Q2 2025 Earnings Forecast for AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV) Issued By William Blair

AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV) – Equities researchers at William Blair upped their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for shares of AeroVironment in a research note issued on Monday, September 23rd. William Blair analyst L. Dipalma now forecasts that the aerospace company will post earnings of $0.63 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.53. The consensus estimate for AeroVironment’s current full-year earnings is $3.29 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for AeroVironment’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.87 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.37 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.07 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on the company. Robert W. Baird upgraded AeroVironment from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $161.00 to $220.00 in a research note on Wednesday, August 28th. BTIG Research reissued a “buy” rating and set a $245.00 price objective on shares of AeroVironment in a report on Tuesday, September 17th. Raymond James cut shares of AeroVironment from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a report on Monday, September 16th. Royal Bank of Canada cut their price objective on shares of AeroVironment from $230.00 to $215.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, September 5th. Finally, Alembic Global Advisors raised shares of AeroVironment from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $216.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Wednesday, August 28th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $208.20.

AeroVironment Trading Up 2.3 %

NASDAQ:AVAV opened at $199.23 on Thursday. AeroVironment has a 1 year low of $104.67 and a 1 year high of $224.00. The stock has a market cap of $5.62 billion, a P/E ratio of 89.74 and a beta of 0.50. 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 50-day simple moving average of $182.85 and a 200-day simple moving average of $177.57.

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

Insider Activity

In other news, CEO Wahid Nawabi sold 9,867 shares of AeroVironment stock in a transaction on Friday, July 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $169.23, for a total value of $1,669,792.41. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 99,892 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $16,904,723.16. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. In other news, CFO Kevin Patrick Mcdonnell sold 396 shares of AeroVironment stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $196.22, for a total value of $77,703.12. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 18,254 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,581,799.88. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Wahid Nawabi sold 9,867 shares of AeroVironment stock in a transaction 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 completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 99,892 shares in the company, valued at $16,904,723.16. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 11,287 shares of company stock valued at $1,928,305 in the last ninety days. 1.40% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On AeroVironment

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of AVAV. Norges Bank acquired a new position in AeroVironment in the 4th quarter valued at $9,784,000. UBS Group AG increased its stake in AeroVironment by 20.4% in the 4th quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 87,169 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $10,987,000 after buying an additional 14,749 shares during the period. Wells Fargo & Company MN increased its stake in AeroVironment by 44.3% in the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 56,564 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $7,129,000 after buying an additional 17,359 shares during the period. Corient Private Wealth LLC increased its stake in AeroVironment by 1.7% in the 4th quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 4,882 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $615,000 after buying an additional 80 shares during the period. Finally, Advisory Services Network LLC acquired a new position in AeroVironment in the 4th quarter valued at $625,000. 86.38% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.