AeroVironment (AVAV) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)
AeroVironment posted quarterly Operating Margin of 43.88% for Q1 2026, down 4204.0% year-on-year from 1.07% in Q1 2025, and down 585.95% on a QoQ basis from 6.4% in Q4 2025.
AeroVironment (AVAV) has 17 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 43.88% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Margin fell 4204.0% year-over-year to 43.88%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 stood at 16.44% (down 2087.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 4.97%, down 505.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 43.88%, down from 6.4% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 17.31% in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 89.06% in Q2 2023.
- The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 3.02% (2024), against an average of 6.58%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Operating Margin plunged 9887 bps; it then jumped 9207 bps in 2024.
- A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 12.83% in 2022, then soared by 209 bps to 13.92% in 2023, then plunged by 73 bps to 3.72% in 2024, then slumped by 272 bps to 6.4% in 2025, then plunged by 586 bps to 43.88% in 2026.
- The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 43.88% (Q1 2026), 6.4% (Q4 2025), and 15.24% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Electric | 316.77 Bn | 306.03 Bn | 9.11 Bn | -8.61% |
| 2 | Rtx | 238.61 Bn | 233.51 Bn | 9.08 Bn | 11.57% |
| 3 | Boeing | 172.59 Bn | 151.68 Bn | 2.55 Bn | 2.02% |
| 4 | Lockheed Martin | 122.59 Bn | 120.70 Bn | 2.08 Bn | 11.45% |
| 5 | Howmet Aerospace | 102.88 Bn | 100.44 Bn | 854.00 Mn | 32.56% |
| 6 | General Dynamics | 92.64 Bn | 88.99 Bn | 9.09 Bn | 10.53% |
| 7 | Rocket Lab | 82.19 Bn | 80.92 Bn | 76.49 Mn | -27.94% |
| 8 | Northrop Grumman | 78.95 Bn | 76.86 Bn | 3.45 Bn | 10.01% |
| 9 | TransDigm | 70.63 Bn | 66.75 Bn | 1.51 Bn | 46.31% |
| 10 | AeroVironment | 8.67 Bn | 8.08 Bn | 98.79 Mn | -43.88% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2026 | -43.88% |
| Nov 1, 2025 | -6.40% |
| Aug 2, 2025 | -15.24% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 5.02% |
| Jan 25, 2025 | -1.84% |
| Oct 26, 2024 | 3.72% |
| Jul 27, 2024 | 12.17% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 3.02% |
| Jan 27, 2024 | 7.68% |
| Oct 28, 2023 | 13.92% |
| Jul 29, 2023 | 17.31% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | -89.06% |
| Jan 28, 2023 | 3.43% |
| Oct 29, 2022 | -12.83% |
| Jul 30, 2022 | -3.02% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 9.81% |
| Jan 29, 2022 | -15.68% |
| Oct 30, 2021 | 2.74% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | -11.99% |
| Apr 30, 2021 | 13.06% |
| Jan 30, 2021 | -0.81% |
| Oct 31, 2020 | 15.00% |
| Aug 1, 2020 | 14.06% |
| Apr 30, 2020 | 15.75% |
| Jan 25, 2020 | -1.79% |
| Oct 26, 2019 | 9.67% |
| Jul 27, 2019 | 21.74% |
| Apr 30, 2019 | 5.85% |
| Jan 26, 2019 | 10.41% |
| Oct 27, 2018 | 9.10% |
| Jul 28, 2018 | 18.19% |
| Apr 30, 2018 | 31.69% |
| Jan 27, 2018 | 0.21% |
| Oct 28, 2017 | 14.43% |
| Jul 29, 2017 | -10.42% |
| Apr 30, 2017 | 37.19% |
| Jan 28, 2017 | -2.61% |
| Oct 29, 2016 | -6.82% |
| Jul 30, 2016 | -45.34% |
| Apr 30, 2016 | 20.25% |
| Jan 30, 2016 | 7.50% |
| Oct 31, 2015 | 10.66% |
| Aug 1, 2015 | -19.26% |
| Apr 30, 2015 | 8.64% |
| Jan 31, 2015 | 7.53% |
| Nov 1, 2014 | -7.84% |
| Aug 2, 2014 | -12.48% |
| Apr 30, 2014 | 9.45% |
| Jan 25, 2014 | 12.49% |
| Oct 26, 2013 | 6.06% |
| Jul 27, 2013 | -16.10% |
| Apr 30, 2013 | -11.00% |
| Jan 26, 2013 | -2.26% |
| Oct 27, 2012 | 16.29% |
| Jul 28, 2012 | -3.84% |
| Apr 30, 2012 | 23.26% |
| Jan 28, 2012 | 10.18% |
| Oct 29, 2011 | 11.91% |
| Jul 30, 2011 | 0.69% |
| Apr 30, 2011 | 53.55% |
| Jan 29, 2011 | 18.57% |
| Oct 30, 2010 | 0.63% |
| Jul 31, 2010 | -19.11% |