AeroVironment Inc
AVAV- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- Industry
- Aircraft
- SEC CIK
- 0001368622
In the last 90 days, AeroVironment Inc insiders filed 0 open-market purchases and 6 sales; 640 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $5.76B in total; superinvestors ARK Invest and Oaktree Capital hold it.
13F holders, Q2 2026
Institutional positions in AeroVironment Inc as of Jun 30, 2026. Investment managers with $100 million or more in US stocks report their long positions on Form 13F within 45 days after each quarter ends. How 13F works
- Institutional holders
- 640
- +3 vs. Q1 2026
- Shares held
- 44.1M
- −23.3M (−34.6%) vs. Q1 2026
- Total value
- $5.76B
- −$648.5M (−10.1%) vs. Q1 2026
- New holders
- 107
- 225 more added
- Sold out
- 104
- 196 more reduced
8 institutions that held it in Q1 2026 haven't filed for Q2 2026 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q1 2026: new holders, sold out and not filed yet
Holders and value by quarter
Institutions reporting AVAV on Form 13F each quarter since Q1 2021, and the total value they reported. Values are as of each quarter end, so they also move with the share price.
| Quarter | Holders | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 640 | $5.76B |
| Q1 2026 | 645 | $6.41B |
| Q4 2025 | 633 | $9.99B |
| Q3 2025 | 609 | $10.9B |
| Q2 2025 | 492 | $8.09B |
| Q1 2025 | 382 | $3.32B |
| Q4 2024 | 411 | $4.16B |
| Q3 2024 | 420 | $5.14B |
| Q2 2024 | 407 | $4.66B |
| Q1 2024 | 368 | $3.90B |
| Q4 2023 | 323 | $3.18B |
| Q3 2023 | 301 | $2.66B |
| Q2 2023 | 271 | $2.35B |
| Q1 2023 | 266 | $2.13B |
| Q4 2022 | 251 | $1.98B |
| Q3 2022 | 273 | $1.86B |
| Q2 2022 | 238 | $1.82B |
| Q1 2022 | 228 | $2.12B |
| Q4 2021 | 232 | $1.32B |
| Q3 2021 | 219 | $1.76B |
| Q2 2021 | 237 | $1.97B |
| Q1 2021 | 245 | $2.24B |
Institutions, Q2 2026
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding AeroVironment Inc; share changes are against Q1 2026.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | 3,480,740 | $574.6M | 0.01% | −1,478,959−29.8% | Reduced |
| State Street Corp | 2,192,680 | $380.3M | 0.01% | −96,677−4.2% | Reduced |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 1,646,011 | $271.7M | 0.01% | +29,696+1.8% | Added |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 1,548,605 | $255.6M | 0.01% | −145,170−8.6% | Reduced |
| Linden Advisors LP | – | $188.2M | 0.97% | – | – |
| Baillie Gifford & Co | 967,448 | $159.7M | 0.14% | −59,293−5.8% | Reduced |
| Heard Capital LLC | 903,975 | $149.2M | 6.39% | +182,623+25.3% | Added |
| Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd. | 854,017 | $140.8M | 0.17% | −83,443−8.9% | Reduced |
| Invesco Ltd. | 698,470 | $118.6M | 0.01% | +100,182+16.7% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 671,971 | $110.9M | 0.01% | −241,922−26.5% | Reduced |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 612,915 | $101.2M | 0.06% | −75,062−10.9% | Reduced |
| ARK Investment Management LLCSuperinvestorARK Invest | 607,502 | $100.3M | 0.65% | +48,248+8.6% | Added |
| Stephens Investment Management Group LLC | 567,423 | $93.7M | 1.00% | +76,997+15.7% | Added |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC | 564,254 | $93.1M | 0.68% | +564,254 | New |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. | 525,195 | $86.7M | 0.22% | −196,241−27.2% | Reduced |
| Congress Asset Management Co | 495,640 | $81.8M | 0.50% | +103,132+26.3% | Added |
| Norges Bank | 473,141 | $78.1M | 0.01% | +473,141 | New |
| Morgan Stanley | 458,955 | $75.8M | 0.00% | +38,460+9.1% | Added |
| Advent Capital Management | – | $72.5M | 1.65% | – | – |
| American Capital Management Inc | 422,518 | $69.7M | 3.13% | −13,849−3.2% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 409,215 | $67.5M | 0.00% | +206,062+101.4% | Added |
| Swedbank AB | 376,664 | $62.2M | 0.05% | +103,315+37.8% | Added |
| Millennium Management LLC | 345,162 | $57.6M | 0.04% | +138,450+67.0% | Added |
| HRT Financial LP | 346,673 | $57.2M | 0.10% | +346,673 | New |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC | 341,111 | $56.3M | 0.02% | +37,478+12.3% | Added |
| Korea Investment CORP | 332,595 | $54.9M | 0.10% | +220,560+196.9% | Added |
| UBS Group AG | 326,408 | $53.9M | 0.01% | −273,143−45.6% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 289,593 | $47.8M | 0.01% | −35,250−10.9% | Reduced |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 270,634 | $44.7M | 0.04% | +118,859+78.3% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 257,049 | $42.4M | 0.00% | −142,900−35.7% | Reduced |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 251,265 | $41.5M | 0.04% | +6,511+2.7% | Added |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 244,840 | $40.4M | 0.02% | +19,564+8.7% | Added |
| Nikko Asset Management Americas, Inc. | 233,246 | $38.5M | 0.50% | +12,151+5.5% | Added |
| Wellesley Asset Management | – | $37.6M | 3.43% | – | – |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 221,339 | $36.5M | 0.00% | −69,318−23.8% | Reduced |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 143,508 | $36.2M | 0.01% | +41,415+40.6% | Added |
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co | 208,746 | $34.5M | 0.01% | −22,606−9.8% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 1,494,287 | $33.3M | 0.01% | −23,087−1.5% | Reduced |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 199,585 | $32.9M | 0.01% | −128,109−39.1% | Reduced |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 192,467 | $31.8M | 0.04% | +192,467 | New |
| ARS Investment Partners, LLC | 187,576 | $31.0M | 1.35% | +122,225+187.0% | Added |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 187,041 | $30.9M | 0.06% | −659−0.4% | Reduced |
| Calamos Advisors LLC | – | $30.5M | 0.11% | – | – |
| Vident Advisory, LLC | 178,162 | $29.4M | 0.22% | +45,756+34.6% | Added |
| Emerald Advisers, LLC | 176,383 | $29.1M | 0.69% | −3,491−1.9% | Reduced |
| Citigroup Inc | 166,793 | $29.0M | 0.01% | +116,169+229.5% | Added |
| Blackstone Group Inc. | – | $28.7M | 0.09% | – | New |
| Zazove Associates LLC | – | $26.8M | 2.19% | – | – |
| Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. | 156,387 | $25.8M | 0.34% | +45,102+40.5% | Added |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 148,179 | $24.5M | 0.01% | +23,341+18.7% | Added |
| Pinnacle Associates Ltd | 147,645 | $24.4M | 0.27% | +42,082+39.9% | Added |
| AWM Investment Company, Inc. | 146,908 | $24.3M | 2.10% | +16,250+12.4% | Added |
| Fidelis Capital Partners, LLC | 145,791 | $24.1M | 1.39% | +145,791 | New |
| SEI Investments Co | 144,473 | $23.8M | 0.02% | +18,208+14.4% | Added |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | 138,755 | $22.9M | 0.21% | +126,620+1,043.4% | Added |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 112,495 | $22.7M | 0.00% | −67,128−37.4% | Reduced |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | – | $21.7M | 0.01% | – | – |
| Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC | 148,537 | $21.5M | 0.04% | +30,195+25.5% | Added |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC | 122,616 | $20.2M | 0.52% | −172,461−58.4% | Reduced |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 116,697 | $19.3M | 0.01% | −25,432−17.9% | Reduced |
| Aristeia Capital LLC | – | $18.9M | 0.30% | – | New |
| Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust | 114,482 | $18.9M | 0.66% | +2,075+1.8% | Added |
| Cresset Asset Management, LLC | 112,559 | $18.6M | 0.07% | +106,624+1,796.5% | Added |
| LPL Financial LLC | 111,796 | $18.5M | 0.00% | +19,305+20.9% | Added |
| Man Group plc | 94,265 | $17.2M | 0.03% | −35,260−27.2% | Reduced |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 98,052 | $16.6M | 0.01% | +93,689+2,147.4% | Added |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 25,111 | $16.5M | 0.01% | −8,501−25.3% | Reduced |
| M&G Plc | – | $16.3M | 0.08% | – | – |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 89,376 | $14.8M | 0.01% | −11,770−11.6% | Reduced |
| Wolverine Asset Management LLC | – | $14.5M | 0.19% | – | – |
| Granahan Investment Management Inc | 86,783 | $14.3M | 0.51% | +46,047+113.0% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 65,693 | $14.3M | 0.00% | −120,853−64.8% | Reduced |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd. | 84,673 | $14.0M | 0.01% | +51,042+151.8% | Added |
| Bank of Montreal | 22,692 | $13.7M | 0.00% | +18,033+387.1% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 77,962 | $13.6M | 0.00% | −8,278−9.6% | Reduced |
| GW&K Investment Management, LLC | 81,139 | $13.4M | 0.10% | −72,930−47.3% | Reduced |
| Captrust Financial Advisors | 78,684 | $13.0M | 0.02% | +12,158+18.3% | Added |
| Shenkman Capital Management Inc | – | $12.5M | 1.74% | – | – |
| Amundi | 2,104 | $12.5M | 0.00% | −1,534−42.2% | Reduced |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 74,996 | $12.4M | 0.02% | +27,020+56.3% | Added |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 73,272 | $12.1M | 0.01% | +408+0.6% | Added |
| Schroder Investment Management Group | 730 | $11.8M | 0.01% | −7−0.9% | Reduced |
| Blair William & Co | 70,923 | $11.7M | 0.03% | +961+1.4% | Added |
| Frontier Capital Management Co LLC | 70,829 | $11.7M | 0.11% | −3,134−4.2% | Reduced |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 70,266 | $11.6M | 0.00% | +15,650+28.7% | Added |
| Canal Insurance CO | 70,000 | $11.6M | 2.53% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Oaktree Capital Management LPSuperinvestorOaktree Capital | – | $11.3M | 0.21% | – | – |
| Rheos Capital Works Inc. | 67,000 | $11.1M | 0.63% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Swiss National Bank | 65,160 | $10.8M | 0.01% | +1,000+1.6% | Added |
| Penserra Capital Management LLC | 64,876 | $10.7M | 0.08% | +25,077+63.0% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 63,387 | $10.5M | 0.00% | −23,237−26.8% | Reduced |
| Barclays PLC | 61,161 | $10.1M | 0.00% | +18,193+42.3% | Added |
| Needham Investment Management LLC | 61,000 | $10.1M | 0.30% | +54,750+876.0% | Added |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. | 6,878 | $10.1M | 0.01% | −9,781,696−99.9% | Reduced |
| Weiss Asset Management LP | 57,318 | $9.46M | 0.11% | +57,318 | New |
| Nuveen, LLC | 57,311 | $9.46M | 0.00% | −30,609−34.8% | Reduced |
| Cantor Fitzgerald, L. P. | 55,656 | $9.19M | 0.09% | +37,855+212.7% | Added |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 54,815 | $9.05M | 0.01% | −2,021−3.6% | Reduced |
| Toroso Investments, LLC | 53,539 | $8.84M | 0.02% | −1,883−3.4% | Reduced |
| FMR LLC | 4,497 | $8.73M | 0.00% | −118,602−96.3% | Reduced |