NASDAQ:AVAVAeroVironment Stock Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding AeroVironment, Inc. Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add $55.51 -1.69 (-2.95 %) (As of 04/7/2020 03:12 PM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range$55.00Now: $55.51▼$59.8750-Day Range$46.71MA: $56.42▼$64.0352-Week Range$45.00Now: $55.51▼$72.70Volume15,502 shsAverage Volume354,970 shsMarket Capitalization$1.33 billionP/E Ratio45.50Dividend YieldN/ABeta0.83 ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsSocial Media AeroVironment, Inc. designs, develops, produces, supports, and operates a portfolio of products and services for government agencies and businesses. The company offers unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and related services primarily to organizations within the U.S. Department of Defense and to international allied governments; and tactical missile systems and related services to organizations within the U.S. Government. It also offers small UAS products, including spare equipment, alternative payload modules, batteries, chargers, repair services, and customer support. In addition, the company develops high altitude pseudo-satellite systems for a commercial customer based in Japan. AeroVironment, Inc. was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Simi Valley, California.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 2.3 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingAeroVironment has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.60, and is based on 3 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of $69.25, AeroVironment has a potential upside of 24.8% from its current price of $55.51.Amount of Analyst CoverageAeroVironment has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days. Previous Next 1.8 Community Rank Outperform VotesAeroVironment has received 369 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesAeroVironment has received 644 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentAeroVironment has received 63.57% “underperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about AeroVironment and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe AVAV will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe AVAV will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 0.0 Dividend Strength Dividend YieldAeroVironment does not currently pay a dividend.Dividend GrowthAeroVironment does not have a long track record of dividend growth. Previous Next 1.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, AeroVironment insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,010,475.00 in company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 10.50% of the stock of AeroVironment is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions87.74% of the stock of AeroVironment is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company. Previous Next 0.6 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for AeroVironment are expected to grow by 9.60% in the coming year, from $1.77 to $1.94 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of AeroVironment is 45.50, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 11.90.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of AeroVironment is 45.50, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Aerospace sector average P/E ratio of about 25.86.Price to Earnings Growth RatioAeroVironment has a PEG Ratio of 1.21. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.Price to Book Value per Share RatioAeroVironment has a P/B Ratio of 2.87. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 2.3Community Rank: 1.8Dividend Strength: 0.0Insider Behavior: 1.0Valuation: 0.6 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™1.15 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NASDAQ Industry Aircraft Sub-IndustryAerospace & Defense SectorAerospace Current SymbolNASDAQ:AVAV Previous Symbol CUSIP00807310 CIK1368622 Webhttp://www.avinc.com/ Phone805-520-8350Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.02 Current Ratio7.56 Quick Ratio6.48Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio45.50 Forward P/E Ratio31.36 P/E Growth1.21 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$314.27 million Price / Sales4.24 Cash Flow$1.87 per share Price / Cash Flow29.68 Book Value$19.33 per share Price / Book2.87Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$1.48 Net Income$47.44 million Net Margins9.15% Return on Equity6.62% Return on Assets5.94%Miscellaneous Employees697 Outstanding Shares24,000,000Market Cap$1.33 billion Next Earnings Date6/23/2020 (Estimated) OptionableOptionable Receive AVAV News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for AVAV and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. NASDAQ:AVAV Rates by TradingView AeroVironment (NASDAQ:AVAV) Frequently Asked Questions How has AeroVironment's stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)? AeroVironment's stock was trading at $54.73 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AVAV shares have increased by 1.4% and is now trading at $55.51. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus. Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of 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. When is AeroVironment's next earnings date? AeroVironment is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, June 23rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for AeroVironment. How were AeroVironment's earnings last quarter? AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV) released its earnings results on Tuesday, March, 3rd. The aerospace company reported ($0.01) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.17 by $0.18. The aerospace company had revenue of $61.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $68.83 million. AeroVironment had a net margin of 9.15% and a return on equity of 6.62%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 17.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.35 earnings per share. View AeroVironment's earnings history. What guidance has AeroVironment issued on next quarter's earnings? AeroVironment updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, March, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.67-1.87 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.63. The company issued revenue guidance of $350-370 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $358.73 million. What price target have analysts set for AVAV? 5 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for AeroVironment's stock. Their forecasts range from $55.00 to $76.00. On average, they expect AeroVironment's stock price to reach $69.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 24.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for AeroVironment. Has AeroVironment been receiving favorable news coverage? News stories about AVAV stock have trended very negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. AeroVironment earned a daily sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the aerospace company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutAeroVironment. Are investors shorting AeroVironment? AeroVironment saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 2,550,000 shares, an increase of 7.1% from the February 13th total of 2,380,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 226,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 11.3 days. Approximately 11.7% of the company's stock are short sold. View AeroVironment's Current Options Chain. Who are some of AeroVironment's key competitors? Some companies that are related to AeroVironment include Lockheed Martin (LMT), Honeywell International (HON), United Technologies (UTX), Boeing (BA), Northrop Grumman (NOC), General Dynamics (GD), Raytheon (RTN), TransDigm Group (TDG), Heico (HEI), Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Textron (TXT), Axon Enterprise (AAXN), Curtiss-Wright (CW) and Aerojet Rocketdyne (AJRD). What other stocks do shareholders of AeroVironment own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other AeroVironment investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Netflix (NFLX), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Broadcom (AVGO), Intel (INTC), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Micron Technology (MU), salesforce.com (CRM) and QUALCOMM (QCOM). Who are AeroVironment's key executives? AeroVironment's management team includes the following people: Mr. Wahid Nawabi, CEO, Pres & Director (Age 50)Ms. Teresa Covington, Sr. VP & CFO (Age 56)Mr. Kenneth D. Karklin, Sr. VP of Operations (Age 50)Ms. Melissa Ann Brown J.D., VP, Gen. Counsel & Corp. Sec. (Age 42)Mr. Kirk Flittie, VP & GM of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Age 57) What is AeroVironment's stock symbol? AeroVironment trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "AVAV." Who are AeroVironment's major shareholders? AeroVironment's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Gradient Investments LLC (0.12%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%). Company insiders that own AeroVironment stock include Kirk J Flittie and Timothy E Conver. View institutional ownership trends for AeroVironment. Which institutional investors are buying AeroVironment stock? AVAV stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gradient Investments LLC, and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. View insider buying and selling activity for AeroVironment. How do I buy shares of 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. What is AeroVironment's stock price today? One share of AVAV stock can currently be purchased for approximately $55.51. How big of a company is AeroVironment? AeroVironment has a market capitalization of $1.33 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. What is AeroVironment's official website? The official website for AeroVironment is http://www.avinc.com/. How can I contact AeroVironment? 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] This page was last updated on 4/7/2020 by MarketBeat.com StaffFeatured Article: Pattern Day Trader - What is the PDT Rule?
