William Blair Reduces Earnings Estimates for AeroVironment

AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV) – William Blair dropped their FY2025 earnings estimates for AeroVironment in a report released on Thursday, December 5th. William Blair analyst L. Dipalma now anticipates that the aerospace company will post earnings per share of $3.34 for the year, down from their prior estimate of $3.37. William Blair currently has a “Outperform” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for AeroVironment’s current full-year earnings is $3.40 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for AeroVironment’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.05 EPS.

A number of other analysts also recently issued reports on the stock. Alembic Global Advisors raised shares of 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. Jefferies Financial Group upgraded AeroVironment from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and decreased their target price for the company from $240.00 to $230.00 in a research report on Wednesday, November 20th. Raymond James cut shares of AeroVironment from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Monday, September 16th. Baird R W upgraded AeroVironment from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 28th. Finally, BTIG Research restated a “buy” rating and issued a $245.00 target price on shares of AeroVironment in a research report on Tuesday, September 17th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, six have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, AeroVironment presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $225.20.

AeroVironment Stock Down 1.4 %

Shares of AVAV opened at $163.33 on Monday. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $207.48 and its 200-day moving average price is $193.90. The company has a quick ratio of 3.04, a current ratio of 4.26 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. The company has a market capitalization of $4.61 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 93.87 and a beta of 0.45. AeroVironment has a 52 week low of $116.51 and a 52 week high of $236.60.

AeroVironment (NASDAQ:AVAV) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 4th. The aerospace company reported $0.47 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.76 by ($0.29). AeroVironment had a return on equity of 8.19% and a net margin of 6.39%. The firm had revenue of $188.46 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $181.80 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.97 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. OLD National Bancorp IN acquired a new position in shares of AeroVironment in the second quarter valued at approximately $266,000. RFG Advisory LLC acquired a new position in AeroVironment during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $218,000. DMC Group LLC increased its position in shares of AeroVironment by 21.5% in the 2nd quarter. DMC Group LLC now owns 1,863 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $339,000 after purchasing an additional 330 shares during the last quarter. Oak Ridge Investments LLC acquired a new stake in shares of AeroVironment in the 2nd quarter valued at $1,874,000. Finally, Baader Bank Aktiengesellschaft purchased a new stake in shares of AeroVironment during the 2nd quarter worth $420,000. 86.38% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CFO Kevin Patrick Mcdonnell sold 396 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $198.73, for a total value of $78,697.08. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 16,472 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,273,480.56. This represents a 2.35 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Insiders have sold 1,782 shares of company stock valued at $373,609 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 1.27% 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.