NASDAQ:AVAV - AeroVironment Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV) released its earnings results on Tuesday, December, 3rd. The aerospace company reported $0.34 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.29 by $0.05. The aerospace company had revenue of $83.30 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $80.53 million. AeroVironment had a net margin of 11.60% and a return on equity of 8.59%. AeroVironment's quarterly revenue was up 14.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.29 EPS. 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 updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, December, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) 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 brokers 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 share price to reach $79.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 23.8% 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.

News stories about AVAV stock have trended extremely negative on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. AeroVironment earned a coverage optimism score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the aerospace company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate 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 Curtiss-Wright (CW).

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), Square (SQ), Intel (INTC), Baidu (BIDU) and Micron Technology (MU).

AeroVironment's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail 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 acquired 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 $63.82.

AeroVironment has a market capitalization of $1.53 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]