NASDAQ:AVAV - AeroVironment Stock Price, Forecast & News

AeroVironment trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "AVAV."

AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, December, 3rd. The aerospace company reported $0.34 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.29 by $0.05. The aerospace company had revenue of $83.30 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $80.53 million. AeroVironment had a net margin of 11.60% and a return on equity of 8.59%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 14.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.29 earnings per share. View AeroVironment's Earnings History.

AeroVironment is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, March 3rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for AeroVironment.

AeroVironment will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, March 3rd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

AeroVironment updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, December, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.47-$1.67 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.62. The company issued revenue guidance of $350-$370 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $360.31 million.

5 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for AeroVironment's stock. Their forecasts range from $76.00 to $81.00. On average, they anticipate AeroVironment's stock price to reach $79.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 23.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for AeroVironment.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AeroVironment in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for AeroVironment.

Media headlines about AVAV stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. AeroVironment earned a media sentiment score of -1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the aerospace company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for AeroVironment.

Some companies that are related to AeroVironment include Boeing (BA), United Technologies (UTX), Honeywell International (HON), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Raytheon (RTN), Northrop Grumman (NOC), General Dynamics (GD), TransDigm Group (TDG), Rockwell Collins (COL), Heico (HEI), Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Textron (TXT), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR) and Hexcel (HXL).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other AeroVironment investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Netflix (NFLX), Broadcom (AVGO), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Intel (INTC), Square (SQ), Baidu (BIDU) and Micron Technology (MU).

AeroVironment's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include American Capital Management Inc. (6.68%), State Street Corp (5.02%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (3.56%), Nikko Asset Management Americas Inc. (3.56%), Baillie Gifford & Co. (3.41%) and Credit Suisse AG (2.16%). Company insiders that own AeroVironment stock include Kirk J Flittie and Timothy E Conver. View Institutional Ownership Trends for AeroVironment.

AVAV stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Credit Suisse AG, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd., Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc., Canal Insurance CO, 361 Capital LLC, Arizona State Retirement System and Marshall Wace LLP. View Insider Buying and Selling for AeroVironment.

AVAV stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Nikko Asset Management Americas Inc., SG Capital Management LLC, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., State Street Corp, California Public Employees Retirement System and Great West Life Assurance Co. Can. View Insider Buying and Selling for AeroVironment.

Shares of AVAV can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AVAV stock can currently be purchased for approximately $64.03.

AeroVironment has a market capitalization of $1.54 billion and generates $314.27 million in revenue each year. The aerospace company earns $47.44 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.48 on an earnings per share basis. AeroVironment employs 697 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About AeroVironment.

The official website for AeroVironment is http://www.avinc.com/.

AeroVironment's mailing address is 900 INNOVATORS WAY, SIMI VALLEY CA, 93065. The aerospace company can be reached via phone at 805-520-8350 or via email at [email protected]