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AeroVironment AVAV Return on equity

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$408.0M+143%
Gross profit$98.8M+56.3%
Operating income-$179.0M-5,700%
Net income-$156.6M-8,825%
EPS (diluted)-$3.15-5,150%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$289.9M+517%
Total debt$826.0M+1,296%
Total equity$574.5M-4.2%
Total assets$5.5B+420%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow-$5.1M+80.2%
CapEx$12.6M+228%
Free cash flow-$17.7M+40.2%

Valuation

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Market cap$8.58B+174%
Enterprise value$9.12B+183%
P/S5.3×+1.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin24.7%-14.8pp
Operating margin-16.4%-20.9pp
Net margin-13.9%-18.4pp
FCF margin-14.2%-29.6pp

Returns & leverage

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Debt / equity0.3×-0.1×
Current ratio5.5×+1.3×

Where this comes from

Calculated from AeroVironment’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: AeroVironment’s 10-Q, filed September 6, 2023, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is AeroVironment's return on equity?
AeroVironment (AVAV) reported return on equity of -24.8% in Q2 2023.
What does return on equity mean?
How much profit the company earns on the money shareholders have invested.
How do you interpret return on equity?
Higher is better, but very high ROE can be manufactured by leverage — a thin equity base inflates the ratio. Read it next to debt-to-equity and ROIC to tell genuine returns from balance-sheet engineering.
How does return on equity compare across companies?
Comparable across peers, with the leverage caveat. Negative or near-zero equity makes ROE meaningless, so it is suppressed there.