,801 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,234,682 |
| Return On Assets | -0.01287 |
| Return On Equity | -0.10029 |
| Revenue Growth | 1.333 |
| Revenue Per Share | 40.272 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20847368 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 4 |
| Shares Outstanding | 50,608,030 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.081 |
| Shares Short | 4,098,727 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 4,609,551 |
| Short Name | AeroVironment, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.1073 |
| Short Ratio | 2.27 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | VA |
| Symbol | AVAV |
| Target High Price | 450.0 |
| Target Low Price | 166.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 245.3839 |
| Target Median Price | 230.0 |
| 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 | -5.39 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 251.33815 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -109.53815 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.4358198 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 1,234,682 |
| Website | https://www.avinc.com |
| Zip | 22,202 |