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The closing price of AeroVironment Inc (NASDAQ: AVAV) was $360.28 for the day, up 4.10% from the previous closing price of $346.08. In other words, the price has increased by $4.10 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.57 million shares were traded. AVAV stock price reached its highest trading level at $363.77 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $349.7101.
Ratios:
Our analysis of AVAV’s different ratios will help us gain a deeper understanding of the company. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 5.12 and its Current Ratio is at 5.96. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.19 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.18.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of. The stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, BofA Securities on September 18, 2025, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $300.
On August 19, 2025, Needham started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $300.
Insider Transactions:
Also, insider trades can serve as a great indicator of what management thinks about the future direction of a stock’s price. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jul 16 ’25 when Nawabi Wahid sold 17,300 shares for $263.05 per share. The transaction valued at 4,550,765 led to the insider holds 122,233 shares of the business.
WAHID NAWABI bought 17,300 shares of AVAV for $4,550,796 on Jul 16 ’25. On Mar 24 ’25, another insider, Nawabi Wahid, who serves as the Chair, President and CEO of the company, sold 29,366 shares for $128.20 each. As a result, the insider received 3,764,721 and left with 115,174 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, AVAV now has a Market Capitalization of 17989576704 and an Enterprise Value of 18133481472. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 16.57 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 4.06. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 16.7 whereas that against EBITDA is 194.036.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for AVAV is 1.08, which has changed by 0.7325319 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.16766965 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, AVAV has reached a high of $346.24, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $102.25. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 37.04%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 85.26%.
Shares Statistics:
AVAV traded an average of 1.35M shares per day over the past three months and 1386690 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 49.93M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 37.49M. Insiders hold about 24.93% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 58.27% stake in the company. Shares short for AVAV as of 1757894400 were 2726293 with a Short Ratio of 2.02, compared to 1755216000 on 2594525. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2726293 and a Short% of Float of 7.2700000000000005.
