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.

Revenue
+5.68%
EPS
+93.1%
Free cash flow
+76.9%
Total debt
+0.60%

Quarter to July 2026, against a year earlier

112.32 11.21 −9.07%
Market cap
$6.3B
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
268×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
2/9
Altman Z
4.84
Beneish M
−1.03
Dividend safety
n/a

AeroVironment, Inc. (AVAV) Gross margin

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AeroVironment, Inc.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 26.5%, up 1.1 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (25.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 25.3% (fiscal 2026) to 45.2% (fiscal 2016) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is in line with the Aerospace & Defense industry median of 26.0% and below the Industrials sector median of 30.7%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2026 25.3% (13.50)
FY2025 38.8% (0.79)
FY2024 39.6% 7.52
FY2023 32.1% 0.41
FY2022 31.7% (9.98)
FY2021 41.7% (0.01)
FY2020 41.7% 0.82
FY2019 40.9% 0.74
FY2018 40.1% (1.44)
FY2017 41.6% (3.61)

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Jul 2026 25.9% (5.65)
Apr 2026 31.6% 7.37
Jan 2026 24.2% 2.18
Oct 2025 22.0% 1.11
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 25.3% High 45.2%
Ten-year median 40.2%
Current reading's percentile 7

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
BETA BETA Technologies, Inc. compare 62.5%
PL Planet Labs PBC compare 55.4%
LOAR Loar Holdings Inc. compare 52.2%
KRMN Karman Holdings Inc. compare 41.7%
MRCY Mercury Systems Inc compare 28.6%
AVAV AeroVironment, Inc. 26.5%
HXL Hexcel Corporation compare 25.2%
KTOS Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. compare 23.0%
SARO StandardAero, Inc. compare 15.1%
Aerospace & Defense industry median 26.0%
Industrials sector median 30.7%
Market median 46.4%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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