AeroVironment (AVAV)

• Market cap: $8.91B
• 1 day: 2.62%
• 5 days: -0.64%
• 1 month: 17.11%
• 3 months: 57.35%
• 6 months: 24.66%
• Year to date: 24.70%
• 1 year: -9.47%
• 5 years: 183.91%
• 10 years: 629.35%
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Aerospace & Defense

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 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

13% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 132 | Existing positions reduced: 117

1.1% more ownership

Funds ownership: 95.81% [Q4 2024] → 96.92% (+1.1%) [Q1 2025]

2% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $42.9M | Put options by funds: $42.3M

8% less funds holding

Funds holding: 405 [Q4 2024] → 374 (-31) [Q1 2025]

22% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $4.16B [Q4 2024] → $3.26B (-$895M) [Q1 2025]

25% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 4 [Q4 2024] → 3 (-1) [Q1 2025]

30% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 55 | Existing positions closed: 79

Research analyst outlook

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

• Low target: $190 3% downside
• Avg. target: $200 3% upside
• High target: $210 8% upside

2 analyst ratings

• positive: 2 100%
• neutral: 0 0%
• negative: 0 0%

Baird Peter Arment	8% upside $210	Outperform Maintained	6 Jun 2025
RBC Capital Ken Herbert	3% downside $190	Outperform Reinstated	12 May 2025