AeroVironment (NASDAQ:AVAV) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

AeroVironment (NASDAQ:AVAV) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided EPS guidance of 3.180-3.490 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 3.510. The company issued revenue guidance of $790.0 million-$820.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $847.7 million. AeroVironment also updated its FY25 guidance to $3.18-3.49 EPS.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

AVAV has been the subject of a number of research reports. Robert W. Baird upgraded shares of AeroVironment from a neutral rating to an outperform rating and boosted their target price for the company from $161.00 to $220.00 in a research note on Wednesday, August 28th. Baird R W raised AeroVironment from a hold rating to a strong-buy rating in a report on Wednesday, August 28th. BTIG Research assumed coverage on AeroVironment in a research report on Wednesday, June 26th. They issued a buy rating and a $255.00 target price on the stock. Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed an outperform rating and set a $200.00 price target on shares of AeroVironment in a research report on Thursday, June 27th. Finally, Alembic Global Advisors raised shares of AeroVironment from a neutral rating to an overweight rating and set a $216.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Wednesday, August 28th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, six have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of Buy and an average price target of $207.20.

AeroVironment Stock Performance

AVAV traded up $1.78 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $194.04. The company had a trading volume of 508,159 shares, compared to its average volume of 338,393. The business has a 50-day moving average of $177.88 and a two-hundred day moving average of $172.16. The company has a quick ratio of 2.52, a current ratio of 3.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.02. AeroVironment has a 1 year low of $93.94 and a 1 year high of $224.00. The company has a market cap of $5.46 billion, a P/E ratio of 87.71 and a beta of 0.51.

AeroVironment (NASDAQ:AVAV) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, June 26th. The aerospace company reported $0.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.22 by $0.21. AeroVironment had a net margin of 8.32% and a return on equity of 10.89%. The company had revenue of $197.00 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $188.48 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.99 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 5.9% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities research analysts predict that AeroVironment will post 3.41 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In related news, CFO Kevin Patrick Mcdonnell sold 396 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $196.22, for a total value of $77,703.12. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 18,254 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,581,799.88. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. In related news, CFO Kevin Patrick Mcdonnell sold 396 shares of AeroVironment stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $196.22, for a total transaction of $77,703.12. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 18,254 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,581,799.88. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Wahid Nawabi sold 9,867 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, July 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $169.23, for a total value of $1,669,792.41. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 99,892 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $16,904,723.16. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 11,287 shares of company stock worth $1,928,305 in the last three months. Company insiders own 1.40% of the company’s stock.

About AeroVironment

AeroVironment, Inc 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. It operates through Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS), Tactical Missile System (TMS), Medium Unmanned Aircraft Systems (MUAS), and High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite Systems (HAPS) segments.