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    AeroVironment Inc (AVAV)

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    INDUSTRIALS • AEROSPACE & DEFENSE • NASDAQ

    $123.22
    +2.62 (+2.17%)

    Market Cap: $6.19B

    Last updated: Oct 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM ET

    Earnings

    Performance (10Y)

    Beat Rate
    68%(27/40)
    Avg Surprise
    +129.69%
    Streak
    2 Q

    Upcoming Estimates

    Period ending Oct 31, 2026
    EPS Consensus$0.39
    Range$0.03 - $0.64
    17 analysts
    EPS Revisions
    1
    0
    7d
    3
    10
    30d
    EPS Estimate DriftChange to current
    90d ago$0.55-28.7%
    60d ago$0.54-28.2%
    30d ago$0.57-31.1%
    7d ago$0.39+0.4%
    Current$0.39
    Revenue Consensus
    $512M
    Range$488M - $531M
    17 analysts
    Period ending Jan 31, 2027
    EPS Consensus$0.77
    Range$0.48 - $0.98
    17 analysts
    EPS Revisions
    1
    0
    7d
    3
    10
    30d
    EPS Estimate DriftChange to current
    90d ago$0.88-12.4%
    60d ago$0.89-12.9%
    30d ago$0.87-11.1%
    7d ago$0.77+0.7%
    Current$0.77
    Revenue Consensus
    $533M
    Range$463M - $592M
    17 analysts
    PeriodReportedEst.SurpriseB/MYoY
    Apr 27EST
    		-$1.85---
    Jan 27EST
    		-$0.77---
    Oct 26EST
    		-$0.39---
    Jul 26
    Reported Sep 9
    		$0.59$0.22+168.18%Beat+84.4%
    Apr 26
    Reported Jun 29
    		$1.84$1.53+20.26%Beat+14.3%
    Jan 26
    Reported Mar 10
    		$0.64$0.69-7.25%Miss+113.3%
    Oct 25
    Reported Dec 9
    		$0.44$0.79-44.30%Miss-6.4%
    Jul 25
    Reported Sep 9
    		$0.32$0.34-5.88%Miss-64.0%
    Apr 25
    Reported Jun 24
    		$1.61$1.39+15.83%Beat+274.4%
    Jan 25
    Reported Mar 4
    		$0.30N/A-58.33%Miss-52.4%
    Oct 24
    Reported Dec 4
    		$0.47$0.68-30.88%Miss-51.5%
    Jul 24
    Reported Sep 4
    		$0.89$0.65+36.92%Beat-11.0%
    Apr 24
    Reported Jun 26
    		$0.43$0.22+95.45%Beat-56.6%
    Jan 24
    Reported Mar 4
    		$0.63$0.34+85.29%Beat+90.9%
    Oct 23
    Reported Dec 5
    		$0.97$0.61+59.02%Beat+462.2%
    Jul 23
    Reported Sep 5
    		$1.00$0.30+233.33%Beat+1100.0%
    Apr 23
    Reported Jun 27
    		$0.99$1.01-1.98%Miss+230.0%
    Jan 23
    Reported Mar 6
    		$0.33$0.43-23.26%Miss+3.1%
    Oct 22
    Reported Dec 6
    		$-0.27$0.24-211.58%Miss-134.3%
    Jul 22
    Reported Sep 7
    		$-0.10$0.12-183.33%Miss+41.2%
    Apr 22
    Reported Jun 28
    		$0.30$0.39-23.08%Miss-71.2%
    Jan 22
    Reported Mar 3
    		$0.32$0.30+6.67%Beat+128.6%
    Oct 21
    Reported Dec 7
    		$0.78$0.64+21.88%Beat+62.5%
    Jul 21
    Reported Sep 8
    		$-0.17$-0.25+32.00%Beat-138.6%
    Apr 21
    Reported Jun 29
    		$1.04$0.81+28.40%Beat+38.7%
    Jan 21
    Reported Mar 9
    		$0.14$0.00+4142.42%Beat+1500.0%
    Oct 20
    Reported Dec 8
    		$0.48$0.31+54.84%Beat+41.2%
    Jul 20
    Reported Sep 9
    		$0.44$0.39+12.82%Beat-40.5%
    Apr 20
    Reported Jun 23
    		$0.75$0.69+8.70%Beat+188.5%
    Jan 20
    Reported Mar 3
    		$-0.01N/A-105.88%Miss-102.9%
    Oct 19
    Reported Dec 3
    		$0.34$0.28+21.43%Beat+17.2%
    Jul 19
    Reported Sep 4
    		$0.74$0.34+117.65%Beat+25.4%
    Apr 19
    Reported Jun 25
    		$0.26$0.26+0.00%Beat-66.2%
    Jan 19
    Reported Mar 5
    		$0.35$0.16+118.75%Beat+250.0%
    Oct 18
    Reported Nov 29
    		$0.29$0.20+45.00%Beat-9.4%
    Jul 18
    Reported Sep 5
    		$0.59$0.31+90.32%Beat+410.5%
    Apr 18
    Reported Jun 26
    		$0.77$0.54+42.59%Beat-40.8%
    Jan 18
    Reported Mar 6
    		$0.10$0.12-16.67%Miss+211.1%
    Oct 17
    Reported Dec 5
    		$0.32$-0.09+455.56%Beat+277.8%
    Jul 17
    Reported Aug 29
    		$-0.19$-0.34+44.12%Beat-
    Apr 17
    Reported Jun 27
    		$1.30$1.03+26.21%Beat-
    Jan 17
    Reported Mar 7
    		$-0.09N/A+73.53%Beat-
    Oct 16
    Reported Dec 6
    		$-0.18$-0.07-157.14%Miss-

    Key Metrics

    Valuation
    P/E Ratio35.11EV/EBITDAN/A
    Price/FCF-245.26xFCF Yield-0.41%
    Profitability
    Profit Margin-10.10%Operating Margin-2.27%
    ROE-4.60%ROIC-4.60%
    Financial Health
    Debt/Equity0.17xInterest CoverageN/A
    Current Ratio4.26xQuick Ratio3.33x
    Trading Statistics
    Beta1.36Avg Volume1.49M
    52-Week High$408.2552-Week Low$116.42

    Technical Indicators Dashboard

    Moving Averages

    SMA 10$133.97
    SMA 20$142.81
    SMA 50$154.19
    SMA 200$196.15
    EMA 10$132.49
    EMA 20$139.08
    EMA 50$148.76
    EMA 200$183.74

    MACD

    Line: -7.57Signal: -5.50Hist: -2.08

    ADX

    ADX: 20.5+DI: 11.7-DI: 33.2

    Aroon & PSAR

    Aroon Up24.0
    Aroon Down100.0
    PSAR$137.42

    Bollinger Bands

    Upper Band$166.54
    Lower Band$119.09
    %B Position3322%(Upper)
    Band Width0.09

    RSI (14-Day)

    Oversold
    29.5

    Momentum Oscillators

    Stoch %K8.6
    Stoch %D5.2
    Williams %R-80.5
    ROC (10d)-12.2%
    Momentum-17.09
    CCI (20d)-155.0
    MFI (14d)7.7

    Volatility Measures

    ATR (14d)$7.29(5.9%)
    StdDev (20d)11.86
    Hist Vol35.7%(Moderate)

    Volume Flow

    VWAP$121.05
    OBV7.9M
    AD Line-40.6M
    CMF (20d)-0.375

    Volume Metrics

    Avg Vol (20d)1.5M
    Vol Ratio1.0x
    VWMA (20d)$141.99

    Pivot Points

    R3$136.42
    R2$133.09
    R1$126.85
    Pivot Point$123.52
    S1$117.28
    S2$113.95
    S3$107.71

    Advanced Oscillators

    TSI-30.43
    Ultimate Osc37.1
    KST-128.28

    Financial Data

    QuarterJul 2026Apr 2026Jan 2026Oct 2025Jul 2025Apr 2025Jan 2025Oct 2024Jul 2024Apr 2024Jan 2024Oct 2023
    Total Revenue$480.49M$641.62M$408.05M$472.51M$454.68M$275.05M$167.64M$188.46M$189.48M$196.98M$186.58M$180.82M
    Cost of Revenue$355.89M$438.99M$309.25M$368.40M$359.56M$174.72M$104.44M$114.82M$108.02M$121.34M$119.29M$105.47M
    Gross Profit$124.60M$202.63M$98.79M$104.11M$95.12M$100.33M$63.20M$73.64M$81.47M$75.63M$67.29M$75.35M
    Operating Expenses$135.47M$145.68M$367.23M$134.33M$164.39M$86.52M$66.29M$66.63M$58.41M$69.69M$52.95M$50.17M
    R&D$23.96M$31.46M$27.11M$35.99M$33.11M$24.90M$22.50M$28.72M$24.61M$35.07M$25.13M$22.02M
    SG&A$111.51M$114.22M$99.41M$98.34M$131.28M$43.25M$43.79M$37.92M$33.80M$34.62M$27.83M$28.15M
    Operating Income$-10,871,000$56.94M$-268,440,000$-30,224,000$-69,272,000$13.82M$-3,087,000$7.01M$23.06M$5.95M$14.33M$25.18M
    Interest Income$4.14M$3.44M$3.70M$4.67M$-17,415,000$-1,011,000$-248,000$-690,000$-239,000$-148,000$-114,000$-1,950,000
    Interest Expense$0$0$0$0$15.05M$712,000$0$674,000$473,000$1.54M$0$4.81M
    Income Before Tax$-7,330,000$64.45M$-265,144,000$-20,604,000$-84,326,000$13.11M$-2,359,000$6.33M$22.59M$4.41M$15.22M$20.37M
    Income Tax Expense$-397,000$16.03M$-21,616,000$-2,305,000$-15,169,000$223,000$-605,000$-221,000$1.49M$-1,819,000$1.26M$1.14M
    Net Income$-5,066,000$63.17M$-243,823,000$-17,103,000$-67,370,000$16.66M$-1,754,000$7.54M$21.17M$6.05M$13.88M$17.84M
    EBITDA$45.61M$124.01M$-213,448,000$33.82M$31.17M$28.04M$7.25M$16.80M$31.94M$15.71M$25.13M$30.97M
    EBIT$-11,466,000$61.02M$-268,840,000$-25,273,000$-66,911,000$14.12M$-2,111,000$7.02M$22.82M$4.55M$15.34M$22.32M
    * Some calculated fields are derived from available data when not provided by source

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    Government Contracts

    Gov Obligations (TTM)
    $633.88M
    Gov Obligations / Revenue
    32.1%
    Obligations YoY
    1.9%
    Active Awards
    77
    New Awards (TTM)
    37
    Avg Remaining Term
    14.9 mo

    Top agency: Department of Defense at 99.9% of trailing twelve month obligations across 2 agencies

    Recent Awards

    Award IDAgencyObligatedStart
    W91CRB26FA055Department of DefenseDepartment of the Army$254.53MJan 2, 2026
    W58RGZ26F0238Department of DefenseDepartment of the Army$117.31MMar 20, 2026
    FA862926FB002Department of DefenseDepartment of the Air Force$49.26MOct 3, 2025
    W91CRB25FA299Department of DefenseDepartment of the Army$39.17MSep 25, 2025
    W91CRB26FA177Department of DefenseDepartment of the Army$28.08MMay 1, 2026
    FA862926FB020Department of DefenseDepartment of the Air Force$26.45MJan 7, 2026
    W58RGZ26F0206Department of DefenseDepartment of the Army$17.58MMar 12, 2026
    N6833526F0005Department of DefenseDepartment of the Navy$16.45MFeb 3, 2026
    W91CRB26FA131Department of DefenseDepartment of the Army$15.11MApr 6, 2026
    FA239425FB011Department of DefenseDepartment of the Air Force$13.75MSep 10, 2025

    Federal contract obligations are bookings recorded by the awarding agency, not recognized revenue. They can exceed 100% of revenue and can be negative when contracts are de-obligated. Source: USAspending.gov prime awards, data through Jul 31, 2026.

    News

    AVAV SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Bronstein, Gewirtz and Grossman, LLC Announces that AeroVironment, Inc. Stockholders Have Opportunity to Lead Class Action Lawsuit!

    Bronstein, Gewirtz and Grossman, LLC has announced a class action lawsuit against AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV) and certain officers for alleged violations of federal securities laws. The lawsuit claims...

    The National Law Review•10/15/26•Bearish

    Stephen F. Page Living Trust proposes selling 750 shares of AeroVironment (AVAV).

    The Stephen F. Page Living Trust has proposed selling 750 common shares of AeroVironment (AVAV) with an aggregate market value of $90,450, scheduled for approximately October 15...

    Stock Titan•10/15/26•Neutral

    AV and Thunder Tiger Sign MOU to Explore Uncrewed Systems Integration and Co-Production in Taiwan

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    AeroVironment, Thunder Tiger Explore Integrating Switchblade Systems with Taiwan’s Unmanned Platforms

    AeroVironment and Thunder Tiger Corp. have signed an MoU to explore integrating AeroVironment's Switchblade Family of Systems with Thunder Tiger's unmanned platforms in Taiwan...

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    AVAV Valuation and Fair Value

    P/E
    35.1x
    Forward P/E
    55.3x
    P/FCF
    -245.3x
    PEG
    1.6x
    P/B
    1.4x
    See GNG's fair value

    AVAV Profitability: Margins, ROIC and FCF

    Gross margin
    26.5%
    Operating margin
    -2.3%
    Net margin
    -10.1%
    ROIC
    -4.6%
    ROE
    -4.6%
    FCF margin
    -1.2%
    FCF yield
    -0.4%

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    AVAV Analyst Ratings

    Consensus
    Buy
    Analysts
    20
    Strong Buy
    6
    Buy
    11
    Hold
    3
    Sell
    0
    Strong Sell
    0

    AVAV Bull Case vs Bear Case

    Bull case

    • 85.0% of AVAV's analyst ratings are Buy or Strong Buy.

    Bear case

    • AVAV has a -10.1% net profit margin.
    • AVAV beat EPS estimates in 37.5% of its last 8 reported quarters.

    AVAV Earnings: Beat Rate and Next Report

    Beat rate
    3 of 8 quarters (37.5%)
    Average surprise
    7.2%
    EPS estimate (fiscal period ending Oct 31, 2026)
    $0.39
    Estimate revisions (30 days, fiscal period ending Oct 31, 2026)
    3 up, 10 down

    Frequently Asked Questions About AVAV

    Does AVAV pay dividends?

    AeroVironment Inc (AVAV) does not currently pay a regular dividend.

    What is AVAV's P/E ratio?

    AeroVironment Inc has a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 35.11.

    What is AVAV's market cap?

    AeroVironment Inc (AVAV) has a market capitalization of $6.19B with a current stock price of $123.22.

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