AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV – Free Report) – Investment analysts at William Blair issued their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for shares of AeroVironment in a report released on Wednesday, June 25th. William Blair analyst L. Dipalma forecasts that the aerospace company will post earnings of $0.02 per share for the quarter. William Blair has a “Outperform” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for AeroVironment’s current full-year earnings is $3.38 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for AeroVironment’s Q4 2026 earnings at $1.50 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $2.90 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $3.92 EPS.
Other analysts have also issued research reports about the stock. Stifel Nicolaus began coverage on shares of AeroVironment in a research note on Tuesday, June 24th. They set a “buy” rating and a $240.00 price target for the company. Royal Bank Of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and set a $190.00 price target on shares of AeroVironment in a research note on Monday, May 12th. Robert W. Baird upped their target price on shares of AeroVironment from $146.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, June 6th. Raymond James Financial set a $225.00 target price on shares of AeroVironment and gave the stock a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reduced their target price on shares of AeroVironment from $230.00 to $190.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, March 5th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have assigned a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $224.43.
AeroVironment Stock Performance
Shares of AVAV stock opened at $278.07 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $7.85 billion, a PE ratio of 179.40 and a beta of 0.81. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $177.16 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $160.18. The company has a current ratio of 3.52, a quick ratio of 3.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03. AeroVironment has a 12 month low of $102.25 and a 12 month high of $285.99.
AeroVironment (NASDAQ:AVAV – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, June 24th. The aerospace company reported $1.61 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.41 by $0.20. The business had revenue of $275.05 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $242.69 million. AeroVironment had a net margin of 5.32% and a return on equity of 10.68%. AeroVironment’s quarterly revenue was up 39.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.43 EPS.
Institutional Trading of AeroVironment
Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of AeroVironment by 1.2% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 3,098,822 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $476,878,000 after acquiring an additional 35,543 shares in the last quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. boosted its holdings in shares of AeroVironment by 48.2% in the 1st quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. now owns 902,814 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $107,606,000 after buying an additional 293,553 shares during the last quarter. Stephens Investment Management Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of AeroVironment by 41.0% in the 1st quarter. Stephens Investment Management Group LLC now owns 763,489 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $91,000,000 after buying an additional 221,948 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of AeroVironment by 3.1% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 654,024 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $100,670,000 after buying an additional 19,835 shares during the last quarter. Finally, MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of AeroVironment by 7.8% in the 1st quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 456,486 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $54,409,000 after buying an additional 33,169 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 86.38% of the company’s stock.
AeroVironment Company Profile
AeroVironment, Inc 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. It operates through Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS), Tactical Missile System (TMS), Medium Unmanned Aircraft Systems (MUAS), and High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite Systems (HAPS) segments.
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