A share price of AeroVironment Inc [AVAV] is currently trading at $113.38, up 1.55%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The AVAV shares have lost -4.87% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -14.32%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
AeroVironment Inc [NASDAQ: AVAV] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on November 20, 2024, when Jefferies upgraded its rating to a Buy and also revised its price target to $230 from $240. Previously, Jefferies downgraded its rating to Hold on November 12, 2024, and kept the price target unchanged to $240. On September 16, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Mkt Perform. Robert W. Baird upgraded its rating to a Outperform and increased its price target to $220 on August 28, 2024. Alembic Global Advisors upgraded its rating to a Overweight but $216 remained the price target by the analyst firm on August 28, 2024. BTIG Research started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on June 26, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $255. In a note dated March 08, 2024, Robert W. Baird downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock but restated the target price of $161.
AeroVironment Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $110.07 and $236.60. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $168 within the next 12 months. AeroVironment Inc [NASDAQ: AVAV] shares were valued at $113.38 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 48.17% based on the average AVAV price forecast.
Analyzing the AVAV fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for AeroVironment Inc [NASDAQ:AVAV] were 742.56M which represents -10.15% decline. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.39% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.04%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.04%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.04%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.03, Equity is 0.04 and Total Capital is 0.04. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.07.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 105.00 points at the first support level, and at 96.62 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 119.01, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 124.64.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for AeroVironment Inc [NASDAQ:AVAV] is 4.22. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 3.07, while the Cash Ratio is 0.36. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 4.31, the price to book ratio is 3.72 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 96.99.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Nawabi Wahid, Chair, President and CEO, that happened on Mar 24 ’25 when 29366.0 shares were sold. Officer, WAHID NAWABI completed a deal on Mar 24 ’25 to buy 29366.0 shares. Meanwhile, Sr. VP and CFO McDonnell Kevin Patrick sold 396.0 shares on Dec 02 ’24.
