NASDAQ:AVAV - AeroVironment Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, December, 3rd. The aerospace company reported $0.34 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.29 by $0.05. The aerospace company earned $83.30 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $80.53 million. AeroVironment had a return on equity of 8.59% and a net margin of 11.60%. AeroVironment's quarterly revenue was up 14.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $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 issued an update on 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 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for AeroVironment's stock. Their forecasts range from $73.60 to $81.00. On average, they anticipate AeroVironment's share price to reach $77.65 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.6% 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 1 hold rating and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for AeroVironment.

News stories about AVAV stock have trended positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. AeroVironment earned a news sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the aerospace company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock'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), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Textron (TXT), 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), Micron Technology (MU), Square (SQ), Baidu (BIDU) and Intel (INTC).

AeroVironment's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Gradient Investments LLC (0.09%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%), Sciencast Management LP (0.03%) and Lenox Wealth Advisors LLC (0.00%). 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 Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. View Insider Buying and Selling for AeroVironment.

AVAV stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sciencast Management LP, Lenox Wealth Advisors LLC and Gradient Investments LLC. 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 $70.84.

AeroVironment has a market capitalization of $1.70 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]