Seasonality
AVAV seasonality — AeroVironment
Over the last 11 years, AVAV's strongest month on average has been May (+8.4%) and its weakest December (-6.4%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +6.68% | +5.88% | 60% | +32.1% | -8.6% | 10 |
| Feb | -2.44% | -3.41% | 40% | +24.8% | -22.9% | 10 |
| Mar | +1.77% | +4.59% | 60% | +32.5% | -27.4% | 10 |
| Apr | +4.89% | +3.09% | 70% | +27.1% | -14.7% | 10 |
| May | +8.37% | +7.46% | 70% | +26.5% | -7.2% | 10 |
| Jun | +6.67% | +0.42% | 50% | +60.1% | -20.4% | 10 |
| Jul | -2.34% | -2.68% | 30% | +5.4% | -9.5% | 10 |
| Aug | +5.20% | +1.55% | 60% | +29.7% | -9.8% | 10 |
| Sep | +3.85% | +1.17% | 50% | +30.5% | -21.4% | 10 |
| Oct | +3.94% | +5.22% | 70% | +27.2% | -19.8% | 10 |
| Nov | -3.44% | -9.37% | 44% | +20.0% | -24.4% | 9 |
| Dec | -6.37% | -7.64% | 30% | +23.2% | -23.2% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — AVAV
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15.1 | -9.4 | -27.4 | 6.5 | 6.3 | -20.4 | -9.5 | -0.7 | -4.1 | -11.3 | -10.6 | -53.4% | |
| 2025 | 17.1 | -16.9 | -20.3 | 27.1 | 17.5 | 60.1 | -6.1 | -9.8 | 30.5 | 17.5 | -24.4 | -13.4 | +57.2% |
| 2024 | -4.3 | 5.1 | 20.9 | 4.2 | 26.5 | -9.9 | -2.0 | 14.1 | -1.6 | 7.2 | -9.5 | -20.9 | +22.1% |
| 2023 | 3.9 | -3.6 | 6.9 | 9.8 | -7.2 | 9.5 | -6.9 | 1.9 | 14.9 | 2.8 | 20.0 | -8.4 | +47.1% |
| 2022 | -8.2 | 24.8 | 32.5 | -14.7 | 14.5 | -10.6 | 5.4 | 2.3 | -6.0 | 9.8 | 0.5 | -6.9 | +38.1% |
| 2021 | 32.1 | -4.1 | 5.4 | -4.9 | -0.7 | -8.7 | 0.9 | 1.2 | -15.7 | 3.2 | -9.4 | -23.2 | -28.6% |
| 2020 | 7.9 | -22.9 | 18.6 | -1.1 | 17.5 | 12.4 | -3.9 | -0.2 | -21.4 | 27.2 | 11.8 | 1.8 | +40.8% |
| 2019 | 14.3 | 2.6 | -14.1 | 0.2 | -5.6 | -12.3 | -3.4 | -6.0 | 3.9 | 8.2 | 5.8 | 0.7 | -9.1% |
| 2018 | -8.6 | -3.2 | -8.5 | 19.8 | 6.2 | 23.4 | 3.0 | 19.5 | 27.5 | -19.8 | -14.9 | -11.3 | +21.0% |
| 2017 | -2.4 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 8.7 | 23.1 | -1.1 | 29.7 | 10.4 | -5.5 | -10.9 | 23.2 | +109.3% |
| 2016 | -5.2 |