Growth Metrics

AeroVironment (AVAV) Retained Earnings (2011 - 2026)

AeroVironment posted quarterly Retained Earnings of $33.3 million for Q1 2026, down 87.08% year-on-year from $257.6 million in Q1 2025, and up 634.91% on a QoQ basis from -$6.2 million in Q4 2025.

AeroVironment (AVAV) has 15 years of Retained Earnings data on file, last reported at $33.3 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Retained Earnings fell 87.08% year-over-year to $33.3 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 stood at $33.3 million (down 87.08% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was -$6.5 million, down 102.82% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings for Q1 2026 stood at $33.3 million, up from -$6.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Retained Earnings topped out at $257.6 million in Q1 2025 and bottomed at -$8.5 million in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Retained Earnings is -$4.9 million (2024), against an average of $53.6 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Retained Earnings slumped 1999.13%; it then soared 5678.14% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Retained Earnings shows it stood at -$8.5 million in 2022, then climbed by 28.34% to -$6.1 million in 2023, then climbed by 13.97% to -$5.2 million in 2024, then dropped by 19.01% to -$6.2 million in 2025, then soared by 634.91% to $33.3 million in 2026.
  • The last three Retained Earnings figures came in at $33.3 million (Q1 2026), -$6.2 million (Q4 2025), and $206.9 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 General Electric 316.77 Bn 306.03 Bn 9.11 Bn 89.07 Bn
2 Rtx 238.61 Bn 233.51 Bn 9.08 Bn -2.95 Bn
3 Boeing 172.59 Bn 151.68 Bn 2.55 Bn -10.27 Bn
4 Lockheed Martin 122.59 Bn 120.70 Bn 2.08 Bn -7.50 Bn
5 Howmet Aerospace 102.88 Bn 100.44 Bn 854.00 Mn 4.63 Bn
6 General Dynamics 92.64 Bn 88.99 Bn 9.09 Bn -557.00 Mn
7 Rocket Lab 82.19 Bn 80.92 Bn 76.49 Mn -2.97 Mn
8 Northrop Grumman 78.95 Bn 76.86 Bn 3.45 Bn 17.10 Bn
9 TransDigm 70.63 Bn 66.75 Bn 1.51 Bn -9.64 Bn
10 AeroVironment 8.67 Bn 8.08 Bn 98.79 Mn 33.28 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 33.28 Mn
Nov 1, 2025 -6.22 Mn
Aug 2, 2025 206.94 Mn
Apr 30, 2025 -6.51 Mn
Jan 25, 2025 257.64 Mn
Oct 26, 2024 -5.23 Mn
Jul 27, 2024 251.85 Mn
Apr 30, 2024 230.69 Mn
Jan 27, 2024 -4.89 Mn
Oct 28, 2023 -6.08 Mn
Jul 29, 2023 -4.52 Mn
Apr 30, 2023 -4.45 Mn
Jan 28, 2023 -5.06 Mn
Oct 29, 2022 -8.48 Mn
Jul 30, 2022 -7.56 Mn
Apr 30, 2022 -6.51 Mn
Jan 29, 2022 -3.43 Mn
Oct 30, 2021 -1.68 Mn
Jul 31, 2021 -394,000.00
Apr 30, 2021 343,000.00
Jan 30, 2021 347,000.00
Oct 31, 2020 342,000.00
Aug 1, 2020 351,000.00
Apr 30, 2020 328,000.00
Jan 25, 2020 69,000.00
Oct 26, 2019 181,000.00
Jul 27, 2019 171,000.00
Apr 30, 2019 2,000.00
Jan 28, 2017 189.45 Mn
Oct 29, 2016 -158,000.00
Jul 30, 2016 195.81 Mn
Apr 30, 2016 -201,000.00
Jan 30, 2016 -194,000.00
Oct 31, 2015 195.66 Mn
Aug 1, 2015 194.99 Mn
Apr 30, 2015 -1.36 Mn
Jan 31, 2015 -1.44 Mn
Nov 1, 2014 192.57 Mn
Aug 2, 2014 195.47 Mn
Apr 30, 2014 199.08 Mn
Jan 25, 2014 191.02 Mn
Oct 26, 2013 179.81 Mn
Jul 27, 2013 -753,000.00
Apr 30, 2013 185.36 Mn
Jan 26, 2013 186.16 Mn
Oct 27, 2012 -667,000.00
Jul 28, 2012 -657,000.00
Apr 30, 2012 -694,000.00
Jan 28, 2012 157.14 Mn
Oct 29, 2011 151.40 Mn
Jul 30, 2011 144.81 Mn
Apr 30, 2011 -784,000.00