AVAV · AeroVironment, Inc.
$149.51
+1.37% last session
End-of-day data · updated 2026-07-28
Market cap
$8B
Enterprise value
$8B
Trailing P/E
—
Forward P/E
34.9
Dividend yield
—
Beta
1.40
Avg volume
2M
Employees
4K
2D change
—
5D change
-2.83%
10D change
8.47%
30D change
11.81%
60D change
-25.57%
MTD change
-10.55%
YTD change
-36.24%
Analyst Outlook
Analyst estimates change daily — follow the shifts on the Estimate Trends page.
Technical Analysis
Analyst sentiment over time — AVAV
Rec Mean (blue, left — higher = more bullish) vs. price targets (right).
Investment Bank Ratings as of 2026-07-16
Latest call per bank · past 12 months
RBC Capital
Sector Perform$180
+20.4% vs priceJefferies
Buy$229
+53.2% vs priceUBS
Neutral$166
+11.0% vs priceJP Morgan
Overweight$320
+114.0% vs priceGoldman Sachs
Buy$429
+186.9% vs priceBank of America
Buy$300
+100.7% vs priceRecent rating actions
| Date | Firm | Action | Rating | Price target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-16 | Raymond James | Upgrade | Market Perform → Outperform | $0.00 → $210 |
| 2026-07-10 | Citizens | Maintains | Market Outperform | $350 → $230 |
| 2026-07-10 | Canaccord Genuity | Maintains | Buy | $280 → $240 |
| 2026-07-09 | Piper Sandler | Maintains | Overweight | $248 → $235 |
| 2026-07-09 | RBC Capital | Downgrade | Outperform → Sector Perform | $210 → $180 |
| 2026-07-09 | BTIG | Reiterates | Buy | $205 |
| 2026-07-09 | Needham | Reiterates | Buy | $225 |
| 2026-07-07 | RBC Capital | Reiterates | Outperform | $210 |
Ratings and price targets are the published opinions of the issuing banks, compiled from Yahoo Finance rating actions — not investment advice.
Signal Summary as of 2026-07-28
- RSI (14): RSI is 50 — neutral momentum, neither overbought nor oversold.
- Price vs 50-day MA: Trading 5.5% below the 50-day MA ($165.47).
- Price vs 200-day MA: Trading 34.8% below the 200-day MA ($239.72).
- MA cross: The 50-day MA sits below the 200-day MA (death-cross regime) — the longer-term trend points down.
- MACD (12,26,9): MACD histogram is positive (+1.80) — short-term momentum is improving.
- 52-week range: Price sits between the 52-week low ($136.68) and high ($409.83).
AVAV Price Chart
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Fundamentals
About AeroVironment, Inc.
AeroVironment, Inc., a defense technology provider, designs, develops, produces, delivers, and supports a portfolio of robotic systems and related services for government agencies and businesses in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Autonomous Systems; and Space, Cyber and Directed Energy. The company provides uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS), which include small and medium UAS, and kinesis command and control software; and counter-UAS and precision strike, a loitering munitions solution that deliver actionable intelligence and precision firepower modern warfighters, including precision strike, radio frequency and kinetic C-UAS, and electronic warfare systems. It also offers autonomy, AI, and platform technologies; unmanned maritime; and uncrewed ground systems. The company provides digital beamforming technology, a multi-band/beam software defined antenna tile that allows simultaneous communication with multiple satellites; laser communications, a data transmission systems for space operations; space-qualified hardware for line of sight stabilization and control electronics in low, medium, and geostationary earth orbit, as well as cislunar orbits; phased array antenna technology to supports hypersonic telemetry and tracking, and other missile testing; and directed energy solution. It also offers cyber solutions for national security and defense operations. AeroVironment, Inc. was incorporated in 1971 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
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