AeroVironment (NASDAQ:AVAV) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

AeroVironment (NASDAQ:AVAV) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 3.180-3.490 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 3.510. The company issued revenue guidance of $790.0 million-$820.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $847.7 million. AeroVironment also updated its FY25 guidance to $3.18-3.49 EPS.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages have commented on AVAV. Royal Bank of Canada cut their target price on AeroVironment from $230.00 to $215.00 and set an outperform rating for the company in a research note on Thursday. Alembic Global Advisors raised AeroVironment from a neutral rating to an overweight rating and set a $216.00 price target on the stock in a report on Wednesday, August 28th. BTIG Research began coverage on AeroVironment in a report on Wednesday, June 26th. They issued a buy rating and a $255.00 price target on the stock. Robert W. Baird raised AeroVironment from a neutral rating to an outperform rating and raised their price target for the company from $161.00 to $220.00 in a report on Wednesday, August 28th. Finally, Baird R W raised AeroVironment from a hold rating to a strong-buy rating in a report on Wednesday, August 28th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, six have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of Buy and a consensus price target of $210.20.

AeroVironment Stock Performance

NASDAQ:AVAV opened at $183.73 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $5.17 billion, a P/E ratio of 82.76 and a beta of 0.51. The company has a quick ratio of 2.52, a current ratio of 3.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.02. AeroVironment has a twelve month low of $104.67 and a twelve month high of $224.00. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $178.02 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $172.39.

AeroVironment (NASDAQ:AVAV) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, September 4th. The aerospace company reported $0.89 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.61 by $0.28. The company had revenue of $189.48 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $183.18 million. AeroVironment had a return on equity of 10.89% and a net margin of 8.32%. AeroVironment’s revenue for the quarter was up 24.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.00 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that AeroVironment will post 3.41 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at AeroVironment

In other AeroVironment news, CEO Wahid Nawabi sold 9,867 shares of AeroVironment stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, July 5th. The stock was 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 legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. In other news, CFO Kevin Patrick Mcdonnell sold 513 shares of AeroVironment stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $174.70, for a total value of $89,621.10. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 18,650 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,258,155. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, CEO Wahid Nawabi sold 9,867 shares of AeroVironment stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, July 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $169.23, for a total value of $1,669,792.41. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 99,892 shares in the company, valued at $16,904,723.16. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders have sold 11,287 shares of company stock valued at $1,928,305. Corporate insiders own 1.40% of the company’s stock.

AeroVironment Company Profile

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.