AeroVironment (AVAV) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Reported EPS
- $0.59
- Estimate
- $0.25
- Surprise
- +138.1%
- Revenue (period 2026-08-01)
- $480.5M
- Score today
- 5.1/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
AeroVironment (AVAV) beat the $0.25 estimate with diluted EPS of $0.59 — a large 138.1% upside surprise.
Coverage in the report window
- S&P 500 Snaps 4-Day Decline as Oil Cools, Dell Jumps 11%: Stock Market Today — benzinga, 2026-09-11
- AeroVironment Stock Drops, B of A Maintains Buy Rating — benzinga, 2026-09-11
- Stock Market Today: Nasdaq 100 Tumbles as Oil Spikes 6%, Yields Hit 19-Year High — benzinga, 2026-09-10
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates AVAV Sell at 5.1/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +138.1% surprise compares with a +27.9% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-12-02.
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Customer: U.S. government (75.0%)
- Quality below floor (2.4 < 4.0)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $153.20
- Price target
- $201.96
- Stop
- $142.66
- Upside to target
- +31.8%
- Reward-to-risk
- 3.0:1
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-14 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
AVAV at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Aerospace & Defense
- Market cap
- $7.46B
- P/E (fwd)
- 32.9
- 52-week range
- $135.20–$417.86
- Off 52-week high
- 63.3%
- RSI (14)
- 56
- Volume vs avg
- 1.44×
- Score today
- 5.1/10