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$350.59 -23.51 (-6.28%)
Closing price 10/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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AVAV vs. TDG, HEI, TDY, CW, KTOS, TXT, HII, HXL, SPR, and AIR

Should you be buying AeroVironment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AeroVironment include Transdigm Group (TDG), Heico (HEI), Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Curtiss-Wright (CW), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), Textron (TXT), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Hexcel (HXL), Spirit Aerosystems (SPR), and AAR (AIR). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.

AeroVironment vs. Its Competitors

Transdigm Group (NYSE:TDG) and AeroVironment (NASDAQ:AVAV) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Transdigm Group has higher revenue and earnings than AeroVironment. AeroVironment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Transdigm Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Transdigm Group$7.94B9.00$1.71B$30.1342.08
AeroVironment$820.63M21.33$43.62M-$0.64-547.80

Transdigm Group has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AeroVironment has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Transdigm Group had 7 more articles in the media than AeroVironment. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Transdigm Group and 17 mentions for AeroVironment. AeroVironment's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Transdigm Group's score of 0.48 indicating that AeroVironment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Transdigm Group
11 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
AeroVironment
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Transdigm Group has a net margin of 20.98% compared to AeroVironment's net margin of -4.14%. AeroVironment's return on equity of 4.67% beat Transdigm Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Transdigm Group20.98% -35.27% 8.92%
AeroVironment -4.14%4.67%3.73%

Transdigm Group presently has a consensus target price of $1,564.56, indicating a potential upside of 23.39%. AeroVironment has a consensus target price of $356.07, indicating a potential upside of 1.56%. Given Transdigm Group's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Transdigm Group is more favorable than AeroVironment.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Transdigm Group
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
AeroVironment
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

95.8% of Transdigm Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of AeroVironment shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Transdigm Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of AeroVironment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Transdigm Group beats AeroVironment on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AVAV vs. The Competition

MetricAeroVironmentAEROSP/DEF EQ IndustryAerospace SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$17.51B$18.36B$28.82B$10.54B
Dividend YieldN/A0.75%0.94%4.81%
P/E Ratio-547.79129.9077.9727.13
Price / Sales21.338.128.89177.30
Price / Cash64.8143.1234.2960.81
Price / Book11.188.8510.466.52
Net Income$43.62M$288.23M$379.66M$276.93M
7 Day Performance-10.63%-1.35%-1.28%1.93%
1 Month Performance25.86%1.52%1.74%2.19%
1 Year Performance61.58%69.78%51.47%34.62%

AeroVironment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AVAV
AeroVironment
2.479 of 5 stars
$350.59
-6.3%
$356.07
+1.6%
+61.6%$17.51B$820.63M-547.791,475Insider Trade
Gap Down
TDG
Transdigm Group
4.256 of 5 stars
$1,293.38
+1.2%
$1,579.13
+22.1%
-9.2%$72.88B$8.58B42.9316,600Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
HEI
Heico
3.7937 of 5 stars
$311.50
+1.5%
$346.09
+11.1%
+17.7%$43.36B$4.29B68.1610,000Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
TDY
Teledyne Technologies
3.9509 of 5 stars
$568.90
+0.3%
$580.25
+2.0%
+24.9%$26.68B$5.67B31.3314,900Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
CW
Curtiss-Wright
3.7244 of 5 stars
$550.60
+2.1%
$492.86
-10.5%
+49.6%$20.75B$3.12B46.468,800News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
KTOS
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
2.7027 of 5 stars
$96.28
+1.7%
$69.14
-28.2%
+234.5%$16.25B$1.14B962.904,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Gap Down
TXT
Textron
4.52 of 5 stars
$81.80
+0.3%
$92.45
+13.0%
-9.7%$14.58B$13.70B18.5134,000News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
HII
Huntington Ingalls Industries
4.0519 of 5 stars
$287.75
+1.7%
$262.67
-8.7%
+7.0%$11.29B$11.54B21.5444,000Positive News
HXL
Hexcel
3.9282 of 5 stars
$62.44
+0.6%
$65.63
+5.1%
-1.5%$4.97B$1.88B57.825,894News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SPR
Spirit Aerosystems
1.2724 of 5 stars
$38.87
+2.2%
$38.63
-0.6%
+20.9%$4.56B$6.28B-1.9420,370Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
AIR
AAR
3.8236 of 5 stars
$81.23
+3.7%
$89.33
+10.0%
+33.8%$3.18B$2.86B104.145,600

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This page (NASDAQ:AVAV) was last updated on 10/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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