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AeroVironment Inc (NASDAQ: AVAV) closed the day trading at $271.2 down -0.59% from the previous closing price of $272.8. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.59 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.11 million shares were traded. AVAV stock price reached its highest trading level at $280.36 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $269.67.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of AVAV, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 2.69 and its Current Ratio is at 3.52. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.07 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.06.
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, Cantor Fitzgerald on July 08, 2025, initiated with a Overweight rating and assigned the stock a target price of $335.
On June 30, 2025, Goldman started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $301.
On June 24, 2025, Stifel started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $240.Stifel initiated its Buy rating on June 24, 2025, with a $240 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. 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 13465161728 and an Enterprise Value of 12371372032. As of this moment, AeroVironment’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 175.72, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 59.12. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 7.61. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 16.31 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 8.65. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 15.076 whereas that against EBITDA is 118.516.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for AVAV is 0.99, which has changed by 0.5602348 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.16564083 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, AVAV has reached a high of $295.90, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $102.25. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 26.89%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 50.63%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, AVAV traded about 1.29M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, AVAV traded about 2177450 shares per day. A total of 49.34M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 30.08M. Insiders hold about 39.03% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 57.45% stake in the company. Shares short for AVAV as of 1751241600 were 3222810 with a Short Ratio of 2.49, compared to 1748563200 on 3905289. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3222810 and a Short% of Float of 8.51.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
