Growth Metrics

AeroVironment (AVAV) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2026)

AeroVironment's Return on Invested Capital history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.05% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Invested Capital fell 9.0% year-over-year to 0.05%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 0.05%, down 9.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.02%, 8.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital reached 0.05% in Q1 2026 per AVAV's latest filing, down from 0.02% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.08% in Q2 2024 to a low of 0.28% in Q2 2023.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.04%, with a median of 0.01% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: dropped -27bps in 2023, then surged 36bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.02% in 2022, then crashed by -766bps to 0.15% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 138bps to 0.06% in 2024, then tumbled by -131bps to 0.02% in 2025, then tumbled by -176bps to 0.05% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AVAV's Return on Invested Capital are 0.05% (Q1 2026), 0.02% (Q4 2025), and 0.02% (Q3 2025).