Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. AeroVironment Inc shares valued at $4,550,765 were sold by Nawabi Wahid on Jul 16 ’25. At $263.05 per share, Nawabi Wahid sold 17,300 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 122,233 shares worth approximately $29.56 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, WAHID NAWABI purchased 17,300 shares, netting a total of over 4,550,796 in proceeds.
Before that, Nawabi Wahid had sold 29,366 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $3,764,721, the Chair, President and CEO traded AeroVironment Inc shares for $128.20 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 29,366 shares, worth approximately $27.85 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Needham on August 19, 2025, AeroVironment Inc [AVAV] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $300. As of August 04, 2025, Citizens JMP has initiated its “Mkt outperform” rating for AVAV. Earlier on July 08, 2025, Cantor Fitzgerald initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Overweight” for AVAV stock.
Analyzing AVAV Stock Performance
On last trading session, AeroVironment Inc [NASDAQ: AVAV] plunged -2.12% to $241.81. The stock’s lowest price that day was $241.1, but it reached a high of $257.05 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 6.64%. Over the course of the year, AeroVironment Inc shares have jumped approximately 33.66%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $295.90 on 06/30/25 and a 52-week low of $102.25 on 04/07/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for AeroVironment Inc (AVAV)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 236.25, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 230.69. In the upper region, resistance lies at 252.22. The next price resistance is at 262.63. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 49.50 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is AeroVironment Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of AeroVironment Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-08-29 jumping by 92292.0 shares to 2.6 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-31 was 2.51 million shares. A jump of 3.55% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.47 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 3.47.
Which companies own the most shares of AeroVironment Inc (AVAV)?
In terms of AeroVironment Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 262.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 6.25% from the previous closing price of $247.05. Analysts anticipate AeroVironment Inc stock to reach 300 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 225. In spite of this, 9 analysts ranked AeroVironment Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On June 30, 2025, Goldman assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $301.
