AVAV PEER ANALYSIS

AeroVironment Inc — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

AVAVAeroVironment Inc

🇺🇸 USA · NASDAQ · Industrials · Aerospace & Defense

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Aerospace & Defense

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

AVAVIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	AVAV	CAE	BBD-B	MTX	KOG	SAAB-B	Ind. Median
P/E	—	37.74	24.58	14.30●	39.20	46.99	40.52
P/B	2.12	2.23	-25.10●	4.75	12.10	6.82	5.09
EV/EBITDA	—	14.30	16.16	10.36●	—	27.49	25.18
P/S	4.71	2.40	2.40	1.89●	6.33	3.69	4.19

Financial Health
Metric	AVAV	CAE	BBD-B	MTX	KOG	SAAB-B	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	4.30●	0.96	1.16	1.44	1.20	1.28	1.75
Debt/Equity	19.0%	61.0%	-528.1%●	56.3%	—	32.3%	48.4%
NetDebt/EBITDA	-33.52●	2.64	1.96	0.04	—	0.03	0.88

Profitability
Metric	AVAV	CAE	BBD-B	MTX	KOG	SAAB-B	Ind. Median
Net Margin	-13.4%	6.4%	9.7%	13.7%	16.2%●	7.9%	6.6%
ROE	-10.0%	6.1%	—	38.8%●	33.1%	15.7%	11.3%
ROA	-7.8%	2.8%	7.1%	11.6%●	9.4%	5.7%	4.5%
EBITDA Margin	-0.3%	20.6%●	16.9%	18.3%	—	13.4%	13.1%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	AVAV	CAE	BBD-B	MTX	KOG	SAAB-B	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	140.9%●	4.4%	7.8%	-1.0%	-10.6%	26.3%	12.2%
NI Growth	—	-22.7%	207.9%●	52.7%	17.2%	38.9%	27.7%
Div. Yield	—	—	0.1%	0.1%	0.7%●	0.4%	0.7%
Payout	—	—	2.5%	0.9%	100.4%	8.3%	16.4%

Valuation
Metric	AVAV	KTOS	SARO	PL	HXL	HII	Ind. Median
P/E	—	337.75	34.09	—	64.72	18.94●	40.52
P/B	2.12●	2.91	3.73	24.44	6.02	2.23	5.09
EV/EBITDA	—	79.37	16.39	—	27.80	11.78●	25.18
P/S	4.71	7.02	1.61	32.31	3.94	0.89●	4.19

Financial Health
Metric	AVAV	KTOS	SARO	PL	HXL	HII	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	4.30	5.63●	2.12	2.81	2.45	1.19	1.75
Debt/Equity	19.0%	5.4%●	91.2%	110.0%	78.8%	56.9%	48.4%
NetDebt/EBITDA	-33.52●	-11.73	3.12	0.76	3.07	2.26	0.88

Profitability
Metric	AVAV	KTOS	SARO	PL	HXL	HII	Ind. Median
Net Margin	-13.4%	2.1%	4.7%	-111.2%	6.1%●	4.7%	6.6%
ROE	-10.0%	1.2%	11.5%	-84.0%	8.4%	12.2%●	11.3%
ROA	-7.8%	1.0%	4.5%	-39.1%	4.3%	4.9%●	4.5%
EBITDA Margin	-0.3%	7.7%	12.1%	-96.1%	15.9%●	9.4%	13.1%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	AVAV	KTOS	SARO	PL	HXL	HII	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	140.9%●	21.8%	15.0%	34.1%	2.4%	12.1%	12.2%
NI Growth	—	50.8%	316.3%●	—	-5.5%	10.8%	27.7%
Div. Yield	—	—	—	—	0.7%	2.0%●	0.7%
Payout	—	—	—	—	45.7%	35.4%	16.4%

The green dot marks the best value in the group given the metric direction (higher/lower is better). All metrics use trailing-twelve-month (TTM) data.

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