AeroVironment Inc (NASDAQ: AVAV) is 59.94% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $102.25 and a high of $295.90 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The AVAV stock was last observed hovering at around $268.92 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 9.64%.
Currently trading at $278.56, the stock is 14.36% and 37.18% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 6.6 million and changing 3.58% at the moment leaves the stock 56.18% off its SMA200. AVAV registered 81.01% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 69.17%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $196.3542 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $177.25294.
The stock witnessed a 49.23% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 98.97%, and is 17.25% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 5.32% over the week and 5.40% over the month.
AeroVironment Inc (AVAV) has around 1475 employees, a market worth around $13.74B and $820.63M in sales. Current P/E ratio is 180.48 and Fwd P/E is 60.73. Profit margin for the company is 5.32%. Distance from 52-week low is 172.43% and -5.86% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (4.64%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 1.79% this year
524.0 institutions hold shares in AeroVironment Inc (AVAV), with institutional investors hold 78.43% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 49.34M, and float is at 30.05M with Short Float at 10.72%. Institutions hold 77.70% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 4.55 million shares valued at $828.82 million. The investor’s holdings represent 16.2733 of the AVAV Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 3.06 million shares valued at $557.79 million to account for 10.9519 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 1.58 million shares representing 5.6345 and valued at over $286.97 million, while BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO holds 5.4066 of the shares totaling 1.51 million with a market value of $275.37 million.
AeroVironment Inc (AVAV) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Nawabi Wahid, the company’s Chair, President and CEO. SEC filings show that Nawabi Wahid sold 17,300 shares of the company’s common stock on Jul 16 ’25 at a price of $263.05 per share for a total of $4.55 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.12 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 24 ’25, Nawabi Wahid (Chair, President and CEO) disposed off 29,366 shares at an average price of $128.20 for $3.76 million. The insider now directly holds 115,174 shares of AeroVironment Inc (AVAV).
