AeroVironment, Inc. (AVAV) Stock Analysis

Company Overview

AeroVironment, Inc. (AVAV) carries a market capitalisation of $5.97B. The company sits in the Industrials sector, in the Aerospace & Defense industry. Headcount on file is 3,991.

AVAV last closed at $117.51 on October 21, 2026. That is −$0.12 (−0.10%) against the previous close. Over the past 52 weeks the price has ranged from $115.69 to $408.25. The latest close sits 1.57% above that 52-week low.

Financial Health

In fiscal 2025, AeroVironment, Inc. reported revenue of $1.98B. That is +140.89% against the prior fiscal year, when revenue was $820.63M. The same year closed with a net loss of $265.12M. Profit margin runs at −10.13%. That is 15.4 percentage points below the Aerospace & Defense median of 5.29%. Earnings per share on a trailing basis come to −4.05.

Across the 4 fiscal years on file, revenue moves from $540.54M in 2022 to $1.98B in 2025. Of those 4 years, 2 report positive net income.

Valuation Assessment

The record shows negative trailing earnings, so no price-to-earnings ratio is published. On forward earnings the ratio is 26.61. The PEG ratio, which sets the P/E against expected earnings growth, reads 1.57. Measured against sales, the shares trade at 2.98 times revenue. On price-to-sales that is 21.78% below the Aerospace & Defense median of 3.81. 98 Aerospace & Defense companies report these metrics, and the medians quoted come from that group.

Beta against the wider market is reported at 1.36. Annualized volatility over the trailing 10 years is 53.23%. Over the trailing twelve months the total return is −68.85%. Measured over 10 years, that is +18.09% a year compounded.

Growth & Income

The record shows no dividend for AVAV.

2026 is still running; the total return is −51.42% year to date. The strongest complete calendar year on file is 2017 at +109.32%; the weakest is 2021 at −28.62%. Of the 9 complete calendar years on file, 7 finished higher.