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 $34.64 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 $32.64 million.
As published in their initiating research note from BofA Securities on September 18, 2025, AeroVironment Inc [AVAV] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $300. Analysts at Needham started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in mid August. Earlier on August 04, 2025, Citizens JMP initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Mkt outperform” for AVAV stock.
Analyzing AVAV Stock Performance
On last trading session, AeroVironment Inc [NASDAQ: AVAV] rose 4.18% to $283.43. The stock’s lowest price that day was $275.81, but it reached a high of $288.0 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 17.21%. Over the course of the year, AeroVironment Inc shares have jumped approximately 63.34%.
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.
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In terms of AeroVironment Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 262.5 in the next 12 months, down nearly -3.52% from the previous closing price of $272.07. 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 July 08, 2025, Cantor Fitzgerald assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $335.
