Wall Street analysts expect AeroVironment (AVAV) to post quarterly earnings of $0.21 per share in its upcoming report, which indicates a year-over-year decline of 78.8%. Revenues are expected to be $187.79 million, up 0.9% from the year-ago quarter.The consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has remained unchanged over the last 30 days. This represents how the covering analysts, as a whole, have reassessed their initial estimates during this timeframe.Before a company reveals its earnings, it is vital to tak ...

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When deciding whether to buy, sell, or hold a stock, investors often rely on analyst recommendations. Media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm-employed (or sell-side) analysts often influence a stock's price, but are they really important?Let's take a look at what these Wall Street heavyweights have to say about AeroVironment (AVAV) before we discuss the reliability of brokerage recommendations and how to use them to your advantage.AeroVironment currently has an average brokerage recommend ...

AeroVironment (AVAV) closed the most recent trading day at $215.51, moving -0.95% from the previous trading session. This change lagged the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.23%. Meanwhile, the Dow experienced a drop of 0.17%, and the technology-dominated Nasdaq saw an increase of 0.34%.Shares of the maker of unmanned aircrafts witnessed a gain of 12.71% over the previous month, beating the performance of the Aerospace sector with its loss of 0.46% and the S&P 500's gain of 3.96%.The investment community will be cl ...

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Contrary to the dramatic headlines about robots replacing human workers, a robotics & automation revolution is quietly reshaping multiple industries — changing their entire faces rather than just swapping one form of labor for another.But there’s a hitch for retail investors: many of the most innovative robotics & automation stocks remain private, limiting public investment opportunities. While ETFs like the iShares Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Multisector ETF (NYSEARCA:IRBO) or even Cathie Wood’s A ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been the buzzword for the stock market. Corporations that can capitalize on this new technology can generate meaningful long-term returns for investors. People got to see those returns manifest in 2023 and in the first half of 2024. However, some AI stocks can keep charging higher.Investors can make a living by outsmarting the stock market. These are some of the top AI stocks that have a chance at delivering impressive long-term returns.Microsoft (MSFT)Source: Tada Images / ...

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The latest trading session saw AeroVironment (AVAV) ending at $199.77, denoting a +1.3% adjustment from its last day's close. The stock's change was more than the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.7%. Elsewhere, the Dow gained 0.01%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq added 1.1%.Heading into today, shares of the maker of unmanned aircrafts had gained 26.71% over the past month, outpacing the Aerospace sector's gain of 2.74% and the S&P 500's gain of 4.03% in that time.The investment community will be closely monitoring th ...