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) Return on invested capital

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AeroVironment, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was −3.47%, up 0.8 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (−4.32%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −20.3% (fiscal 2023) to 15.2% (fiscal 2019); the current reading is higher than 17% of that period. That is below the Aerospace & Defense industry median of 0.25% and below the Industrials sector median of 1.81%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2026 −4.32% (7.23)
FY2025 2.91% (2.87)
FY2024 5.78% 26.03
FY2023 −20.3% (19.36)
FY2022 −0.89% (5.19)
FY2021 4.30% (9.25)
FY2020 13.6% (1.62)
FY2019 15.2% 2.65
FY2018 12.5% 5.41
FY2017 7.11% (2.23)

Against its own ten years

Low −20.3% High 15.2%
Ten-year median 5.04%
Current reading's percentile 17

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
SARO StandardAero, Inc. compare 7.63%
HXL Hexcel Corporation compare 7.04%
KRMN Karman Holdings Inc. compare 5.09%
LOAR Loar Holdings Inc. compare 3.95%
KTOS Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. compare 0.54%
MRCY Mercury Systems Inc compare 0.01%
AVAV AeroVironment, Inc. −3.47%
PL Planet Labs PBC compare −44.2%
BETA BETA Technologies, Inc. compare −198.8%
Aerospace & Defense industry median 0.25%
Industrials sector median 1.81%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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