AeroVironment Posts Better-Than-Expected Earnings, Joins QuantumScape, Bumble, BlackBerry And Other Big Stocks Moving Higher On Wednesday
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Jun 25 2025
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Source: Benzinga
Stock Market Overview: U.S. stocks showed mixed results, with the Dow Jones index declining by approximately 0.2% on Wednesday, while several companies, including AeroVironment and Nektar Therapeutics, saw significant gains in their stock prices following positive financial announcements.
Notable Stock Performances: AeroVironment's shares surged 24% after reporting better-than-expected earnings, while other notable gainers included QuantumScape (31.6%), Bumble Inc. (19.9%), and BlackBerry (16.3%) due to strong quarterly results and optimistic forecasts.
Analyst Views on BB
Wall Street analysts forecast BB stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for BB is 5.12 USD with a low forecast of 4.50 USD and a high forecast of 6.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
5 Analyst Rating
1 Buy
4 Hold
0 Sell
Hold
Current: 3.920
Low
4.50
Averages
5.12
High
6.00
Current: 3.920
Low
4.50
Averages
5.12
High
6.00
About BB
BlackBerry Limited is a Canada-based company, which provides enterprises and governments the intelligent software and services. The Company delivers operational resiliency with the certified product portfolio for mobile fortification, mission-critical communications, and critical events management. It operates in three segments: QNX, Secure Communications, and Licensing. The QNX segment consists of the QNX business, BlackBerry Certicom, and BlackBerry Radar. The Secure Communications segment consists of BlackBerry UEM solutions, BlackBerry AtHoc, and BlackBerry SecuSUITE. Its endpoint management platform includes BlackBerry UEM, BlackBerry Dynamics, BlackBerry Workspaces solutions, and BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) Enterprise. The Licensing segment consists of the Company’s intellectual property arrangements and settlement awards. Its BlackBerry Radar is a family of asset monitoring and telematics solutions for the transportation and logistics industry.
About the author

Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.





