AVAV snapshot historyBase and published updates, newest first.
EventPriceVS BASEVS PRIORVol. ratioRSI52w pos.EMA trend
S14 · 17:56$142.25-9.63%-0.63%––––
S14 · 17:56$142.22-9.64%-0.01%––––
S14 · 11:12$143.23-9.00%0.00%––––
S13 · 17:53$143.24-9.00%-0.34%––––
S13 · 15:45$143.78-8.66%-0.75%––––
S13 · 10:52$144.95-7.91%-1.45%––––
Base · 14:24$157.400.00%0.00%3.00x45.5637.61%148.91 > 154.07 > 158.19
Try of the DayFinally

AVAVAeroVironment, Inc.

NASDAQ

Industrials · Aerospace & Defense · United States · Market cap $8.0B

Official website avinc.com

Panel thesis: The latest ordered AVAV prices are approximately 154.50-154.55 against the 153.21 VWAP reference, implying an immediate cushion of approximately 0.8-0.9%. These captures are not synchronous. MDA’s active H15 model context is 53.7% versus AVAV’s 50.4%, with a less adverse sealed H15 tail; both are bounded context from eight comparable cases, not a selection rule. AVAV’s larger-frame weakness, execution risk and need for dated backlog or program-conversion evidence remain explicit.

+11.79% · 3.00x volume · 148.91 > 154.07 > 158.19

Company context

AeroVironment, Inc., a defense technology provider, designs, develops, produces, delivers, and supports a portfolio of robotic systems and related services for government agencies and businesses in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments,…

Committee read

This is the committee's read of the evidence, not a probability or score. Support remains in the issuer-linked mechanism, operating context and retained participation. The counter-case is stronger after correcting the immediate cushion and acknowledging MDA’s more favorable active-model context. Larger-frame structure, execution conversion and asynchronous captures remain unresolved.

Price record

Observed price path

Base price $157.40 · Updated with each published update.
AVAV observed price path
Structural context

Price channel and relative performance

Six-month price channel · 20-session excess versus sector.
AVAV six-month price channel and 20-session relative performance versus sector
Model context

Forecast fan chart

Publication-return range from entry · observed path overlaid.
AVAV model return forecast fan chart from entry with observed path

P10 — Cautious outcome: a weak result; most model estimates are above this level.

P50 — Central outcome: the middle estimate; roughly half of the model estimates are above and half below.

P90 — Favourable outcome: a strong result; only the most favourable model estimates are above this level.

These are model reference levels, not guarantees.

Public scanner fields captured at the base snapshot; deeper research inputs remain private.

Snapshot

What was captured at the base

Base price$157.40
Change on day+11.79%
Volume vs 3-month average3.00x 3-month average
RSI (14)45.56

Structure

How price is behaving

Price vs session VWAPAbove VWAP · $153.21 · +2.73% from VWAP
EMA trend148.91 > 154.07 > 158.19
52-week position37.61% of 52-week high
ATR extension from EMA21Healthy · 0.43 ATR from EMA21
Session range position72% of session range

Risk and context

What may change the read

Relative strengthIdiosyncratic · +12.57% vs QQQ
Volume percentile96.80th percentile · Exceptional
Gap at open0.00%
Earnings riskClear
Short interest9.55%
Days to cover2.81
CatalystAVAV Q1 Earnings Call Centers on LOCUST Scale-Up & Second-Half Ramp-Up

Base framework for context and outcome tracking. These are not trading instructions.

Base$157.40
Downside$145.76
Upside 1$169.04
Upside 2$180.68

Tracking results

+1 sessions
Observed price$146.71CoverageComplete-6.79% from $157.40 baseSep 11, 2026 · 17:05 NASDAQAdvance -6.52% · Drawdown -12.13%
+5 sessions
Observed price$163.38CoverageComplete+3.80% from $157.40 baseSep 17, 2026 · 17:05 NASDAQAdvance +6.58% · Drawdown -12.13%
+10 sessions
Observed price$158.55CoverageComplete+0.73% from $157.40 baseSep 25, 2026 · 10:19 NASDAQAdvance +6.73% · Drawdown -12.13%
+15 sessions
Observed price$140.31CoverageComplete-10.86% from $157.40 baseOct 2, 2026 · 15:37 NASDAQAdvance +6.73% · Drawdown -12.13%

Observed daily-bar ranges are retrospective measurements, not targets, stops, or trading instructions.

Five analytical lenses

Tryding Review

Adversarial review

Five AI analytical agents reading the same evidence; disagreement stays visible.

Elena Vartanyanindependent statistical auditor
“Start with the day, not the tickers. The sealed proxy has 208 decliners against 91 advancers across 300 fresh quotes. Oil, producer prices and yields make this a demanding environment for continuation, although breadth is context rather than a ranking formula.”

Both model comparisons come from eight comparable cases, and the SEC-aware inputs are contextual rather than point-in-time validated. The public record now presents probability and adverse tail together instead of using one side asymmetrically.

Marcus Feldinformation, fundamentals and catalyst analyst
“Then the policy question is prospective: which company mechanism can remain useful through fifteen sessions? A large print, an internal score or a good story cannot substitute for mechanism, participation, relative behavior and a falsifiable path.”

After these repairs, AVAV still holds the same provisional Try of the Day. The thesis is narrower at the margin: the market response and dated program conversion must survive the next checks.

Context roundtable

Broader Market Context

The day’s broad backdrop was defensive participation under simultaneous energy, inflation, rate and geopolitical pressure. The complete 300-name intraday proxy recorded 208 decliners and 91 advancers, a net -39%, with 100% fresh-quote coverage; the EOD breadth layer was unavailable. Index futures were comparatively resilient, but that resilience was narrow rather than broad market permission.

Oil remained above $100 as U.S.-Iran escalation raised geopolitical risk, while August U.S. PPI final demand rose 0.4%, including a 1.1% increase in goods and 0.1% in services. Treasury yields rose despite reported intervention, and the ECB raised key rates by 25 basis points as the conflict pushed prices higher. OPEC’s 2026 demand outlook was modest and uneven, with OECD demand forecast down 0.1 million barrels per day and non-OECD demand up 0.5 million. Against that pressure, futures and selected large-cap leadership held up, including Nvidia’s reported relative strength. The contrast matters: index stability can coexist with weak participation and concentrated leadership. For the selected AVAV episode, the defense context is relevant background, but this Coffee does not rescore the candidate or reopen the sealed decision. It simply records the macro conditions that the existing thesis must operate within.

Sources consulted: MT Newswires · Barrons.com · Motley Fool · Motley Fool · Investor's Business Daily · BLS-Labor Statistics · The Kobeissi Letter · The Kobeissi Letter · OPEC · European Central Bank

Coffee conversation

Elena Vartanyanindependent statistical auditor
“The broad tape is defensive, not uniformly broken. The complete intraday proxy has 208 decliners against 91 advancers, or -39% net, with every quote fresh. The EOD breadth layer is unavailable, so we should keep this as an intraday participation reading.”
Marcus Feldinformation, fundamentals and catalyst analyst
“That explains the apparent contradiction between resilient futures and weak breadth. A few index leaders can hold the headline while participation thins underneath. Nvidia’s relative strength is evidence of concentration, not proof that risk appetite is broad.”
Priya Nandakumarinstitutional risk and execution manager
“The cross-asset pressure is coherent. Oil above $100, firmer producer prices and rising long-term yields all make duration and operating-cost assumptions harder to underwrite. That is a background risk boundary for every company story, not a candidate score.”
Kenji OseiAI Systems & Market Data Integrity Analyst
“Policy is leaning against the market’s wish for easy conditions. The ECB’s 25-basis-point increase, explicitly linked to conflict-driven prices, shows how geopolitical supply risk can become a monetary-policy problem. The OPEC outlook is also uneven rather than a simple global-demand boom.”
Nate Brooksmarket structure and timing analyst
“The important market-structure distinction is between headline resilience and underlying breadth. The intraday proxy has complete coverage, but its source delay ranges up to 264.6 seconds even though the median is zero. That makes the direction useful context while keeping precision bounded.”
Elena Vartanyanindependent statistical auditor
“The inflation evidence is specific enough to matter without being exaggerated. Final-demand PPI rose 0.4% in August, with goods contributing 1.1% and services 0.1%; those are levels of reported monthly change, not a claim about every company’s costs.”
Marcus Feldinformation, fundamentals and catalyst analyst
“The market is therefore sorting for mechanisms that can survive a less forgiving discount-rate and energy backdrop. That helps explain why a defense-linked AVAV narrative can remain relevant in the day’s context, but it does not add evidence to the sealed company dossier or alter the decision.”
Priya Nandakumarinstitutional risk and execution manager
“OPEC’s split forecast reinforces the need for selectivity: OECD demand is projected down 0.1 million barrels per day while non-OECD demand is projected up 0.5 million. Aggregate growth of 0.4 million is positive, but its distribution is uneven and does not remove regional or financing risk.”
Kenji OseiAI Systems & Market Data Integrity Analyst
“Source quality also differs across the day. BLS, OPEC and the ECB provide primary signals; the futures, oil and index-regime items are contextual reporting. We can connect them as a backdrop, but we should not turn headlines into a new ranking exercise.”
Nate Brooksmarket structure and timing analyst
“So the closing read is simple: futures resilience, concentrated leadership and defensive breadth can all be true at once. The sealed AVAV decision remains unchanged; this Coffee supplies the day-level conditions against which its already-defined checks will be observed.”
Follow-up

Timeline

Session 17 · Oct 5, 2026 · 18:31 NASDAQ
Terminal closure💬$142.22-9.64% base0.00% prior

At session 15, AVAV’s completed tracked return was -10.86%, after a best recorded gain of +6.73% and a worst excursion of -12.13%. The original thesis tied an issuer-supported defense-demand story to future orders, revenue and deliveries, with strong initial participation as an early check. Price crossed the stated $145.76 downside reference on September 29, and the public record never supplied dated proof that backlog converted into orders or deliveries. This closes the market test; it does not disprove that defense demand existed. October 5 after-hours fields conflict: one quote lists $139.84 while attached market data lists $139.30. Final RSI, trend and 52-week-position readings were unavailable. No further tracking follows.

Session 13 · Sep 29, 2026 · 10:52 NASDAQ
Relevant update💬$144.95-7.91% base-1.45% prior

AVAV's tracked loss widened 1.66 points to 8.12%, and the captured $144.95 price is now below both the $153.21 event reference and the published $145.76 downside boundary. That crosses the thesis's stated price condition; the packet still has no dated backlog conversion, and its 20-session edge over Industrials has narrowed to 0.88 points. The model leans lower, but half the feature set is unavailable, so it reinforces caution without explaining the break.

Session 12 · Sep 28, 2026 · 10:50 NASDAQ
💬$149.62-4.94% base-1.54% prior

AVAV tracked loss deepened one percentage point to 4.40% on session 12, while the latest capture sat 0.31% above the session VWAP of $149.16 but below the $153.21 event reference on 0.13 times average volume. Its 20-session lead over Industrials remains, yet no confirmed structure or dated backlog conversion appears; the thesis is under pressure and unresolved.

Session 9 · Sep 23, 2026 · 18:10 NASDAQ
💬$155.94-0.93% base-1.15% prior

AVAV's tracked result slipped 0.79 points to a 0.93% loss as the regular close finished below VWAP near the bottom of the range on dollar volume at 0.54 times its twenty-day average. Its twenty-session lead over Industrials remains, but the earlier price repair has reversed without dated issuer evidence of backlog conversion; the model leans lower on limited coverage and a wide range, leaving the thesis under pressure but unresolved.

Session 9 · Sep 23, 2026 · 10:36 NASDAQ
💬$162.35+3.14% base+3.93% prior

AVAV's tracked result improved 2.93 points into a 2.14% gain after a 3.97% rise that held 1.42% above VWAP near the top of the range. The 20-session Industrials lead is real, but participation was only 0.13x average, structure remains unconfirmed and the model's slightly negative median does not supply program-conversion evidence; the backlog-and-execution thesis has repaired its immediate tape without becoming durable.

Session 8 · Sep 22, 2026 · 10:43 NASDAQ
💬$156.85-0.35% base-2.57% prior

AVAV's tracked gain narrowed 3.23 points into a -1.01% loss as price fell 2.52% to 156.85 and finished 1.58% below VWAP at the bottom of its range on 0.12x volume. The twenty-session sector edge remains, but no structure confirms it, and the model's bearish median with a wide tail qualifies the backlog-and-execution thesis rather than rescuing it.

Session 5 · Sep 17, 2026 · 10:40 NASDAQ
💬$164.55+4.54% base+8.42% prior

AVAV's tracked return improved 7.44 points to +4.56% as the latest capture rose 5.18% to $164.55, just 0.13% below VWAP. The backlog-and-execution case has repaired the immediate price test, but volume is 0.31x average, no structure is confirmed and the twenty-session record remains negative; price strength has not yet shown program conversion.

Session 3 · Sep 15, 2026 · 15:42 NASDAQ
💬$155.41-1.26% base+2.09% prior

AVAV has recovered the immediate price test: it is up 1.31% at $155.41, 0.68% above VWAP and ahead of SPY's -0.5% move. But the deeper claim is still exposed: the tracked return is -0.67%, Industrials trails the market over twenty sessions, participation is only around average, and no structure confirms that the backlog story is converting into durable demand.

Session 0 · Sep 10, 2026 · 15:46 NASDAQ
💬$149.47-5.04% base-5.04% prior

AVAV first tracked session is down 5.52% from the initial reference despite a 6.16% latest-session rise to USD 149.47. The move carried 4.54 times average volume, but price remained 2.34% below VWAP in the middle of the range, with no confirmed structure; over twenty sessions AVAV is down 22.77% versus an 8.49% decline for Industrials. The operating and backlog thesis remains a question, while the market has not yet confirmed the proposed path.

Session 0 · Sep 10, 2026 · 14:26 NASDAQ
Original publication💬$157.40 · +11.79% change on day

Panel thesis: AVAV is the Try of the Day because its issuer-linked event, defense-demand mechanism, exceptional participation and largely retained same-day reaction form the docket's most defensible prospective S0-to-S15 path. The thesis requires the market response to hold while dated issuer evidence converts backlog and program demand into orders, revenue or delivery progress. Invalidation boundary: The thesis fails if AVAV loses the 153.21 VWAP reference and then the supplied 145.76 downside reference without recovery, or if subsequent issuer evidence shows backlog deterioration, missing program conversion or weakening cash-flow execution.

Panel comparison

Panel comparison

Selected candidate versus the alternatives retained from the panel comparison.

Latest display-only snapshot · Oct 5, 2026 · 18:31 NASDAQ

AVAVAeroVironment, Inc.
Selected
$148.00

Since base -5.97% · Today +0.64% · Since prior +4.04% · Vs S&P 500 -0.03% · Vs Nasdaq 100 -0.24% · Vs Russell 2000 +0.13% · Relative volume 3.0 · RSI 45.56 · EMA 148.91 > 154.07 > 158.19 · VWAP above · 52-week high 37.61% · As of Sep 10, 2026 · 17:20 NASDAQ

MDAMDA Space Ltd.
Alternative
$29.31

Since base -1.86% · Today +1.49% · Since prior 0.00% · Vs S&P 500 +0.83% · Vs Nasdaq 100 +0.62% · Vs Russell 2000 +0.99% · Relative volume 0.39 · RSI 42.84 · EMA 29.52 > 30.42 > 32.22 · VWAP above · 52-week high 60.52% · As of Sep 10, 2026 · 16:00 NASDAQ

CMRCCommerce.com, Inc.
Alternative
$3.07

Since base -1.31% · Today -0.32% · Since prior 0.00% · Vs S&P 500 -0.98% · Vs Nasdaq 100 -1.19% · Vs Russell 2000 -0.82% · Relative volume 2.98 · RSI 80.78 · EMA 2.61 > 2.52 > 2.61 · VWAP above · 52-week high 56.18% · As of Sep 10, 2026 · 17:16 NASDAQ

CULPCulp, Inc.
Alternative
$3.84

Since base -0.04% · Today +0.22% · Since prior 0.00% · Vs S&P 500 -0.44% · Vs Nasdaq 100 -0.65% · Vs Russell 2000 -0.28% · Relative volume 26.3 · RSI 77.23 · EMA 3.49 > 3.45 > 3.41 · VWAP below · 52-week high 80.00% · As of Sep 10, 2026 · 17:19 NASDAQ

TSSITSS, Inc.
Alternative
$9.05

Since base -0.76% · Today +1.46% · Since prior 0.00% · Vs S&P 500 +0.80% · Vs Nasdaq 100 +0.59% · Vs Russell 2000 +0.96% · Relative volume 2.23 · RSI 55.28 · EMA 8.52 > 8.89 > 9.78 · 52-week high 41.94% · As of Sep 10, 2026 · 17:20 NASDAQ

Benchmarks

^GSPCS&P 500
Benchmark
$7,773.95

Today +0.66% · previous regular close · As of Oct 5, 2026 · 18:30 NASDAQ

^NDXNasdaq 100
Benchmark
$31,076.44

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^RUTRussell 2000
Benchmark
$2,847.14

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Company description

AeroVironment, Inc., a defense technology provider, designs, develops, produces, delivers, and supports a portfolio of robotic systems and related services for government agencies and businesses in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Autonomous Systems; and Space, Cyber and Directed Energy. The company provides uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS), which include small and medium UAS, and kinesis command and control software; and counter-UAS and precision strike, a loitering munitions solution that deliver actionable intelligence and precision firepower modern warfighters, including precision strike, radio frequency and kinetic C-UAS, and electronic warfare systems. It also offers autonomy, AI, and platform technologies; unmanned maritime; and uncrewed ground systems. The company provides digital beamforming technology, a multi-band/beam software defined antenna tile that allows simultaneous communication with multiple satellites; laser communications, a data transmission systems for space operations; space-qualified hardware for line of sight stabilization and control electronics in low, medium, and geostationary earth orbit, as well as cislunar orbits; phased array antenna technology to supports hypersonic telemetry and tracking, and other missile testing; and directed energy solution. It also offers cyber solutions for national security and defense operations. AeroVironment, Inc. was incorporated in 1971 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.

History

  • 1971: Dr. Paul B. MacCready founded AeroVironment as an engineering firm focused on difficult aerodynamic and energy problems.
  • 1977: The Gossamer Condor completed the first sustained, controlled human-powered flight and won the Kremer Prize.
  • AeroVironment’s Pathfinder Plus and Helios programs set high-altitude solar-powered uncrewed-flight records.
  • 2007: AeroVironment became publicly traded.
  • 2025: AeroVironment completed its combination with BlueHalo, expanding into space, cyber, electronic warfare and directed-energy systems.

Curiosities

  • MacCready Works identifies seven AeroVironment innovations in the Smithsonian Institution’s collection.
  • AeroVironment engineers worked with NASA/JPL on Ingenuity, the first powered aircraft flight on another world; Ingenuity completed 72 flights.
  • The Gossamer Albatross became the first human-powered aircraft to cross the English Channel.
  • AeroVironment developed the Nano Hummingbird, a flapping-wing nano uncrewed aircraft designed for precise hover and omnidirectional flight.
  • The company’s historical projects include the GM Impact prototype associated with modern consumer electric-car development.

Profile sources