Drone Contract Wins: Recent buzz on social media has centered around AeroVironment's new U.S. Army contracts for unmanned and counter-drone systems. Many are highlighting the company’s significant revenue visibility and a sharp stock price surge of over 50% in the past month. The excitement is palpable as users discuss potential growth in military applications.
New Partnerships and Products: Another hot topic is the company’s partnership with Parry Labs for modular mission systems and the launch of a new underwater drone. Social media chatter reflects optimism about these innovations expanding AeroVironment’s market reach. Some are even tying the stock’s momentum to broader military budget increases.
Note: This discussion summary was generated from an AI condensation of post data.
AeroVironment Insider Trading Activity
AeroVironment insiders have traded $AVAV stock on the open market 6 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 6 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $AVAV stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- WAHID NAWABI (Chair, President and CEO) sold 17,300 shares for an estimated $4,550,765
- KEVIN PATRICK MCDONNELL (CFO) has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 2,022 shares for an estimated $696,407.
- TRACE E STEVENSON (President, Autonomous Systems) sold 1,717 shares for an estimated $654,177
- BRIAN CHARLES SHACKLEY (Chief Accounting Officer) sold 200 shares for an estimated $50,184
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.
AeroVironment Revenue
AeroVironment had revenues of $472.5M in Q2 2026. This is an increase of 150.72% from the same period in the prior year.
You can track AVAV financials on Quiver Quantitative's AVAV stock page.
AeroVironment Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $AVAV stock 2 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 2 have been purchases and 0 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $AVAV stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- REPRESENTATIVE GILBERT RAY CISNEROS, JR. has traded it 2 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $30,000 on 12/15, 10/03 and 0 sales.
To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard.
AeroVironment Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 369 institutional investors add shares of AeroVironment stock to their portfolio, and 185 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- INVESCO LTD. added 669,420 shares (+109.9%) to their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $210,793,663
- BLACKROCK, INC. added 400,725 shares (+9.1%) to their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $126,184,295
- CIBC PRIVATE WEALTH GROUP LLC added 314,448 shares (+24798.7%) to their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $99,016,530
- 1832 ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P. added 264,600 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $83,319,894
- T. ROWE PRICE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. removed 243,466 shares (-94.0%) from their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $76,665,008
- DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP removed 219,653 shares (-54.0%) from their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $69,166,533
- FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC added 201,417 shares (+3880.9%) to their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $63,424,199
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.
AeroVironment Government Contracts
We have seen $448,757,784 of award payments to $AVAV over the last year.
Here are some of the awards which we have have seen pay out the most over the last year:
- LOITERED MUNITIONS, SWITCHBLADE 300 AND 600 ALL UP ROUNDS: $289,522,275
- PUMA AE 3, PUMA LE, PUMA ACCESSORIES, ERA, PUMA SOFTWARE UPDATE KIT, CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORTS SERVICES...: $61,788,943
- LOW ALTITUDE STALKING AND STRIKE ORDNANCE (LASSO). ALL DELIVERABLE AND WORK SHALL BE PERFORMED IN ACCORDANC...: $39,105,986
- SUAS HURRICANE DRONES: $23,227,886
- FIELD SERVICES REPRESENTATIVES (FSR) SUPPORT UNDER STATEMENT OF WORK SECTION 3.15.4.: $8,187,460
To track government contracts to publicy traded companies, check out Quiver Quantitative's government contracts dashboard.
AeroVironment Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $AVAV in the last several months. We have seen 12 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- Keybanc issued a "Overweight" rating on 12/19/2025
- Canaccord Genuity issued a "Buy" rating on 12/10/2025
- BTIG issued a "Buy" rating on 11/24/2025
- Piper Sandler issued a "Overweight" rating on 11/20/2025
- JMP Securities issued a "Market Outperform" rating on 10/03/2025
- Goldman Sachs issued a "Buy" rating on 10/02/2025
- Stifel issued a "Buy" rating on 10/02/2025
To track analyst ratings and price targets for AeroVironment, check out Quiver Quantitative's $AVAV forecast page.
AeroVironment Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $AVAV recently. We have seen 15 analysts offer price targets for $AVAV in the last 6 months, with a median target of $391.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- Michael Leshock from Keybanc set a target price of $285.0 on 12/19/2025
- Anthony Valentini from Goldman Sachs set a target price of $429.0 on 12/12/2025
- Austin Bohlig from Needham set a target price of $450.0 on 12/10/2025
- Trevor Walsh from Citizens set a target price of $400.0 on 12/10/2025
- Colin Canfield from Cantor Fitzgerald set a target price of $315.0 on 12/10/2025
- Austin Moeller from Canaccord Genuity set a target price of $400.0 on 12/10/2025
- Kevin Liu from RBC Capital set a target price of $400.0 on 12/08/2025
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