Chairman, President and CEO, 10% Owner of AeroVironment Inc. (AVAV) Timothy E Conver sells 16,600 shares of AVAV on 03/16/2011 at an average price of $33.22 a share.
Aerovironment Inc. has a market cap of $724.3 million; its shares were traded at around $33.19 with a P/E ratio of 30.6 and P/S ratio of 3.
Sell: Senior VP of Administration Cathleen S Cline sold 17,189 shares of AVAV stock on 03/11/2011 at the average price of 33.63. Cathleen S Cline owns at least 1,000 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 1.31% since.
Sell: Senior VP and GM Tom Herring sold 800 shares of AVAV stock on 12/15/2010 at the average price of 24.96. Tom Herring owns at least 12,898 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 32.97% since.
Sell: Senior VP of Administration Cathleen S Cline sold 18,000 shares of AVAV stock on 12/10/2010 at the average price of 26.29. Cathleen S Cline owns at least 1,000 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 26.25% since.
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