AVAV Stock — AeroVironment, Inc.

AeroVironment, Inc. (AVAV)

Updated October 16, 2026.

AVAV is a Stock. Total return is 408.9% over the past 19.7 years, 257.3 points behind SPY at 666.2%.

AeroVironment is a defense technology company that designs, develops, and produces unmanned aircraft systems, loitering munitions, counter-unmanned aircraft systems, directed energy solutions, and related services for U.S. and allied government customers. The company operates through two segments: Autonomous Systems, which includes uncrewed aircraft and ground systems; and Space, Cyber and Directed Energy, which provides satellite communications technology, laser communications, antenna systems, and cyber defense solutions. The company does not currently distribute dividends to shareholders, making it oriented toward capital appreciation rather than income generation.

AVAV performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 408.9% over the past 19.7 years, 257.3 points behind SPY at 666.2%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -67.4%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 69.3%.

AVAV key facts

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

01/23/2007

Distribution frequency

None

Last close

$121.79 (stale; as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$6,189,453,297

Average volume

1237500.0

Beta

1.364

Payout ratio

0.0%

Forward P/E

55.2486

EPS

$-4.05

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (the posted rate) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

AVAV risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 69.3%.

Who may consider AVAV — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (AVAV does not currently distribute); investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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