AeroVironment (AVAV) Stock Price, News & Analysis

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AeroVironment in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" AVAV shares.
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6 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for AeroVironment's shares. Their AVAV share price targets range from $115.00 to $165.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $140.20 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.1%.
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AeroVironment's stock was trading at $126.04 at the beginning of the year. Since then, AVAV shares have increased by 15.9% and is now trading at $146.12.
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AeroVironment saw a decline in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 744,900 shares, a decline of 23.2% from the March 15th total of 969,700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 343,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.2 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, June 25th 2024.
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AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, March, 4th. The aerospace company reported $0.63 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.33 by $0.30. The aerospace company earned $186.60 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $170.62 million. AeroVironment had a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.93% and a negative net margin of 15.14%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 38.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.33 EPS.

ETFs with the largest weight of AeroVironment (NASDAQ:AVAV) stock in their portfolio include ARK Space Exploration & Innovation ETF (ARKX), ARK Autonomous Technology & Robotics ETF (ARKQ), AdvisorShares Drone Technology ETF (UAV), SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF (XAR), First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF (ROBT), Invesco S&P SmallCap Industrials ETF (PSCI), SPDR Kensho Future Security ETF (FITE) and VictoryShares Protect America ETF (SHLD).

AeroVironment issued an update on its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Monday, March, 4th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 2.690-2.830 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 2.730. The company issued revenue guidance of $700.0 million-$710.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $700.8 million.

81 employees have rated AeroVironment Chief Executive Officer Wahid Nawabi on Glassdoor.com. Wahid Nawabi has an approval rating of 82% among the company's employees. 76.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at AeroVironment to a friend.

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AeroVironment's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Congress Asset Management Co. MA (1.25%), MADDEN SECURITIES Corp (0.07%), Bouvel Investment Partners LLC (0.06%), Traynor Capital Management Inc. (0.03%), Curbstone Financial Management Corp (0.03%) and Los Angeles Capital Management LLC (0.03%). Insiders that own company stock include Brian Charles Shackley, Charles R Holland, Charles Thomas Burbage, Mark Zuckerberg, Melissa Ann Brown, Stephen F Page, Timothy E Conver, Timothy E Conver and Trace E Stevenson.
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Shares of AVAV stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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