AeroVironment vs Elbit Systems
AVAV and ESLT side by side, both in aircraft and parts. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How AVAV and ESLT compare
AeroVironment grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (84.4% versus 16.3% for Elbit Systems).
Elbit Systems scores higher on the StockData Score (14 against 5 for AeroVironment), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | AVAV | ESLT |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $6.4B | – |
| Share price | $126.11 | $779.68 |
| Change, 1 year | −66.9% | 63.1% |
| Change, 5 years | 32.6% | 396% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.51 | 0.20 |
| Employees | 3,991 | 5,900 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 5 | 14 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Performance score | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | 3.2× | – |
| FCF yield | −0.39% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 84.4% (better) | 16.3% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 38.0% (better) | 11.2% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 66.4% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 58.6% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 16.2% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 26.5% (better) | 24.4% |
| Operating margin | −12.6% | 8.5% (better) |
| Net margin | – | 6.7% |
| FCF margin | −1.2% | 7.0% (better) |
| Return on equity | – | 14.4% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 18.0% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.02 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | −0.63 |
| Interest coverage | – | 4.6× |
| Current ratio | 4.26 (better) | 1.29 |
| Altman Z-score | 3.39 | – |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 8 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Payout ratio | – | 20.9% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | – |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 61.2% | 20.7% |
| Held by insiders | 48.4% | 42.3% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$2.1M (better) | −$61.9M |
| Short interest, % of float | 18.8% | 0.85% |
Go deeper
- AVAV stock overview
- AVAV income statement
- AVAV valuation and score
- ESLT stock overview
- ESLT income statement
- ESLT valuation and score
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