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AeroVironment Inc. (AVAV) Institutional Ownership & Insider Trading History
Top AVAV institutional shareholders, filing changes, and Form 4 insider activity with filters for buys, sales, option exercises, gifts, and tax withholding.
- Last confirmed price
- $140.82+0.36%
- Oct 2, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT · Prices may be delayed
Data dates
Prices as of Oct 2, 4:00 PM EDT · Fundamentals checked Oct 4, 9:29 PM EDT · Statement period ended Aug 1, 2026
Ownership read
AVAV insider transaction activity: Net selling.
Blackrock Inc. is the largest institutional holder. 27 sales and 0 purchases appear in the recent Form 4 filings. Use the filters below to separate open-market activity from option exercises, gifts, awards, and tax withholding.
Insider flow
AVAV
Directional bars ignore awards, gifts, conversions, and tax withholding rows.
Top holder
3.48M
Blackrock Inc.
Insider transaction activity
Net selling
$11.67M sold / $0.0000 bought
Observations shown
87
10 holder / 77 insider
- Holder rows
- 10
- Yahoo Finance · Filing dates shown per row
- Increased / initiated
- 3
- 7 decreased · provider-reported changes
- Insider rows
- 77
- Yahoo Finance · Filing dates shown per row
Ownership concentration and transaction activity
- Top 10 reported holders
- 26.71% outstanding
- Changes with share-count history
- Prior-position data unavailable
- New / exited positions
- 0 / 0 explicitly reported
- Largest increase with share-count history
- Prior share counts unavailable
These changes cover the holders shown. A holder missing from this list may still own shares. Compare positions from the same reporting quarters.
Net shares sold: 58,336
Sale-code S shares minus purchase-code P shares in this sample. Includes disclosed plans and unknown plan status; excludes grants, gifts, exercises and withholding. This is activity, not sentiment.
- Purchase / sale; plan unknown: 27
- Grant: 39
- Other / unclassified: 10
- Conversion / exercise: 1
Top 10 institutional holders
AeroVironment Inc. (AVAV) institutional ownership
Ranked by reported share count, with position changes and separate position and filing dates where ownership data supplies them.
| # | Institution | % held | Shares | Change % | Position / filing date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6.85% | 3.48M | -29.82% | Position as of Jun 30, 2026Filing date unknown | |
| 2 | 4.31% | 2.19M | -4.22% | Position as of Jun 30, 2026Filing date unknown | |
| 3 | 3.24% | 1.65M | +1.84% | Position as of Jun 30, 2026Filing date unknown | |
| 4 | 3.05% | 1.55M | -8.57% | Position as of Jun 30, 2026Filing date unknown | |
| 5 | 1.90% | 967.45K | -5.77% | Position as of Jun 30, 2026Filing date unknown | |
| 6 | Heard Capital LLC | 1.78% | 903.98K | +25.32% | Position as of Jun 30, 2026Filing date unknown |
| 7 | Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd. | 1.68% | 854.02K | -8.90% | Position as of Jun 30, 2026Filing date unknown |
| 8 | 1.37% | 698.47K | +16.74% | Position as of Jun 30, 2026Filing date unknown | |
| 9 | 1.32% | 671.97K | -26.47% | Position as of Jun 30, 2026Filing date unknown | |
| 10 | Van Eck Associates Corporation | 1.21% | 612.91K | -10.91% | Position as of Jun 30, 2026Filing date unknown |
Recent insider transactions
AeroVironment Inc. (AVAV) Form 4 filings
Action codes are translated so open-market buys and sales are separate from awards, gifts, conversions, and tax withholding.
| # | Insider | % company | Action | Shares | Transaction date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PAGE STEPHEN F Director | <0.01% | SaleOpen-market or direct sale reported on Form 4.Transaction context
Position sold = shares sold ÷ (shares sold + holdings after). Separate accounts or security classes may not represent total beneficial ownership. | 250 | Sep 15, 2026 |
| 2 | SHACKLEY BRIAN CHARLES Officer | <0.01% | SaleOpen-market or direct sale reported on Form 4.Transaction context
Position sold = shares sold ÷ (shares sold + holdings after). Separate accounts or security classes may not represent total beneficial ownership. | 100 | Sep 15, 2026 |
| 3 | RUPPERT MICHAEL D. Director | <0.01% | Stock Award(Grant)Transaction code reported in the data source. Check the original Form 4 filing for details.Transaction context
Position sold = shares sold ÷ (shares sold + holdings after). Separate accounts or security classes may not represent total beneficial ownership. | 957 | Sep 14, 2026 |
| 4 | PAGE STEPHEN F Director | <0.01% | SaleOpen-market or direct sale reported on Form 4.Transaction context
Position sold = shares sold ÷ (shares sold + holdings after). Separate accounts or security classes may not represent total beneficial ownership. | 250 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| 5 | SHACKLEY BRIAN CHARLES Officer | <0.01% | SaleOpen-market or direct sale reported on Form 4.Transaction context
Position sold = shares sold ÷ (shares sold + holdings after). Separate accounts or security classes may not represent total beneficial ownership. | 205 | Aug 14, 2026 |
| 6 | PAGE STEPHEN F Director | <0.01% | SaleOpen-market or direct sale reported on Form 4.Transaction context
Position sold = shares sold ÷ (shares sold + holdings after). Separate accounts or security classes may not represent total beneficial ownership. | 248 | Jul 15, 2026 |
| 7 | SHACKLEY BRIAN CHARLES Officer | <0.01% | SaleOpen-market or direct sale reported on Form 4.Transaction context
Position sold = shares sold ÷ (shares sold + holdings after). Separate accounts or security classes may not represent total beneficial ownership. | 300 | Jul 15, 2026 |
| 8 | PAGE STEPHEN F Director | <0.01% | Stock Award(Grant)Transaction code reported in the data source. Check the original Form 4 filing for details.Transaction context
Position sold = shares sold ÷ (shares sold + holdings after). Separate accounts or security classes may not represent total beneficial ownership. | 1.18K | Jul 2, 2026 |
| 9 | MULLER EDWARD R Director | <0.01% | Stock Award(Grant)Transaction code reported in the data source. Check the original Form 4 filing for details.Transaction context
Position sold = shares sold ÷ (shares sold + holdings after). Separate accounts or security classes may not represent total beneficial ownership. | 1.44K | Jul 2, 2026 |
| 10 | VOTEL JOSEPH L. Director | <0.01% | Stock Award(Grant)Transaction code reported in the data source. Check the original Form 4 filing for details.Transaction context
Position sold = shares sold ÷ (shares sold + holdings after). Separate accounts or security classes may not represent total beneficial ownership. | 1.31K | Jul 2, 2026 |
| 11 | MCDANIEL CLUM MARY ELIZABETH Officer | <0.01% | Stock Award(Grant)Transaction code reported in the data source. Check the original Form 4 filing for details.Transaction context
Position sold = shares sold ÷ (shares sold + holdings after). Separate accounts or security classes may not represent total beneficial ownership. | 1.21K | Jul 2, 2026 |
| 12 | WOODWARD SEAN THOMAS Chief Financial Officer | <0.01% | Stock Award(Grant)Transaction code reported in the data source. Check the original Form 4 filing for details.Transaction context
Position sold = shares sold ÷ (shares sold + holdings after). Separate accounts or security classes may not represent total beneficial ownership. | 2.17K | Jul 2, 2026 |
Frequently asked
Questions about this quote
Who are the largest AVAV shareholders?
Blackrock Inc. is the largest reported institutional holder of AVAV, with 3.48 million shares, or about 6.85% of shares outstanding.
What does the institutional filing activity show for AVAV?
AeroVironment Inc. has 10 institutional rows on file: 3 increased or initiated positions and 7 reduced them.
What insider transactions are available for AVAV?
TECHi shows 77 dated AVAV insider transactions through Sep 15, 2026, with transaction types kept separate so administrative actions are not presented as open-market trades.
Are AVAV insiders buying or selling?
The displayed AVAV activity reads Net selling: 27 sales and 0 purchases. Other transaction types remain separate.
Who is the most active reported AVAV insider?
NAWABI WAHID has the largest absolute share movement in the displayed AVAV filing rows, totaling 220,296 shares. The action labels provide the transaction context.
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