AeroVironment Inc (NASDAQ: AVAV): Reassessing Prospects

AeroVironment Inc (AVAV) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $234.94, with 6.33 million shares of worth about $1.49 billion changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 45.17% during that period and on June 25, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 21.55%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 28.27M shares, out of which, 27.84M shares are available for trading.

Stock saw a price change of 24.48% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 38.96%. Year-to-date (YTD), AVAV shares are showing a performance of 23.99% which increased to 52.67% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $102.25 but also hit the highest price of $236.60 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for AeroVironment Inc shares is 530.55K. The stock is currently trading 24.01% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 37.81% for SMA50 and it goes to 35.87% higher than SMA200.

AeroVironment Inc (NASDAQ: AVAV) currently have 28.27M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 61.76% of that.

The stock has a current market capitalization of $10.72B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.81. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 152.22, while it has posted earnings per share of $1.54 in the same period. Its PEG reads 7.66 and has Quick Ratio of 2.69 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for AVAV, volatility over the week remained 9.49% while standing at 4.74% over the month.

Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to drop by -10.87% while it is estimated to increase by 46.41% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 19.87% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of -2.04% made by the stock over the past 5-years.

Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by Stifel on June 24, 2025 offering a Buy rating for the stock and assigned a target price of $240 to it. Coverage by Raymond James stated AeroVironment Inc (AVAV) stock as a Strong buy in their note to investors on April 08, 2025, suggesting a price target of $200 for the stock. On November 20, 2024, Jefferies Upgrade their recommendations, while on November 12, 2024, Jefferies Downgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $240. Stock get a Mkt perform rating from Raymond James on September 16, 2024.

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