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AVAV — AeroVironment Inc

US Industrials Aerospace & defense equity mkt cap 8.1B
160.22 +0.27% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 136.68 · high 409.83

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Performance

1 day+0.27%
1 week-16.90%
1 month+0.94%
3 months-1.76%
6 months-39.46%
Year to date-37.46%
1 year-31.01%
3 years+70.90%
5 years+58.84%

Technicals

RSI 1450.6
vs 50-day avg-0.91%
vs 200-day avg-27.58%
Volatility 1y75.9%
Max drawdown 1y-66.65%
Avg volume 30d1.3M
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Measured signals that fired on AVAV

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-19Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-08-07Bollinger bandwidth breaks out of its own compression
structure
-0.63% over 21 days · t = -2.80 · n = 7,196
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-08-04Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-30Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-23Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-05-26Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-08-17PAGE STEPHEN F
Director
Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan250191.9848.0K
2026-08-14Shackley Brian Charles
SVP, Chief Accounting Officer
Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan205201.8641.4K
2026-07-15Shackley Brian Charles
SVP, Chief Accounting Officer
Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan300143.0042.9K
2026-07-15PAGE STEPHEN F
Director
Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan248143.0035.5K
2026-07-13MULLER EDWARD R
Director
Other Acquisition/Disposition9960.000
2026-07-13MULLER EDWARD R
Director
Other Acquisition/Disposition9960.000
2026-07-10Nawabi Wahid
Chair, President and CEO
Shares withheld for tax5.2K144.58758.5K
2026-07-10Brown Melissa Ann
EVP, Chief Legal Officer
Shares withheld for tax813144.58117.5K
2026-07-10Stevenson Trace E
President, Autonomous Systems
Shares withheld for tax545144.5878.8K
2026-07-10Shackley Brian Charles
SVP, Chief Accounting Officer
Shares withheld for tax243144.5835.1K

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
BlackRock, Inc.907.9M5.0M
STATE STREET CORP419.1M2.3M
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC310.0M1.7M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC295.9M1.6M
BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO187.9M1.0M
MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd.171.5M937.5K
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC167.3M913.9K
Alyeska Investment Group, L.P.132.1M721.4K
Heard Capital LLC132.0M721.4K
UBS Group AG109.7M599.6K

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Latest SEC filings

formfiledperiod
42026-08-192026-08-17on EDGAR ↗
32026-08-142026-08-05on EDGAR ↗
42026-08-142026-08-14on EDGAR ↗
1442026-08-14on EDGAR ↗
ARS2026-08-142026-04-30on EDGAR ↗
DEF 14A2026-08-142026-09-24on EDGAR ↗
8-K2026-08-072026-08-03on EDGAR ↗
8-K2026-07-292026-07-23on EDGAR ↗

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d57.6% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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