What if you invested in AeroVironment in 2007?
AVAV · Industrial · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in AeroVironment in 2007
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $7,409(+640.9%)
The S&P 500 returned $7,409 on the same $1,000. S&P 500 outperformed by $191.
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Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in AeroVironment starting January 2007
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | $22.87 | $1,000 | - |
| 2008 | $23.01 | $1,006 | +0.6% |
| 2009 | $37.06 | $1,620 | +61.1% |
| 2010 | $34.07 | $1,490 | -8.1% |
| 2011 | $28.20 | $1,233 | -17.2% |
| 2012 | $27.87 | $1,219 | -1.2% |
| 2013 | $21.65 | $947 | -22.3% |
| 2014 | $29.82 | $1,304 | +37.7% |
| 2015 | $25.59 | $1,119 | -14.2% |
| 2016 | $25.51 | $1,115 | -0.3% |
| 2017 | $26.19 | $1,145 | +2.7% |
| 2018 | $51.36 | $2,246 | +96.1% |
| 2019 | $77.66 | $3,396 | +51.2% |
| 2020 | $66.61 | $2,913 | -14.2% |
| 2021 | $114.77 | $5,018 | +72.3% |
| 2022 | $56.92 | $2,489 | -50.4% |
| 2023 | $88.97 | $3,890 | +56.3% |
| 2024 | $120.64 | $5,275 | +35.6% |
| 2025 | $180.15 | $7,877 | +49.3% |
| 2026 | $278.39 | $12,173 | +54.5% |
What this return means
$1,000 invested in AeroVironment (AVAV) in 2007 is worth $7,218 today. That is a +621.8% gain, a little over 7.2x your money, measured to 2026-06-01.
That is about 10.6% a year compounded, broadly in line with long-run stock market averages. A plain S&P 500 fund would have grown that $1,000 to about $7,409 instead, beating AeroVironment by around $191. The index compounded at about 10.8% a year, a reminder that a single stock can lag a basket of them.
The path was not smooth. The best single year was 2018 at +96.1%, and the worst was 2022 at -50.4%. At its lowest point the position was down about 50% from an earlier high. These figures use split-adjusted closing prices and exclude dividends, taxes, trading fees, and inflation, so a real after-tax result would differ.
None of this is a recommendation. It is a record of what already happened, and past performance does not guarantee future results.
What if you invested $100 a month instead?
Most people do not drop a lump sum in on day one. They add a fixed amount every month. Putting $100 into AeroVironment at the close of every month from January 2007 through June 2026 means 234 buys and $23,400 contributed over about 19.5 years.
$100/month, dollar-cost averaged
$100,061
+327.6% on $23,400 in
Same $23,400, all in at the start
$168,895
+621.8% on $23,400 in
Going all in at the start beat spreading the buys out by $68,835. That is the usual result when a stock trends up: each monthly buy pays a higher price than the last, so the average cost climbs. Averaging in also meant an average buy price of $38.60 per share across the whole stretch, so the monthly buyer never had to time a single low. Neither number counts dividends, taxes, or trading costs.
Illustrative fixed $100/month example, not a recommendation. Figures are computed from AVAV split-adjusted monthly closes through June 2026. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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For informational and educational purposes only. Not financial advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results. All calculations are based on split-adjusted closing prices from Yahoo Finance and do not account for dividends, taxes, or trading fees. See our methodology and full disclaimer.