AVAV and CRWD are sharply lower after earnings, with the former hitting 52-week lows
AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV) is down 19.1% at $114.84 at last glance, following the defense contractor's fiscal third-quarter earnings miss and disappointing full-year guidance, with estimates of $780 to $795 million falling short of analysts' expected $820 million. As a key supplier of guided munitions to Ukraine, President Trump's wavering support is weighing on the shares as well. In response, Baird lowered its price target to $146 from $220. Trading at 52-week lows, AVAV is down 20.3% year over year.
In the options pits, AVAV has already seen 2,232 calls and 2,179 puts traded, 13 times its average daily options volume. The weekly 3/21 160-strike call is the most active contract, with new positions being sold to open there.
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:CRWD) stock is down 9.6% at $352.66 despite the cybersecurity name's better-than-expected fourth-quarter results, after current-quarter and full-year earnings guidance fell short of expectations. A slew of analysts have handed out both price target cuts and hikes in response. Trading at its lowest levels since late January as it falls from its Feb. 19 record high of $455.59, CRWD is still holding on to a 3% year-to-date lead, up 18.9% over the past 12 months.
So far, CRWD has seen 44,000 calls and 53,000 puts exchanged, which 5 times the volume typically seen at this point. The weekly 3/7 320-strike put is the most popular, with new positions being opened there.