AeroVironment (AVAV) Tax Rate (2010 - 2026)
AeroVironment's Tax Rate came in at 5.42% for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 1, 2026), down 12.57 percentage points from 17.99% a year earlier and down 19.46 percentage points from the prior quarter.
AeroVironment (AVAV) Tax Rate (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Aug 1, 2026, AeroVironment reported Tax Rate of 3.62%, down 19.83 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Apr 30, 2026), it was 7.54%, up 5.32 percentage points from FY2025.
- Tax Rate carries a five-year change of +5.98 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- Going back by fiscal year, Tax Rate was 2.22% in FY2025 (-0.77 pp), 2.99% in FY2024 (-4.79 pp), 7.78% in FY2023 (-46.38 pp) and 54.17% in FY2022 (+52.60 pp).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure represents the lowest quarterly Tax Rate since fiscal Q4 2025.
- Year-over-year, Tax Rate increased in five of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +8.81 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Tax Rate over five years came in fiscal Q4 2022 (a gain of 111.60 percentage points), and the weakest in fiscal Q4 2023 (a drop of 80.99 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows AVAV's Tax Rate at 24.87% (Q4 2026), 8.15% (Q3 2026) and 11.19% (Q2 2026) in the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Electric | 330.06 Bn | 284.06 Bn | 4.68 Bn | 14.53% |
| 2 | Rtx | 252.10 Bn | 225.31 Bn | 5.13 Bn | 17.98% |
| 3 | Boeing | 148.40 Bn | 55.10 Bn | 2.41 Bn | - |
| 4 | Lockheed Martin | 118.20 Bn | 104.92 Bn | 2.45 Bn | 15.70% |
| 5 | Howmet Aerospace | 92.39 Bn | 87.99 Bn | 951.00 Mn | 17.72% |
| 6 | General Dynamics | 89.92 Bn | 77.03 Bn | 2.18 Bn | 17.56% |
| 7 | Motorola Solutions | 73.84 Bn | 70.20 Bn | 1.68 Bn | 24.80% |
| 8 | Northrop Grumman | 71.73 Bn | 60.97 Bn | 2.12 Bn | 6.34% |
| 9 | Honeywell International | 66.60 Bn | 19.04 Bn | 3.65 Bn | 20.96% |
| 10 | AeroVironment | 7.28 Bn | 4.89 Bn | 124.60 Mn | - |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2026 | 24.87% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 1.70% |
| Jul 27, 2024 | 6.57% |
| Jan 27, 2024 | 8.27% |
| Oct 28, 2023 | 5.58% |
| Jul 29, 2023 | 5.66% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 84.76% |
| Oct 31, 2020 | 17.69% |
| Aug 1, 2020 | 9.63% |
| Apr 30, 2020 | 11.77% |
| Oct 26, 2019 | 11.69% |
| Jul 27, 2019 | 10.36% |
| Jan 26, 2019 | 9.39% |
| Oct 27, 2018 | 13.45% |
| Jul 28, 2018 | 10.93% |
| Apr 30, 2018 | 30.73% |
| Jan 27, 2018 | 139.93% |
| Oct 28, 2017 | 30.78% |
| Apr 30, 2017 | 17.50% |
| Apr 30, 2016 | 32.73% |
AeroVironment Tax Rate API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=AVAV&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "AVAV", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=AVAV&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();