In last trading session, AeroVironment Inc (NASDAQ:AVAV) saw 0.31 million shares changing hands with its beta currently measuring 0.77. Company’s recent per share price level of $149.59 trading at $0.64 or 0.43% at ring of the bell on the day assigns it a market valuation of $4.22B. That closing price of AVAV’s stock is at a discount of -58.17% from its 52-week high price of $236.60 and is indicating a premium of 31.65% from its 52-week low price of $102.25. Taking a look at company’s average trading volume for last 10-days demonstrates a volume of 0.39 million shares which gives us an average trading volume of 491.41K if we extend that period to 3-months.
For AeroVironment Inc (AVAV), analysts’ consensus is at an average recommendation of Buy while assigning it a mean rating of 1.43. Splitting up the data highlights that, out of 9 analysts covering the stock, 0 rated the stock as a Sell while 0 recommended an Overweight rating for the stock. 2 suggested the stock as a Hold whereas 7 see the stock as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) advised it as an Underweight. The company is expected to be making an EPS of 1.42 in the current quarter.
AeroVironment Inc (NASDAQ:AVAV) trade information
Upright in the green during last session for gaining 0.43%, in the last five days AVAV remained trading in the green while hitting it’s week-highest on Wednesday, 04/23/25 when the stock touched $149.59 price level, adding 4.32% to its value on the day. AeroVironment Inc’s shares saw a change of -2.79% in year-to-date performance and have moved 1.34% in past 5-day. AeroVironment Inc (NASDAQ:AVAV) showed a performance of 18.72% in past 30-days. Number of shares sold short was 2.91 million shares which calculate 4.92 days to cover the short interests.
Wall Street analysts have assigned a consensus price target of 168 to the stock, which implies a rise of 10.96% to its current value. Analysts have been projecting 146 as a low price target for the stock while placing it at a high target of 190. It follows that stock’s current price would jump 2.4% in reaching the projected high whereas dropping to the targeted low would mean a gain of 2.4% for stock’s current value.
AeroVironment Inc (AVAV) estimates and forecasts
This year revenue growth is estimated to rise 9.92% from the last financial year’s standing.
5 industry analysts have given their estimates about the company’s current quarter revenue by setting an average figure of 242.39M for the same. And 2 analysts are in estimates of company making revenue of 198.95M in the next quarter. Company posted 196.98M and 189.48M of sales in current and next quarters respectively a year earlier.
Weighing up company’s earnings over the past 5-year and in the next 5-year periods, we find the company posting an annual earnings growth rate of 6.18% during past 5 years. In 2025, company’s earnings growth rate is likely to be around 2.22% while estimates for its earnings growth in next 5 years are of 17.25%.
AeroVironment Inc (NASDAQ:AVAV)’s Major holders
Insiders are in possession of 1.08% of company’s total shares while institution are holding 99.85 percent of that, with stock having share float percentage of 100.93%. Investors also watch the number of corporate investors in a company very closely, which is 99.85% institutions for AeroVironment Inc that are currently holding shares of the company. BLACKROCK INC. is the top institutional holder at AVAV for having 4.55 million shares of worth $828.82 million. And as of 2024-06-30, it was holding 16.2733 of the company’s outstanding shares.
The second largest institutional holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC, which was holding about 3.06 million shares on 2024-06-30. The number of shares represents firm’s hold over 10.9519 of outstanding shares, having a total worth of $557.79 million.
On the other hand, iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund are the top two Mutual Funds which own company’s shares. As of Mar 31, 2025 , the former fund manager was holding 1.73 shares of worth $259.03 million or 6.14% of the total outstanding shares. The later fund manager was in possession of 888.62 shares on Dec 31, 2024 , making its stake of worth around $132.93 million in the company or a holder of 3.15% of company’s stock.
