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AeroVironment Inc (AVAV) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for AVAV, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Versus its index HALO Growth 100 — the name, its sleeve and the index over day, week and month

Versus its index

The name against its Closelooknet index and its own sleeve — equal-weight, nightly closes.

HALO Growth 100 · as of 2026-10-06

DayWeekMonth3 months
AVAV+3.0%+0.2%−0.8%−9.0%
Autonomous Defense & Drones−1.1%+0.9%−5.9%—
HALO Growth 100+0.5%+0.7%−4.9%—

Against the index: 0.5 pts behind on the week, 4.1 pts ahead on the month; against its Autonomous Defense & Drones sleeve 5.1 pts ahead on the month.

Returns from the index workers’ nightly closes; equal-weight sleeves. A relative reading from the research diary, not advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 1 piece · newest: Weekly Signal, “Defense — The $4M Missile vs. the $10K Drone” (2026-03-29)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where AVAV appears in the diary — 1 piece, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Long reads

  • Defense — The $4M Missile vs. the $10K DroneWeekly Signal · 29 Mar 2026Ticker Company Country Cap Focus AVAV AeroVironment US Mid Switchblade, Puma drones · directed energy (BlueHalo) KTOS Kratos Defense US Mid Autonomous combat drones (Valkyrie, XQ-58A) RCAT Red Cat Holdings US Small Teal 2 recon drone · U.S.
Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 61/100 · S&P 500 fund at 75, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-06
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 98th percentile of the window, +5.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-06
  • Sector × region Industrials in US: +1.4% week · −1.8% month · −4.6% quarter · +7.0% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLI.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-10-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.74 · up 0.17 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-06
How it trades on rate days beta 1.48 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How AVAV has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 1.48 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), AeroVironment Inc moved 1.48% on average · correlation 0.18 · higher than 96% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 1.46 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −2.50% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +1.67% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against HALO Growth 100 · Autonomous Defense & Drones · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

HALO Growth 100 · Autonomous Defense & Drones

Drone primes, autonomous-systems integrators, and the next-generation defence platforms re-shaping land/air/sea procurement.

Compared against AVAV on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — AeroVironment Inc

AVAV in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
AeroVironment designs and builds uncrewed aircraft, loitering munitions and related systems for defence customers, split across an Autonomous Systems segment and a Space, Cyber and Directed Energy segment. Its products include small and medium drones, counter-drone and precision-strike systems, autonomy and AI software, unmanned maritime and ground vehicles, and satellite-communication and directed-energy hardware. It sells mainly to government agencies in the United States and allied countries, and is based in Arlington, Virginia.
Where it sits in the stack
AeroVironment sits in our HALO Growth 100, the growth index outside the megacaps, inside the Autonomous Defense & Drones sleeve that groups drone makers and next-generation defence platforms. It is a supplier that governments buy from as they replace older munitions and manned platforms with drones and loitering weapons, rather than a constraint on a build-out layer.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group places it with drone primes and autonomous-systems integrators reshaping defence procurement, including Kratos, Red Cat, Teledyne, Saab, Kongsberg, Hensoldt, Axon and Hanwha Aerospace; the market also names Anduril as a private-sector rival.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
AeroVironment holds a seat in the HALO Growth 100 and carries a Closelooknet score, where the valuation module reads strongest and momentum reads weakest. The diary has quoted it once, in a Weekly Signal piece comparing drone and missile economics against Kratos and Red Cat.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the recent earnings beat, which ran well ahead of forecasts, feeds through to the price target cuts analysts have already made, and whether that shifts the score's weak momentum reading.

AeroVironment Inc (AVAV) trades on US exchanges, classified under Industrials. Constituent of HALO Growth 100.

The Closelooknet company score reads 35/100 composite (momentum 9, quality 14, valuation 24) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Rothschild & Co Redburn, 2026-10-06 · last print 2026-09-09

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for AVAV from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Rothschild & Co Redburn — target 165 Target set to $165 (+18.4% to spot) 2026-10-06
  • Latest print EPS 0.59 against 0.22 expected — a +165.4% beat 2026-09-09

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return no distribution in twelve months

Dividends and capital return

What AVAV pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Distributions No cash distribution recorded in the price series over the last three years
  • Share count +74.2% in FY2026 38 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-07

Quick answers

What is AeroVironment Inc (AVAV)?

AeroVironment Inc trades as AVAV on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Industrials in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-07.

Is AVAV in a Closelooknet index?

Yes — AeroVironment Inc is a constituent of HALO Growth 100, as of 2026-10-07.

What is AeroVironment Inc's Closelooknet composite score?

35 out of 100, with momentum 9, quality 14 and valuation 24 sub-scores, as of 2026-10-07. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does AVAV trade against its moving averages?

Resizing — 66.7% off its high: 66.7% below its 52-week high, under its 200-day — a deeper resizing of the trend, not a shallow dip. As of 2026-10-05 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is AVAV doing against its Closelooknet index?

Over the past month AeroVironment Inc is −0.8% against −4.9% for the HALO Growth 100 — 4.1 points ahead of its index, as of 2026-10-06. Its Autonomous Defense & Drones sleeve is −5.9% over the same month. The “Versus its index” table on this page carries the day, the week and the month for the name, its sleeve and the index.

How does AeroVironment Inc compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (HALO Growth 100 · Autonomous Defense & Drones), AeroVironment Inc (AVAV) sits 66.7% below its 52-week high, 11.8% below its 50-day average; Hanwha Aerospace Co Ltd (012450.KS) is 38.2% below, Saab AB (publ) (SAAB-B.ST) is 16.4% below, Red Cat Holdings Inc (RCAT) is 66.2% below. Put any of them next to AVAV in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does AeroVironment Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year AeroVironment Inc had a beta of 1.48 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 96% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −2.50% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelooknet written about AeroVironment Inc?

AeroVironment Inc appears in 1 Closelooknet piece, most recently Weekly Signal: Defense — The $4M Missile vs. the $10K Drone (2026-03-29). What Closelooknet said most recently: Ticker Company Country Cap Focus AVAV AeroVironment US Mid Switchblade, Puma drones · directed energy (BlueHalo) KTOS Kratos Defense US Mid Autonomous combat drones (Valkyrie, XQ-58A) RCAT Red Cat Holdings US Small Teal 2 recon drone · U.S. (Weekly Signal, 2026-03-29). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does AeroVironment Inc do?

AeroVironment designs and builds uncrewed aircraft, loitering munitions and related systems for defence customers, split across an Autonomous Systems segment and a Space, Cyber and Directed Energy segment. Its products include small and medium drones, counter-drone and precision-strike systems, autonomy and AI software, unmanned maritime and ground vehicles, and satellite-communication and directed-energy hardware. It sells mainly to government agencies in the United States and allied countries, and is based in Arlington, Virginia. Closelooknet's peer group places it with drone primes and autonomous-systems integrators reshaping defence procurement, including Kratos, Red Cat, Teledyne, Saab, Kongsberg, Hensoldt, Axon and Hanwha Aerospace; the market also names Anduril as a private-sector rival.

Where does AeroVironment Inc sit in the AI build-out?

AeroVironment sits in our HALO Growth 100, the growth index outside the megacaps, inside the Autonomous Defense & Drones sleeve that groups drone makers and next-generation defence platforms. It is a supplier that governments buy from as they replace older munitions and manned platforms with drones and loitering weapons, rather than a constraint on a build-out layer. AeroVironment holds a seat in the HALO Growth 100 and carries a Closelooknet score, where the valuation module reads strongest and momentum reads weakest. The diary has quoted it once, in a Weekly Signal piece comparing drone and missile economics against Kratos and Red Cat.

Does AeroVironment Inc pay a dividend?

No cash distribution shows in AeroVironment Inc’s price series over the last three years. The share count rose 74.2% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on AeroVironment Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on AeroVironment Inc on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Rothschild & Co Redburn on 2026-10-06 (target 165). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Its latest earnings print on the wire, 2026-09-09: EPS 0.59 against 0.22 expected — a +165.4% beat. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for AVAV, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

same Closelooknet index seat first, then Aerospace & Defense. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.