{"id":383453,"date":"2026-06-30T02:02:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T00:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prostartup.it\/aerovironment-soars-19-on-earnings-beat-backlog-grows-to-1-2-billion\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T02:02:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T00:02:40","slug":"aerovironment-soars-19-on-earnings-beat-backlog-grows-to-1-2-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prostartup.it\/ru\/aerovironment-soars-19-on-earnings-beat-backlog-grows-to-1-2-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"AeroVironment soars 19% on earnings beat, backlog grows to $1.2 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span class=\"HighlightShare-hidden\" style=\"top:0;left:0\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"RelatedQuotes-relatedQuotes\" id=\"RegularArticle-RelatedQuotes\">\n<div class=\"RelatedQuotes-quotesContainer\">\n<div class=\"RelatedQuotes-titleAndTime undefined\">\n<p class=\"RelatedQuotes-text\">In this article<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"RelatedQuotes-list\">\n<li class=\"QuoteItem-item\" aria-label=\"Quote for null\"><span class=\"QuoteItem-symbol\">AVAV<\/span><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"RegularArticle-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"RegularArticle-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"RelatedQuotes-cfaButtonContainer\"><button id=\"ArticlePageTickerCreateAccountButton\" class=\"CreateFreeAccountButton-buttonContainer\"><span class=\"CreateFreeAccountButton-buttonText\"><span>Follow your favorite stocks<\/span><span class=\"CreateFreeAccountButton-buttonTextBold\">CREATE FREE ACCOUNT<\/span><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"Placeholder-ArticleBody-Video-108327938\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p><span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-1\">AeroVironment<span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span> stock ripped 19% higher on Monday after the bell as the dronemaker reported fourth-quarter earnings that beat on the top and bottom lines.<\/p>\n<p>The company smashed expectations, reporting earnings of $1.84 per share while analysts polled by LSEG were expecting $1.46 per share. Revenue also came in ahead, more than doubling to $642 million versus an analyst estimate of $559 million.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:100%\" class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<p>CEO Wahid Nawabi said in a release that AeroVironment is well positioned to benefit from the rising global demand in drones, counter-drones and space technology. <\/p>\n<p>AeroVironment&#8217;s funded backlog of $1.2 billion was up 65% over last year, but only slightly above the $1.1 billion backlog reported in the prior period. Autonomous systems revenue of $492 million handily beat the $402 million StreetAccount expectation.<\/p>\n<p>Nawabi told CNBC&#8217;s Morgan Brennan during a recent exclusive tour of the company&#8217;s Simi Valley, California, facility that the fundamentals of warfare have changed due to the recent conflicts in Ukraine and Iran.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We knew that this inflection point was going to happen sooner or later,&#8221; he said, &#8220;and these last couple of conflicts that have become globally well known has essentially brought this thing to the forefront.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<div class=\"RelatedContent-relatedContent\" id=\"RegularArticle-RelatedContent-1\">\n<div class=\"RelatedContent-container\">\n<div class=\"RelatedContent-nonCollapsibleContent\">\n<h2 class=\"RelatedContent-header\">Read more CNBC tech news<\/h2>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<ul>\n<li>The memory shortage shaking Apple and Microsoft is &#8216;existential crisis&#8217; for smaller players<\/li>\n<li>The AI boom is colliding with a new threat: Severe weather<\/li>\n<li>China&#8217;s Zhipu is closing in on top U.S. AI models with Anthropic and OpenAI held back<\/li>\n<li>How GE Vernova builds the massive gas turbines powering the AI data center boom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>AeroVironment posted net income of $63.17 million during Q4 2026, or $1.25 per share. 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