AVAV
AeroVironment, Inc.
AVAV's outlook is improving, though it still trails on the overall score.
VRT
Vertiv Holdings Co
VRT has the edge over AVAV overall, supported by stronger valuation and stronger fundamentals.
AVAV Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Weak | |
| Under pressure | |
| Weak |
AVAV's revenue is currently healthy, but its profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are under pressure.
VRT Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
VRT's revenue, profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are all currently strong.
AVAV PE Valuation
AVAV has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
VRT PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 23x | $210 | — |
| Current | 39x | $210 | — |
| Cheap | 58x | $308 | +47% |
| Fair | 72x | $383 | +83% |
| Expensive | 88x | $472 | +125% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
VRT's PE is in its cheap range at 39x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 23x next year's earnings.
AVAV Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Strong growth | |
| Growth | |
| Improving | |
| Moderate | |
| Low |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for AVAV, with profitability improving. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
VRT Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Moderate | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect strong earnings and revenue growth for VRT, with profitability improving.
AVAV Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $3.74 | — |
| Q3 2026 | -$4.06 | -$3.42 |
| Q2 2026 | -$5.40 | -448% |
| Q1 2026 | -$6.09 | -634% |
| Q4 2025 | -$1.25 | -174% |
| Q3 2025 | -$0.64 | -131% |
| Q2 2025 | $1.55 | -29% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.14 | +$5.54 |
| Q4 2024 | $1.70 | +$6.63 |
AVAV is still losing money, but less than at its worst: $4.06 per share over the past year, against $7.04 at its worst in early 2023.
VRT Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $9.14 | +71% |
| Q3 2026 | $5.35 | +102% |
| Q2 2026 | $4.42 | +111% |
| Q1 2026 | $3.98 | +131% |
| Q4 2025 | $3.41 | +166% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.65 | +75% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.09 | +62% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.72 | +64% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.28 | +7.6% |
VRT has the edge over AVAV on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
AVAV Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $480.5M | +5.7% |
| Q2 2026 | $641.6M | +133% |
| Q1 2026 | $408M | +143% |
| Q4 2025 | $472.5M | +151% |
| Q3 2025 | $454.7M | +140% |
| Q2 2025 | $275.1M | +40% |
| Q1 2025 | $167.6M | -10% |
| Q4 2024 | $188.5M | +4.2% |
AVAV's revenue has grown year over year for six quarters in a row: $480M last quarter, up 5.7% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -2.3% | +13 points |
| Q2 2026 | 8.9% | +3.8 points |
| Q1 2026 | -66% | -64 points |
| Q4 2025 | -6.4% | -10 points |
| Q3 2025 | -15% | -27 points |
| Q2 2025 | 5% | +2 points |
| Q1 2025 | -1.8% | -9.5 points |
| Q4 2024 | 3.7% | -10 points |
AVAV's operating margin was −2.3% last quarter, up 13 points from the same quarter a year ago.
VRT Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $4.3B | +61% |
| Q2 2026 | $3.3B | +24% |
| Q1 2026 | $2.6B | +30% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.9B | +23% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.7B | +29% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.6B | +35% |
| Q1 2025 | $2B | +24% |
| Q4 2024 | $2.3B | +26% |
VRT's revenue has grown year over year every quarter since late 2020: $4.3B last quarter, up 61% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 23% | +3.5 points |
| Q2 2026 | 19% | +2.7 points |
| Q1 2026 | 17% | +2.3 points |
| Q4 2025 | 20% | +0.7 points |
| Q3 2025 | 19% | +1.4 points |
| Q2 2025 | 17% | -0.4 points |
| Q1 2025 | 14% | +1.9 points |
| Q4 2024 | 19% | +4.2 points |
VRT has the edge over AVAV on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
AVAV Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$30.5M | +$115.9M |
| Q2 2026 | $79.1M | +$87.9M |
| Q1 2026 | -$17.7M | +$11.9M |
| Q4 2025 | -$55.9M | -$47.2M |
| Q3 2025 | -$146.5M | -739% |
| Q2 2025 | -$8.8M | +$12M |
| Q1 2025 | -$29.6M | -161% |
| Q4 2024 | -$8.7M | +$6.3M |
AVAV has burned cash in seven of the last eight quarters: −$25M over the past year, against −$194M the year before.
VRT Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $654.9M | +41% |
| Q2 2026 | $926.5M | +233% |
| Q1 2026 | $654.2M | +145% |
| Q4 2025 | $885.6M | +143% |
| Q3 2025 | $463.5M | +36% |
| Q2 2025 | $277.9M | -19% |
| Q1 2025 | $266.8M | +162% |
| Q4 2024 | $364.5M | +18% |
VRT has the edge over AVAV on cash generation, producing positive trailing cash flow while its opponent burns cash.
AVAV Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +1.5% | +735K shares |
| 1 year | +6.3% | +2.9M shares |
| 3 years | +99% | +24.8M shares |
| 5 years | +105% | +25.5M shares |
| Available history | +107% | +25.8M shares |
AVAV has 50M diluted shares, up 6.3% from a year ago.
VRT Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | 0% | -64.9K shares |
| 1 year | +0.4% | +1.8M shares |
| 3 years | +1.1% | +4.4M shares |
| 5 years | +10% | +36M shares |
| Available history | +63% | +152M shares |
VRT has the edge over AVAV on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | — |
| Q3 2025 | — |
| Q2 2025 | — |
| Q1 2025 | — |
| Q4 2024 | — |
| Q3 2024 | — |
| Q2 2024 | — |
| Q1 2024 | $599.9M |
AVAV Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | 4.4x | High |
| Q3 2025 | 0.6x | Very low |
| Q2 2025 | -0.1x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -0.3x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | -0.6x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2024 | -0.6x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2024 | -0.4x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2023 | 1.4x | Healthy |
AVAV's net debt is about 4.4 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), after holding more cash than debt a year ago.
VRT Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -0.2x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | 0.1x | Very low |
| Q1 2026 | 0.3x | Very low |
| Q4 2025 | 0.6x | Very low |
| Q3 2025 | 0.8x | Very low |
| Q2 2025 | 0.7x | Very low |
| Q1 2025 | 0.8x | Very low |
| Q4 2024 | 1.0x | Healthy |
VRT has more cash than debt.
AVAV Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 39.6 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 14.7 | Oversold |
AVAV's weekly RSI is 40 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 15 (oversold).
VRT Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 43.0 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 26.4 | Neutral |
VRT's weekly RSI is 43 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 26 (neutral).
AVAV PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | AVAV | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | N/A | 24x | — |
AVAV has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
VRT PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | VRT | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 39x | 24x | 63% above |
| PE % | 3 | 58 | 55 pts below |
VRT is trading at 39x earnings, a 63% premium to the Industrials sector's median of 24x.
AVAV Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $129.3 | 6.6% below |
| 20 week MA | $147.5 | 18% below |
| 50 week MA | $194.2 | 38% below |
| 100 week MA | $206.6 | 42% below |
| 200 week MA | $172.5 | 30% below |
AVAV is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 30% below its 200-week average.
VRT Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $221.8 | 5.5% below |
| 20 week MA | $254.4 | 18% below |
| 50 week MA | $253.9 | 17% below |
| 100 week MA | $189.1 | 11% above |
| 200 week MA | $123.5 | 70% above |
VRT has the edge over AVAV on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
AVAV Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $62.1 | $89.0 | +43% |
| 2021 | $89.0 | $63.8 | -28% |
| 2022 | $63.8 | $84.7 | +33% |
| 2023 | $84.7 | $126.0 | +49% |
| 2024 | $126.0 | $157.7 | +25% |
| 2025 | $157.7 | $255.0 | +62% |
| 2026 YTD | $255.0 | $120.8 | -53% |
AVAV is down 53% so far in 2026, after finishing higher in five of the previous six years.
VRT Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $10.9 | $18.9 | +73% |
| 2021 | $18.9 | $24.9 | +31% |
| 2022 | $24.9 | $12.8 | -48% |
| 2023 | $12.8 | $48.0 | +275% |
| 2024 | $48.0 | $115.1 | +140% |
| 2025 | $115.1 | $167.6 | +46% |
| 2026 YTD | $167.6 | $209.6 | +25% |
VRT has the edge over AVAV on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.