AeroVironment (AVAV)

Industrials · Aerospace & Defense
$134.74 -6.13% on the day Market cap $6.7B 52-week range $134.51 to $417.86 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

AeroVironment's free cash flow was negative in fiscal 2026, so a cash-flow reverse DCF doesn't give a meaningful answer. The Modeling tab works from revenue and margins instead.

Fundamental grade

D

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from AVAV's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation5
Profitability1
Growth3
Financial health8
Cash efficiency0

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)—
P/E (forward)38.0x
Price / free cash flow—
EV / EBITDA379.6x
Price / sales3.34x
Price / book1.67x
Revenue growth+5.7%
Operating margin-12.6%
Net margin-10.1%
Return on equity-4.6%
Dividend yield—
Debt / equity0.30x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from AeroVironment's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20222023202420252026
Revenue$446M$541M$717M$821M$2.0B
Net income-$4M-$176M$60M$44M-$265M
Free cash flow-$32M-$3M-$8M-$21M-$141M
EPS (diluted)-$0.17-$7.04$2.18$1.55-$5.40
Operating margin-2.2%-33.1%10.0%5.0%-15.7%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2026.

AxS$1.4B69%
SCDE$619M31%

Superinvestors who own AVAV

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 1 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $3M0.00%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by AeroVironment's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Mar 3, 2026 Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
0$228.30—
Mar 3, 2026 Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
0$228.30—
Jan 27, 2026 Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
0$309.57—
Jan 27, 2026 Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
0$309.57—
Dec 15, 2025 Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
0$235.32—
Dec 15, 2025 Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
0$235.32—

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
Growth implied by revenue and margins
15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

Are AeroVironment insiders buying the stock?

6 open-market insider purchases of AVAV in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own AeroVironment?

1 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold AVAV in their latest 13F, including Cliff Asness.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.