On Monday, AeroVironment Inc (NASDAQ: AVAV) was -6.79% drop from the session before settling in for the closing price of $132.33. A 52-week range for AVAV has been $110.07 – $236.60.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Industrials Sector giant was 18.22%. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 4.40%. With a float of $27.91 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $28.22 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 1428 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 39.16%, operating margin of 4.46%, and the pretax margin is 4.17%.
AeroVironment Inc (AVAV) Insider Activity
Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward AeroVironment Inc stocks. The insider ownership of AeroVironment Inc is 1.09%, while institutional ownership is 97.44%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 02 ’24, was worth 78,697. In this transaction Sr. VP and CFO of this company sold 396 shares at a rate of $198.73, taking the stock ownership to the 16,472 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 01 ’24, when Company’s Sr. VP and CFO sold 508 for $216.65, making the entire transaction worth $110,058. This insider now owns 16,868 shares in total.
AeroVironment Inc (AVAV) Earnings and Forecasts
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 4.40% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 17.94% during the next five years compared to 6.18% growth over the previous five years of trading.
AeroVironment Inc (NASDAQ: AVAV) Trading Performance Indicators
You can see what AeroVironment Inc (AVAV) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 3.07. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 4.69.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.17, a number that is poised to hit 1.46 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 4.18 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of AeroVironment Inc (AVAV)
Looking closely at AeroVironment Inc (NASDAQ: AVAV), its last 5-days average volume was 1.21 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 0.47 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 42.26%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 8.83.
During the past 100 days, AeroVironment Inc’s (AVAV) raw stochastic average was set at 10.50%, which indicates a significant decrease from 25.77% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 35.56% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 50.79% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $162.56, while its 200-day Moving Average is $184.13. However, in the short run, AeroVironment Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $128.69. Second resistance stands at $134.02. The third major resistance level sits at $137.56. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $119.82, it is likely to go to the next support level at $116.28. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $110.95.
AeroVironment Inc (NASDAQ: AVAV) Key Stats
There are 28,219K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 3.48 billion. As of now, sales total 716,720 K while income totals 59,670 K. Its latest quarter income was 188,460 K while its last quarter net income were 7,540 K.
