AVAV Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Aerovironment | NASDAQ:AVAV)

AeroVironment Inc is a defense technology provider delivering integrated capabilities across air, land, sea, space, and cyber. It develops and deploys autonomous systems, precision strike systems, counter-UAS technologies, space-based platforms, directed energy systems, and cyber and electronic warfare capabilities. The company operates business in two reportable segments: Autonomous Systems (AxS) and Space, Cyber and Directed Energy (SCDE). It derives majority of revenue from Autonomous Systems segment focuses on the design, development, production, delivery, and support of intelligent, multi-domain robotic systems, including UAS, uncrewed underwater vehicles and ground robot systems. Geographically it derives the majority of revenue from domestic operations.

Aerovironment trades on the NASDAQ stock market under the symbol AVAV.

As of July 8, 2026, AVAV stock price declined to $157.78 with 2,136,064 million shares trading.

AVAV has a beta of 2.63, meaning it tends to be more sensitive to market movements. AVAV has a correlation of 0.15 to the broad based SPY ETF.

AVAV has a market cap of $7.98 billion. This is considered a Mid Cap stock.

Last quarter Aerovironment reported $642 million in Revenue and $1.84 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $82 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.36.

In the last 3 years, AVAV traded as high as $417.86 and as low as $91.00.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that AVAV belongs to (by Net Assets): VTI, VB, IJH, XAR, VBK.

AVAV has underperformed the market in the last year with a return of -34.5%, while the SPY ETF gained +21.3%. In the last 3 month period, AVAV fell short of the market, returning -15.6%, while SPY returned +13.4%. However, in the most recent 2 weeks AVAV has outperformed the stock market by returning +5.8%, while SPY returned +1.6%.

AVAV support price is $153.84 and resistance is $171.23 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that AVAV shares will trade within this expected range on the day.