AVAV (AeroVironment) Shiller PE Ratio: (As of Aug. 15, 2026)

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AVAV AeroVironment Inc AVAV
82 GF Score
Price $192.81
GF Value $257.68
Valuation Modestly Undervalued
! 5 Warning Signs
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What is AeroVironment Shiller PE Ratio?

Shiller PE for Stocks: The True Measure of Stock Valuation


AeroVironment  (NAS:AVAV) Shiller PE Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PE Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Shiller PE Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of profit margins during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Shiller PE Ratio should give similar results to regular PE Ratio.

Compared with the PS Ratio, the Shiller PE Ratio makes the comparison between different industries more meaningful.


Be Aware

Shiller PE Ratio assumes that over the long term, businesses and profitability revert to their means. If a company's business model does not work in the future compared with the past, Shiller PE Ratio and PS Ratio will give false valuations.


AeroVironment Shiller PE Ratio Related Terms


AeroVironment Shiller PE Ratio Historical Data

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The historical data trend for AeroVironment's Shiller PE Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

AeroVironment Shiller PE Ratio Chart

AeroVironment Annual Data
Trend Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23 Apr24 Apr25 Apr26
Shiller PE Ratio
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AeroVironment Quarterly Data
Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25 Apr25 Jul25 Oct25 Jan26 Apr26
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AVAV vs PL, DPC, HXL: Shiller PE Ratio Comparison

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, AeroVironment's Shiller PE Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Shiller PE Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


AeroVironment Shiller PE Ratio vs Aerospace & Defense Industry

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, AeroVironment's Shiller PE Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where AeroVironment's Shiller PE Ratio falls into.


AVAV
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AeroVironment Shiller PE Ratio Calculation

For Shiller PE Ratio, the earnings of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/E calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Shiller PE Ratio is also called PE10.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The same calculation is applied here to individual companies.

AeroVironment's E10 for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2026 is calculated as:

For example, AeroVironment's adjusted earnings per share data for the three months ended in Apr. 2026 was:

Adj_EPS=Earnings per Share (Diluted)/CPI of Apr. 2026 (Change)*Current CPI (Apr. 2026)
=1.25/333.0200*333.0200
=1.250

Current CPI (Apr. 2026) = 333.0200.

AeroVironment Quarterly Data

Earnings per Share (Diluted) CPI Adj_EPS
201607 -0.510 240.628 -0.706
201610 -0.180 241.729 -0.248
201701 -0.090 242.839 -0.123
201704 1.300 244.524 1.770
201707 -0.250 244.786 -0.340
201710 0.320 246.663 0.432
201801 -0.030 247.867 -0.040
201804 0.770 250.546 1.023
201807 1.140 252.006 1.506
201810 0.250 252.885 0.329
201901 0.350 251.712 0.463
201904 0.240 255.548 0.313
201907 0.710 256.571 0.922
201910 0.310 257.346 0.401
202001 -0.040 257.971 -0.052
202004 0.720 256.389 0.935
202007 0.420 259.101 0.540
202010 0.090 260.388 0.115
202101 0.010 261.582 0.013
202104 0.440 267.054 0.549
202107 -0.570 273.003 -0.695
202110 0.100 276.589 0.120
202201 0.000 281.148 0.000
202204 0.290 289.109 0.334
202207 -0.340 296.276 -0.382
202210 -0.270 298.012 -0.302
202301 -0.030 299.170 -0.033
202304 -6.310 303.363 -6.927
202307 0.840 305.691 0.915
202310 0.660 307.671 0.714
202401 0.500 308.417 0.540
202404 0.220 313.548 0.234
202407 0.750 314.540 0.794
202410 0.270 315.664 0.285
202501 -0.060 317.671 -0.063
202504 0.590 320.795 0.612
202507 -1.440 323.048 -1.484
202510 -0.340 0.000
202601 -4.900 325.252 -5.017
202604 1.250 333.020 1.250

Add all the adjusted EPS together and divide 10 will get our E10.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.

Is AeroVironment (AVAV) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, AeroVironment stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of $192.81 is trading 25.2% below its estimated GF Value™ of $257.68. GuruFocus considers AeroVironment to be Modestly Undervalued.

Key valuation signals for AVAV:

  • Shiller PE Ratio:
  • GF Value™: $257.68 vs. price of $192.81 (25.2% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 82/100 with 5 warning signs

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AeroVironment Business Description

Address 241 18th Street South, Suite 650, Arlington, VA, USA, 22202
AeroVironment Inc supplies unmanned aircraft systems, tactical missile systems, high-altitude pseudo-satellites, and other related services to government agencies within the United States Department of Defense as well as the United States allied international governments. The systems can help with security, surveillance, or sensing, and provide eyes in the sky without needing an actual person, or driver in the sky. The company is a defense technology provider delivering integrated capabilities across air, land, sea, space, and cyber. It develops and deploy autonomous systems, precision strike systems, counter-UAS technologies, space-based platforms, directed energy systems, and cyber and electronic warfare capabilities. Company operates in three segments: UxS, LMS, MW.
82GF Score

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$192.81
Price
$257.68
GF Value