Headquartered in Arlington, VA Fiscal year ends April NASDAQ: AVAV avinc.com
AeroVironment (NASDAQ: AVAV) is a defense technology company delivering integrated capabilities across air, land, sea, space, and cyber domains. The company develops and deploys autonomous systems including small uncrewed aircraft systems (such as Puma and the P550 for long-range reconnaissance), precision strike and defensive systems (including Switchblade loitering munitions), counter-UAS technologies, space-based platforms, directed energy systems (including the LOCUST laser weapon system), and cyber and electronic warfare capabilities. AeroVironment operates through two reportable segments: Autonomous Systems (AxS), which includes Uncrewed Aircraft Systems and Precision Strike & Defensive Systems, and Space, Cyber and Directed Energy (SCDE), which encompasses Space & Directed Energy and Cyber & Mission Systems. The company's customer base is heavily weighted toward the U.S. Department of Defense and allied international militaries, with growing international commercial interest in its directed energy capabilities. AeroVironment significantly expanded its scale through its acquisition of BlueHalo, which brought space, directed energy, and cyber capabilities into the combined portfolio. The company maintains a national manufacturing footprint and is actively expanding production capacity to meet rising demand for autonomous and directed energy systems. Updated
Funded backlog hit a record $1.5 billion, up 37% year over year, and the drone maker came in at more than double expectations after sliding 4.7% into the earnings report. Autonomous Systems revenue grew 21%, enough to cover a 21% drop in space, cyber and directed energy, with full-year guidance reaffirmed.
Down 4.65% to $141.86 hours before the defense-drone maker reports earnings today, so the position you hold into the close is a bet made blind. Guidance is the number that decides the next leg.
AeroVironment reports at 4:10 PM ET today, and the number that matters is the backlog: it tells you whether Pentagon drone and loitering-munition budgets are actually converting into signed orders for the $7.6 billion defense name. Guidance will set the tone for the whole small-cap drone trade.
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Jeremy Phillips AeroVironment (NASDAQ: AVAV) is a defense technology company delivering integrated capabilities across air, land, sea, space, and cyber domains.
24/7 Wall St.'s 12-month price target for AVAV is $212.64, rated Buy. The Wall Street consensus target is $213.07. AVAV price prediction →
