Growth Metrics

AeroVironment (AVAV) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)

AeroVironment's Operating Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 43.88% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Operating Margin fell 4204.0% year-over-year to 43.88%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 16.44%, down 2087.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 4.97%, 505.0% down from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin reached 43.88% in Q1 2026 per AVAV's latest filing, down from 6.4% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 17.31% in Q3 2023 to a low of 89.06% in Q2 2023.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 6.58%, with a median of 3.02% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for Operating Margin: tumbled -9887bps in 2023, then surged 9207bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 12.83% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 209bps to 13.92% in 2023, then plummeted by -73bps to 3.72% in 2024, then plummeted by -272bps to 6.4% in 2025, then tumbled by -586bps to 43.88% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AVAV's Operating Margin are 43.88% (Q1 2026), 6.4% (Q4 2025), and 15.24% (Q3 2025).