AeroVironment (NASDAQ:AVAV) Releases FY25 Earnings Guidance

AeroVironment (NASDAQ:AVAV) updated its FY25 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.18-3.49 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.50. The company issued revenue guidance of $790-820 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $841.49 million. AeroVironment also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 3.180-3.490 EPS.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have commented on the company. Baird R W upgraded AeroVironment from a hold rating to a strong-buy rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 28th. Alembic Global Advisors upgraded AeroVironment from a neutral rating to an overweight rating and set a $216.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, August 28th. BTIG Research started coverage on AeroVironment in a research note on Wednesday, June 26th. They set a buy rating and a $255.00 price objective on the stock. Robert W. Baird upgraded AeroVironment from a neutral rating to an outperform rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $161.00 to $220.00 in a research note on Wednesday, August 28th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada dropped their price objective on AeroVironment from $230.00 to $215.00 and set an outperform rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday. One 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. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of Buy and an average target price of $210.20.

AeroVironment Stock Down 5.3 %

AVAV stock opened at $183.73 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 3.56, a quick ratio of 2.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.02. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.17 billion, a PE ratio of 82.76 and a beta of 0.51. AeroVironment has a 1-year low of $104.67 and a 1-year high of $224.00. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $178.02 and its 200 day simple moving average is $172.39.

AeroVironment (NASDAQ:AVAV) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, September 4th. The aerospace company reported $0.89 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.61 by $0.28. The business had revenue of $189.48 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $183.18 million. AeroVironment had a return on equity of 10.89% and a net margin of 8.32%. The firm’s revenue was up 24.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.00 EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that AeroVironment will post 3.41 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other AeroVironment news, CFO Kevin Patrick Mcdonnell sold 396 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $196.22, for a total value of $77,703.12. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly 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 SEC, which is accessible through this link. In other AeroVironment news, CEO Wahid Nawabi sold 9,867 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction 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 transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 99,892 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $16,904,723.16. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, 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 directly owns 18,254 shares in the company, valued at $3,581,799.88. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders have sold 11,287 shares of company stock valued at $1,928,305. 1.40% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.