All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
Of the nine metrics, 7 read as filed from the record and 2 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-06-22.
From the record
AeroVironment, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 2 warning events of 2 kinds: a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2026-06-22); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2019-04-22) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+66.1% a year over 3 filed years; profitable in 2 of 3.
From the record
AeroVironment, Inc.'s 3 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $717 million in fiscal 2024 to $2.0 billion in fiscal 2026, up 66.1% a year; it rose in 2 of 2 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 2 of 3 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
SI estimate 5.4/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).
SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed
From the record
SI estimate, not a filed reading: AeroVironment, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 5.4 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the top 46% of 14 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE -6%: lost 6¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 23%: owes 23¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-04-30, AeroVironment, Inc. lost about 6 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 9 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 23 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 74.2% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 20% of 12 in its family; net margin -13.4%.
From the record
AeroVironment, Inc.'s standing among 12 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $2.0 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 25% by size; a net margin of -13.4% ranks in the top 29%; revenue growth of 66.1% a year over the last 2 filed years ranks in the top 5% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
bottom 44% of 7 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2016.
From the record
AeroVironment, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Nawabi, Wahid (Chair, President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2016-07-14, 10.3 years (top 7% of its family); the 18 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 3.4 years (bottom 25%); 13 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 18 people in charge now (bottom 14%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
bottom 39% of 11 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
AeroVironment, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $377 million against debt of $748 million leaves -6.5% of its assets as net cash, bottom 19% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -7.1% of revenue (top 23%); a gross margin of 25.3% (bottom 35%); research spending of 6.5% of revenue (bottom 23%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
top 42% of 10 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
AeroVironment, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 66.1% a year over the last three filed years against 66.1% over all 3, speeding up (top 50% of its family); the newest year grew 141% (top 28%); research spending grew 25.7% a year (top 45%); capital spending grew 61.4% a year (top 45%) (its annual reports). AeroVironment, Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2026: Autonomous Systems at $1.4 billion (69%), Space Cyber and Directed Energy at $619 million (31%); 1 of 1 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
SI estimate 5.7/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).
SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed
From the record
SI estimate, not a filed reading: AeroVironment, Inc.'s expectations vs reality is put at 5.7 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because the record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 6 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made