AeroVironment Ownership

AVAV Stock  USD 125.73  0.94  0.75%   
The majority of AeroVironment outstanding shares are owned by other corporate entities. These outside corporations are usually referred to as non-private investors looking to acquire positions in AeroVironment to benefit from reduced commissions. Consequently, institutional investors are subject to a different set of regulations than regular investors in AeroVironment. Please pay attention to any change in the institutional holdings of AeroVironment as this could imply that something significant has changed or is about to change at the company.
 
Shares in Circulation  
First Issued
2004-09-30
Previous Quarter
28.1 M
Current Value
28 M
Avarage Shares Outstanding
21 M
Quarterly Volatility
6.9 M
 
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Please note, institutional investors have a lot of resources and new technology at their disposal. They can put in a lot of research and financial analysis when reviewing investment options. There are many different types of institutional investors, including banks, hedge funds, insurance companies, and pension plans. One of the main advantages they have over retail investors is the fees paid for trades. As they are buying in large quantities, they can manage their cost more effectively.
  
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AeroVironment Stock Ownership Analysis

About 99.0% of the company shares are held by institutions such as insurance companies. The book value of AeroVironment was presently reported as 30.73. The company has Price/Earnings To Growth (PEG) ratio of 1.72. AeroVironment had not issued any dividends in recent years. AeroVironment, Inc. designs, develops, produces, delivers, and supports a portfolio of robotic systems and related services for government agencies and businesses in the United States and internationally. The company was incorporated in 1971 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. Aerovironment operates under Aerospace Defense classification in the United States and is traded on NASDAQ Exchange. It employs 1214 people. For more info on AeroVironment please contact the company at 805 520 8350 or go to https://www.avinc.com.
Besides selling stocks to institutional investors, AeroVironment also allocates a substantial amount of its earnings to a pull of share-based compensation to be paid out to its employees, managers, executives, and members of the board of directors. Share-Based compensation (also sometimes called Stock-Based Compensation) is a way of paying different AeroVironment's stakeholders with equity in the business. It is typically used as a motivation factor for employees to contribute beyond their regular compensation (salary and bonus). It is also used as a tool to align AeroVironment's strategic interests with those of the company's shareholders. Shares issued to employees are usually subject to a vesting period before they are earned and sold.

AeroVironment Quarterly Liabilities And Stockholders Equity

1.05 Billion

AeroVironment Insider Trades History

Only 1.07% of AeroVironment are currently held by insiders. Unlike AeroVironment's institutional investors, corporate insiders most likely have a limit on the maximum percentage of share ownership. This is done to align insiders' influence against AeroVironment's private investors even though both sides will benefit from rising prices or experience loss when the share price declines. The good rule to have in mind is that the maximum share ownership percentage of the corporate insiders should not surpass 25%. View all of AeroVironment's insider trades
 
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AeroVironment Stock Institutional Investors

Have you ever been surprised when a price of an equity instrument such as AeroVironment is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading AeroVironment backward and forwards among themselves. AeroVironment's institutional investor refers to the entity that pools money to purchase AeroVironment's securities or originate loans. Institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds. Operating companies that invest excess capital in these types of assets may also be included in the term and may influence corporate governance by exercising voting rights in their investments.
Shares
Mirae Asset Global Etfs Holdings Ltd.2024-12-31
423.3 K
Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts2024-12-31
413.1 K
Amvescap Plc.2024-12-31
380.7 K
Congress Asset Management Company, Llp2024-12-31
333.2 K
Northern Trust Corp2024-12-31
299.6 K
Nuveen Asset Management, Llc2024-12-31
287.9 K
Bank Of New York Mellon Corp2024-12-31
270.5 K
International Assets Investment Management, Llc2024-09-30
267.1 K
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc2024-12-31
264.1 K
Blackrock Inc2024-12-31
4.8 M
Vanguard Group Inc2024-12-31
3.1 M
Note, although AeroVironment's institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

AeroVironment Insider Trading Activities

Some recent studies suggest that insider trading raises the cost of capital for securities issuers and decreases overall economic growth. Trading by specific AeroVironment insiders, such as employees or executives, is commonly permitted as long as it does not rely on AeroVironment's material information that is not in the public domain. Local jurisdictions usually require such trading to be reported in order to monitor insider transactions. In many U.S. states, trading conducted by corporate officers, key employees, directors, or significant shareholders must be reported to the regulator or publicly disclosed, usually within a few business days of the trade. In these cases AeroVironment insiders are required to file a Form 4 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) when buying or selling shares of their own companies.

AeroVironment Outstanding Bonds

AeroVironment issues bonds to finance its operations. Corporate bonds make up one of the largest components of the U.S. bond market, which is considered the world's largest securities market. AeroVironment uses the proceeds from bond sales for a wide variety of purposes, including financing ongoing mergers and acquisitions, buying new equipment, investing in research and development, buying back their own stock, paying dividends to shareholders, and even refinancing existing debt. Most AeroVironment bonds can be classified according to their maturity, which is the date when AeroVironment has to pay back the principal to investors. Maturities can be short-term, medium-term, or long-term (more than ten years). Longer-term bonds usually offer higher interest rates but may entail additional risks.

AeroVironment Corporate Filings

8K
14th of March 2025
Report filed with the SEC to announce major events that shareholders should know about
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6th of March 2025
Other Reports
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10Q
5th of March 2025
Quarterly performance report mandated by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), to be filed by publicly traded corporations
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12th of February 2025
Other Reports
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