NASDAQ:AVAVAeroVironment Stock Price, Forecast & News

AeroVironment's stock was trading at $54.73 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AVAV shares have increased by 39.6% and is now trading at $76.42. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AeroVironment in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for AeroVironment.

AeroVironment is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, September 2nd 2020. View our earnings forecast for AeroVironment.

AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, June, 23rd. The aerospace company reported $0.75 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.06. The aerospace company earned $135.22 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $123.44 million. AeroVironment had a net margin of 11.18% and a return on equity of 8.92%. The firm's revenue was up 53.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.26 EPS. View AeroVironment's earnings history.

AeroVironment issued an update on its FY21 earnings guidance on Tuesday, June, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.74-1.94 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.90. The company issued revenue guidance of $390-410 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $400.13 million.

6 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for AeroVironment's shares. Their forecasts range from $76.00 to $93.00. On average, they anticipate AeroVironment's stock price to reach $85.80 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for AeroVironment.

Headlines about AVAV stock have been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. AeroVironment earned a coverage optimism score of -2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the aerospace company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news about AeroVironment.

Some companies that are related to AeroVironment include Honeywell International (HON), Boeing (BA), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Northrop Grumman (NOC), General Dynamics (GD), TransDigm Group (TDG), Heico (HEI), Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Textron (TXT), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Axon Enterprise (AAXN), Hexcel (HXL), Curtiss-Wright (CW), Aerojet Rocketdyne (AJRD) and Spirit AeroSystems (SPR). View all competitors.

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

AeroVironment's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Gradient Investments LLC (0.11%), Curbstone Financial Management Corp (0.02%) and Hummer Financial Advisory Services Inc (0.01%). 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 Gradient Investments LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for AeroVironment.

AVAV stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Curbstone Financial Management Corp, and Hummer Financial Advisory Services Inc. View insider buying and selling activity for AeroVironment.

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One share of AVAV stock can currently be purchased for approximately $76.42.

AeroVironment has a market capitalization of $1.84 billion and generates $367.30 million in revenue each year. The aerospace company earns $41.07 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.84 on an earnings per share basis. AeroVironment employs 697 workers across the globe.

The official website for AeroVironment is 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]