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AeroVironment

AVAVNasdaqAerospace & DefenseWILMINGTON, US-DE, USMid capWebsite ↗
  • Russell 1000
  • MidCap 400

What AeroVironment is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.

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The latest read

Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.

  • Revenue over the four quarters to August 1, 2026: $2.00 billion, up 83% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to August 1, 2026: −$0.03 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Capital expenditure over the four quarters to August 1, 2026: $0.08 billion, up 100% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to April 30, 2021: $0.20 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
  • Latest earnings call or results release (September 9, 2026): sentiment 0.80 on a −1 to +1 scale (confident, opportunity-framed), confidence 0.90 of 1.Palanor Discourse
  • Guidance in the last 90 days: 2 outlook figures raised, 0 lowered, 3 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
  • Latest annual report (filed June 29, 2026): 4 risk factors added, 1 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
  • Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $0.2 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
  • 611 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (−4 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F

Company Posture covers S&P 500 companies.

No bond term sheets or tagged debt on file for AeroVironment yet.

Charts

Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.

Cash flow

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AeroVironment: free cash flow, trailing twelve months

Operating cash flow minus capital expenditure, $ billions, from SEC filings

−$0.03BData to Aug 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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AeroVironment: operating cash flow and capital expenditure

Trailing twelve months, $ billions, from SEC filings

Data to Aug 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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AeroVironment: revenue, trailing twelve months

$ billions, from SEC filings

$2.0BData to Aug 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Capital returned and raised

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AeroVironment: share buybacks by fiscal year

Cash paid to repurchase common stock, $ billions, from the 10-K

$0.00BData to Apr 2016
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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AeroVironment: debt issued and repaid by fiscal year

Long-term debt, $ billions, from the 10-K

Data to Apr 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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AeroVironment: debt due within a year and cash

At each balance-sheet date, $ billions, from SEC filings

Data to Aug 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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AeroVironment: interest coverage

Operating income ÷ interest expense, trailing twelve months, from SEC filings

−124.2Data to Aug 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

What the company says

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AeroVironment: guidance raised minus lowered

Guidance Ledger statements by quarter

2.0Data 23 days ago
ImageDataGuidance Ledger by Palanor · source: SEC EDGAR
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AeroVironment: earnings call sentiment

Palanor Discourse score per call, −1 to +1

0.80Data 44 days ago
ImageDataPalanor calculation
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AeroVironment: earnings call confidence

Palanor Discourse score per call, 0 to 1

0.90Data 44 days ago
ImageDataPalanor calculation
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AeroVironment: risk factors added per annual report

New Item 1A risk factors in each 10-K

4.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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AeroVironment: funded backlog

KPI Ledger, as reported in the company's results releases, $ billions

1.5Data to Aug 2026
ImageDataKPI Ledger by Palanor · source: SEC EDGAR

Hiring and ownership

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AeroVironment: insider net buying

Open-market purchases minus sales by officers and directors, $ millions, by quarter

−$0.2MData 23 days ago
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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AeroVironment: institutional holders

Managers reporting a position on Form 13F, by quarter

611.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

In the news

Headlines that name AeroVironment, with the publisher and a link. The tone is read from each headline’s own words, never from a summary of the article.

30 days
1 headlines
0% positive · 0% negative
90 days
1 headlines
0% positive · 0% negative

Filings and records

The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.

  1. Oct 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (AEROVIRONMENT, INC.)third_quarter 2026 · $0.2 million
  2. Oct 20, 2026Lobbying
  3. Oct 19, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (DLA PIPER LLP (US))third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  4. Oct 18, 2026Lobbying
  5. Oct 14, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (BRIAN GLACKIN & ASSOCIATES LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
  6. Oct 13, 2026Patent
  7. Sep 30, 20268-K
  8. Sep 25, 2026Trademark
  9. Sep 15, 2026Patent
  10. Sep 1, 2026Patent
  11. Aug 11, 2026Patent
  12. Aug 11, 2026Patent
  13. Aug 7, 20268-K
  14. Jul 29, 20268-K
  15. Jul 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (THE DIONNE COMPANY)second_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
  16. Jul 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (DLA PIPER LLP (US))second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  17. Jul 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (AEROVIRONMENT, INC.)second_quarter 2026 · $0.2 million
  18. Jul 13, 2026Trademark
  19. Jul 13, 2026Trademark
  20. Jun 29, 202610-K
    Annual report (10-K)4 risk factors added, 1 removed
  21. Jun 25, 20268-K
  22. Jun 22, 20268-K
  23. Jun 22, 20268-K
  24. Jun 15, 2026Trademark
  25. Jun 15, 2026Trademark
  26. Apr 13, 20268-K
  27. Apr 9, 20268-K
  28. Mar 24, 2026Form D
    Private offering notice$157 million offered
  29. Mar 18, 20268-K
  30. Mar 5, 20268-K
  31. Feb 23, 20268-K
  32. Dec 23, 20258-K
  33. Oct 1, 20258-K
  34. Oct 1, 20258-K
  35. Aug 28, 20258-K
  36. Jul 3, 20258-K
  37. Jun 25, 202510-K
    Annual report (10-K)8 risk factors added, 1 removed
  38. May 1, 20258-K
  39. May 1, 20258-K
  40. May 1, 20258-K

Peers

Companies in the same industry in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.

CompanyRevenueFree cash flowThrough
Hexcel HXL$2.0B$0.3BJun 30, 2026
Axon Enterprise AXON$3.2B$0.1BJun 30, 2026
Curtiss-Wright CW$3.6B$0.6BJun 30, 2026
Leonardo DRS DRS$3.8B$0.4BJun 30, 2026
ATI Inc. ATI$4.7B$0.5BJun 28, 2026
HEICO (Common) HEI$5.2B$1.0BJul 31, 2026
Rocket Lab RKLB$0.8B−$0.4BJun 30, 2026
Parsons Corporation PSN$6.3B$0.4BMar 31, 2026

Identity

SEC CIK
1368622
Wikidata
Q919300

Built from SEC EDGAR filings (public domain), the Guidance and KPI Ledgers, Palanor Discourse, U.S. Department of Labor filings, USPTO, USAspending and Senate lobbying records, and rights-checked news headlines. Updated nightly; this page was built Oct 22, 2026. How the Dossier is built

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