AeroVironment, Inc.

AVAV Industrials Aerospace & Defense

AeroVironment, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended April 2026) was $2.0 billion, up 140.9% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to July 2026, revenue grew 5.68%, EPS grew 93.1%, free cash flow grew 76.9% and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue growth for five consecutive years.

123.43 3.70 −2.91%
Market cap
$6.5B
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
172×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
2/9
Altman Z
4.84
Beneish M
−1.03
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 2.14
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell 1 2 2 3 4 1 1 1 2 2 2 —
Insider Ownership 23.55%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 6,460.00
Revenue 2,002.66
Net Income (202.82)
Free Cash Flow (44.78)
Net Debt 149.83
Current Ratio 4.26 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.17 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 0.00
Fwd P/E 172.00 (above 35: high)
P/S ratio 3.16
P/B ratio 1.44
Past 5Y EPS Growth —
This Y EPS Growth (1.02%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y EPS Growth 36.95% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth 11.44% (at or above 10%: strong)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 20.62% (at or above 15%: strong)

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/S against its own 10 years 11.99%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 0.04%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 19.59%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate —
Annual Dividend Yield —
total individual payouts
2024 Powerpack
2023 Powerpack
2022 Powerpack
2021 Powerpack
2020 Powerpack
2018 Powerpack
special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Cash 73 41 632 580
Receivables 270 393 893 827
Inventory 150 144 313 411
Other — — — —
516 607 1,890 1,882
2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Payables 48 72 161 175
ST’ Debt 10 — — —
Other 28 45 163 178
145 172 439 442

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 23.80% 38.00% 54.07%
Cash Flow 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Earnings 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Book Value 28.39% 48.37% 99.89%

Revenue $m

Jul Oct Jan Apr Year
’26 480 — — — —
’26 455 473 408 642 1,977
’25 189 188 168 275 821
’24 152 181 187 197 717
’23 109 112 134 186 541
’22 101 122 90 133 446
’21 87 93 79 136 395
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Jul Oct Jan Apr Year
’26 13 — — — —
’26 (124) (45) (5) 96 (78)
’25 28 (4) (26) 0 (1)
’24 (17) (9) 53 (12) 15
’23 16 16 (23) 3 11
’22 (15) 12 (20) 14 (10)
’21 27 32 20 8 87
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Jul Oct Jan Apr Year
’26 (36) — — — —
’26 (156) (60) (22) 73 (165)
’25 23 (9) (30) (9) (24)
’24 (21) (16) 49 (21) (9)
’23 10 14 (26) (2) (3)
’22 (21) 4 (24) 8 (32)
’21 23 30 18 5 75
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Jul Oct Jan Apr Year
’26 (0.10) — — — —
’26 (1.44) (0.34) (4.90) 1.25 (5.40)
’25 0.75 0.27 (0.06) 0.59 1.55
’24 0.84 0.66 0.50 0.22 2.18
’23 (0.34) (0.27) (0.03) (6.31) (7.04)
’22 (0.57) 0.10 0.00 0.29 (0.17)
’21 0.42 0.09 0.01 0.44 0.96
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.5
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to April

Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Trend 2027e 2028e 2029e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 24.70 41.60 48.61 45.00 53.50 52.03 81.04 116.51 102.25 125.20

Analyst estimates 2027–2029

Powerpack
High 58.99 121.32 95.38 99.81 143.72 114.11 143.99 236.60 417.86 408.25
People
People Employees 661 697 699 828 1,177 1,223 1,279 1,428 1,475 3,991
Revenue/emp, $m 0.35 0.39 0.45 0.44 0.34 0.36 0.42 0.50 0.56 0.50
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 233 268 314 367 395 446 541 717 821 1,977
Gross margin, % 41.56 40.12 40.86 41.68 41.67 31.69 32.10 39.62 38.83 25.33
EBT 23 33 50 53 34 (19) (188) 63 40 (306)
EBT margin, % 9.68 12.15 16.06 14.34 8.70 (4.29) (34.85) 8.82 4.83 (15.46)
Net income 13 18 47 41 23 (4) (176) 60 44 (265)
Depreciation 5 6 8 10 20 62 257 37 61 516
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 10.11 11.44 13.28 15.43 16.42 18.06 21.58 26.35 29.29 40.27
Earnings 0.54 0.86 2.00 1.73 0.97 (0.17) (7.04) 2.19 1.56 (5.40)
Cash flow (0.36) 2.98 1.14 1.05 3.60 (0.39) 0.46 0.56 (0.05) (1.60)
Capex (0.39) (0.41) (0.38) (0.47) (0.47) (0.90) (0.59) (0.90) (0.81) (1.76)
Free cash flow (0.75) 2.57 0.76 0.59 3.13 (1.29) (0.14) (0.34) (0.86) (3.35)
Book value 16.57 17.43 19.55 21.42 25.45 24.64 22.00 30.24 31.64 89.64
Shares, m 23 23 24 24 24 25 25 27 28 49
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 52.85 64.12 34.11 34.83 113.78 0.00 0.00 71.98 97.13 0.00
P/S 2.82 4.77 5.16 3.91 6.72 4.75 4.71 6.06 5.17 4.84
P/B 1.72 3.13 3.51 2.81 4.34 3.48 4.62 5.28 4.79 2.18
EV/Sales 1.97 3.81 4.13 3.11 6.76 4.94 4.71 6.00 5.17 4.90
EV/FCF (25.23) 17.21 75.75 87.46 35.92 (67.13) (583.02) (467.91) (165.58) (58.27)
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow (8) 70 27 25 87 (10) 11 15 (1) (78)
Capex (9) (10) (9) (11) (11) (22) (15) (24) (23) (86)
Free cash flow (17) 60 18 14 75 (32) (3) (9) (24) (165)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 306 337 425 437 305 268 356 371 434 1,451
Total debt 0 — — 10 198 188 133 27 30 729
Net debt (200) (257) (323) (292) 17 86 1 (46) (11) 97
Shareholders’ equity 382 409 463 510 612 608 551 823 887 4,400
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 3.11 3.94 9.66 7.51 3.08 (0.45) (20.27) 6.48 4.08 (7.76)
ROIC 7.11 12.52 15.17 13.55 4.30 (0.89) (20.25) 5.78 2.91 (4.32)
ROE 3.52 4.52 10.88 8.45 4.16 (0.69) (30.40) 8.69 5.10 (10.03)
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Apr 2026 · latest quarter Jul 2026

Charts ten years each

AeroVironment, Inc. vs peers in Aerospace & Defense (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
DRS Leonardo DRS, Inc. $9.5B 28.8× 37.8× +10.13% (above 0%: growing) +65.00% (above 0%: growing) +110.71% (above 0%: growing) 25.96% 11.17% Compare
KTOS Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. $7.8B 237× 313× +30.53% (above 0%: growing) 0.00% +12.42% (above 0%: growing) 21.82% (0.35%) Compare
AVAV AeroVironment, Inc. $6.7B — (loss-making) 172× +5.68% (above 0%: growing) n/m +76.92% (above 0%: growing) 25.93% (2.26%)
SARO StandardAero, Inc. $6.6B 20.1× 21.8× +4.63% (above 0%: growing) +42.86% (above 0%: growing) +263.74% (above 0%: growing) 16.80% 10.53% Compare
HXL Hexcel Corporation $6.4B 43.1× 40.7× +8.04% (above 0%: growing) +282.35% (above 0%: growing) +625.00% (above 0%: growing) 26.09% 13.72% Compare
LOAR Loar Holdings Inc. $5.8B 85.9× 111× +39.36% (above 0%: growing) 0.00% +31.01% (above 0%: growing) 53.15% 24.39% Compare
PL Planet Labs PBC $5.8B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +58.14% (above 0%: growing) n/m −48.55% (below 0%: shrinking) 56.55% (11.64%) Compare
MRCY Mercury Systems Inc $4.7B — (loss-making) 239× +6.11% (above 0%: growing) −94.79% (below 0%: shrinking) −15.93% (below 0%: shrinking) 30.57% 4.99% Compare
VSEC VSE Corporation $4.7B 51.2× 43.0× +65.04% (above 0%: growing) +513.33% (above 0%: growing) +217.04% (above 0%: growing) 17.02% 10.90% Compare
Median of peers $6.1B 47.1× 43.0× +20.33% +42.86% +70.86% 26.03% 10.72%

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AeroVironment, Inc. (AVAV) key facts

  • Strength: AeroVironment, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended April 2026) was $2.0 billion, up 140.9% from fiscal 2025.
  • AeroVironment, Inc. (AVAV) is an Aerospace & Defense company in the Industrials sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 13, 2026, AVAV traded at $127.13, a market capitalization of $6.5 billion.
  • Return on equity was −10.0% and debt-to-equity 0.17.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 2 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 4.84 (safe zone) for fiscal 2026.

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