AeroVironment Inc (NASDAQ: AVAV) Is A Blank Check For Growth

AeroVironment Inc (NASDAQ:AVAV) shares, rose in value on Friday, March 28, with the stock price down by -2.15% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $120.93.

Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $123.59, falling within a range of $119.4647 and $124.22. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 0.418 whereas the PE ratio was 103.45 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $236.60, and the low was $110.07. On the whole, AVAV has fluctuated by -20.37% over the past month.

With the market capitalization of AeroVironment Inc currently standing at about $3.41 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for on 2025-Mar-03.

Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 787.82M, with a low estimate of 235M and a high estimate of 249.52M. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 242.39M.

Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that AVAV’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 100% Sell on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 100% Sell while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 100% Sell.

The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 5.84, with the price of AVAV currently trading nearly -5.77% and -20.74% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 31.43, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 3.57% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 5.04%. Furthermore, AeroVironment Inc (AVAV)’s beta value is 0.71, and its average true range (ATR) is 5.95.

A comparison of AeroVironment Inc (AVAV) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. AVAV showed an intraday change of -2.15% in last session, and over the past year, it shrunk by -19.79%%.

Data on historical trading for AeroVironment Inc (NASDAQ:AVAV) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 0.36 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 448.95K. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 28.22 million shares outstanding.

Nearly 1.09% of AeroVironment Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 97.48% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 2.93 million shares as on 2025-03-14, resulting in a short ratio of 4.67. According to the data, the short interest in AeroVironment Inc (AVAV) stood at 1429.00 of shares outstanding as of 2025-03-14; the number of short shares registered in 2025-02-14 reached 2.84 million. The stock has fallen by -21.42% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the AVAV stock heading into the next quarter.

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