William Blair Weighs in on AeroVironment, Inc.’s Q3 2025 Earnings (NASDAQ:AVAV)

AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV) – William Blair dropped their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for AeroVironment in a report released on Monday, September 16th. William Blair analyst L. Dipalma now forecasts that the aerospace company will post earnings of $0.75 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.87. The consensus estimate for AeroVironment’s current full-year earnings is $3.40 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for AeroVironment’s FY2025 earnings at $3.16 EPS.

A number of other research analysts have also recently weighed in on the stock. Robert W. Baird upgraded shares of AeroVironment from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and boosted their target price for the company from $161.00 to $220.00 in a research note on Wednesday, August 28th. Raymond James cut shares of AeroVironment from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research note on Monday, September 16th. Baird R W upgraded shares of AeroVironment from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 28th. Royal Bank of Canada dropped their target price on shares of AeroVironment from $230.00 to $215.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, September 5th. Finally, BTIG Research reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $245.00 target price on shares of AeroVironment in a research note on Tuesday. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $208.20.

AeroVironment Stock Up 1.7 %

AeroVironment stock opened at $182.76 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a quick ratio of 3.04 and a current ratio of 4.26. The stock has a market cap of $5.14 billion, a PE ratio of 82.32 and a beta of 0.50. AeroVironment has a fifty-two week low of $104.67 and a fifty-two week high of $224.00. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $179.58 and its 200 day simple moving average is $176.23.

AeroVironment (NASDAQ:AVAV) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, September 4th. The aerospace company reported $0.89 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.61 by $0.28. AeroVironment had a net margin of 7.82% and a return on equity of 9.87%. The business had revenue of $189.48 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $183.18 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.00 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 24.4% compared to the same quarter last year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On AeroVironment

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC increased its holdings in shares of AeroVironment by 1.5% in the 2nd quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 4,609 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $840,000 after buying an additional 66 shares during the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC increased its holdings in shares of AeroVironment by 1.7% in the 4th quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 4,882 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $615,000 after buying an additional 80 shares during the last quarter. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. increased its holdings in shares of AeroVironment by 2.6% in the 4th quarter. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. now owns 3,813 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $481,000 after buying an additional 95 shares during the last quarter. New York State Teachers Retirement System increased its holdings in shares of AeroVironment by 0.6% in the 1st quarter. New York State Teachers Retirement System now owns 17,667 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $2,708,000 after buying an additional 100 shares during the last quarter. Finally, North Star Investment Management Corp. increased its holdings in shares of AeroVironment by 8.8% in the 1st quarter. North Star Investment Management Corp. now owns 1,268 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $194,000 after buying an additional 103 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 86.38% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at AeroVironment

In related news, CFO Kevin Patrick Mcdonnell sold 511 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, July 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $178.45, for a total transaction of $91,187.95. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 21,334 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,807,052.30. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. In related news, CEO Wahid Nawabi sold 9,867 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, July 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $169.23, for a total transaction of $1,669,792.41. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 99,892 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $16,904,723.16. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Kevin Patrick Mcdonnell sold 511 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $178.45, for a total transaction of $91,187.95. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 21,334 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,807,052.30. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 11,287 shares of company stock worth $1,928,305. 1.40% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

About AeroVironment

AeroVironment, Inc designs, develops, produces, delivers, and supports a portfolio of robotic systems and related services for government agencies and businesses in the United States and internationally. It operates through Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS), Tactical Missile System (TMS), Medium Unmanned Aircraft Systems (MUAS), and High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite Systems (HAPS) segments.