AeroVironment (AVAV)

• Market cap: $4.41B
• 1 day: 1.70%
• 5 days: -4.38%
• 1 month: -28.07%
• 3 months: -18.54%
• 6 months: -27.38%
• Year to date: 26.66%
• 1 year: 23.33%
• 5 years: 153.20%
• 10 years: 486.80%
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Aircraft

About: AeroVironment Inc operates under a single business segment in which it supplies unmanned aircraft systems, tactical missile systems, high-altitude pseudo-satellites, and other related services to government agencies within the United States Department of Defense as well as the United States allied international governments. The systems can help with security, surveillance, or sensing, and provide eyes in the sky without needing an actual person, or driver in the sky.

Employees: 1,428

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

75% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 4 [Q2] → 7 (+3) [Q3]

13% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 59 | Existing positions closed: 52

7% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $4.72B [Q2] → $5.06B (+$345M) [Q3]

2% more funds holding

Funds holding: 401 [Q2] → 408 (+7) [Q3]

9% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 143 | Existing positions reduced: 131

1.5% less ownership

Funds ownership: 92.09% [Q2] → 90.59% (-1.5%) [Q3]

12% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $66.5M | Put options by funds: $75.5M

Research analyst outlook

3 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $230 47% upside
• Avg. target: $238 52% upside
• High target: $245 57% upside

3 analyst ratings

• positive: 2 67%
• neutral: 1 33%
• negative: 0 0%

Jefferies Greg Konrad 0% 1-year accuracy 0 / 1 met price target	47% upside $230	Buy Upgraded	20 Nov 2024
Jefferies Greg Konrad 0% 1-year accuracy 0 / 1 met price target	53% upside $240	Hold Downgraded	12 Nov 2024
BTIG Andre Madrid 67% 1-year accuracy 10 / 15 met price target	57% upside $245	Buy Reiterated	17 Sept 2024