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) Operating margin

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AeroVironment, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was −12.6%, up 3.1 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (−15.7%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −33.1% (fiscal 2023) to 12.8% (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 17% of that period. That is below the Aerospace & Defense industry median of 1.21% and below the Industrials sector median of 5.12%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2026 −15.7% (20.70)
FY2025 4.97% (5.05)
FY2024 10.0% 43.07
FY2023 −33.1% (30.83)
FY2022 −2.22% (13.19)
FY2021 11.0% (1.86)
FY2020 12.8% 2.07
FY2019 10.8% (0.58)
FY2018 11.3% 2.43
FY2017 8.91% 0.32

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jul 2026 −2.26% (11.13)
Apr 2026 8.87% 74.66
Jan 2026 −65.8% (59.39)
Oct 2025 −6.40% 8.84
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Against its own ten years

Low −33.1% High 12.8%
Ten-year median 8.75%
Current reading's percentile 16

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
LOAR Loar Holdings Inc. compare 21.9%
KRMN Karman Holdings Inc. compare 16.8%
HXL Hexcel Corporation compare 12.2%
SARO StandardAero, Inc. compare 9.46%
KTOS Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. compare 1.21%
MRCY Mercury Systems Inc compare 0.03%
AVAV AeroVironment, Inc. −12.6%
PL Planet Labs PBC compare −27.2%
BETA BETA Technologies, Inc. compare −1,033.0%
Aerospace & Defense industry median 1.21%
Industrials sector median 5.12%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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