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Redwire$RDW · filed: grew revenue 10.3% in FY2025 to $335MWeathered boatTrillion Score 468Fall Risk HighNext year $321M–$479M sealedCheck ▾Close ▴
What Redwire filed
Grew revenue 10.3% in FY2025 to $335 million, operating margin -68.5% against a 4.8% median for guided missiles & space vehicles & parts, equity 73.1% of assets. Every figure links to the filing it came from on Redwire’s card. Weathered boat: two warning signs. Trillion Score 468, #11 of 20 in its field; Fall Risk High (how it is measured).
What the house said in advance
Revenue for the fiscal year after 2025-12-31 between $321M and $479M, an 80% range sealed on 27 Sept 2026 · receipt #19713d · graded in public by the revenue in Redwire’s next annual report.
Figures as filed with the SEC. Ranges, scores and boats are statistical descriptions of past filings, not ratings or recommendations. Reporting, not advice.
In plain words
Redwire's post-rally shake mirrors sector mechanics, not fundamentals — **$286M** NASA backlog intact, execution risk unresolved.
23%
across Monday through Wednesday trading
$180 million
in market capitalization before stabilizing Thursday near
$8.40
per share
99%
year-to-date gain and a
Redwire Corporation dropped 23% across Monday through Wednesday trading, erasing roughly $180 million in market capitalization before stabilizing Thursday near $8.40 per share. The pullback follows a 99% year-to-date gain and a 427% climb since October 2024, when the space infrastructure manufacturer reported its first EBITDA-positive quarter.
The decline began without catalyst. No insider sales filed. No analyst downgrades published. Volume spiked to 14.2 million shares Monday, triple the ninety-day average, then normalized by midweek. The pattern matches classic profit-taking in small-cap aerospace names after extended runs, particularly among retail holders who entered below $3.00 and lack the position-sizing discipline to trim incrementally. Redwire's float remains 68% retail-dominated, a structural fragility that amplifies both rallies and reversals.
What matters is the contract pipeline, not the chart. Redwire holds $286 million in NASA commitments for roll-out solar arrays, microgravity manufacturing platforms, and on-orbit servicing hardware. The company's Archinaut platform — the only proven robotic assembly system for space-based construction — positions it as the infrastructure layer for cislunar commerce, a $14 billion addressable market by 2035 according to Morgan Stanley's Space Economy report. Gross margins improved to 31% in Q4 2025 from 19% the prior year, driven by standardized module production and declining launch costs via SpaceX's Starship cadence.
The risk is execution. Redwire operates on $41 million trailing free cash flow against a $780 million market cap, implying a 19x FCF multiple in a sector where peers like Maxar and Planet Labs trade at 12x to 15x. The premium prices in flawless delivery on three NASA Gateway modules due between Q3 2026 and Q1 2027. Any delay pushes revenue recognition into 2028 and collapses the narrative. Management guided to $350 million revenue for full-year 2026, a 28% increase, but provided no update on the $180 million Department of Defense IDIQ contract announced in November.
Operators should track two events within sixty days. First, Redwire's Q1 2026 earnings call in late April will clarify whether the Gateway timeline holds and whether DoD orders materialized into booked revenue. Second, NASA's final design review for the Archinaut In-Space Servicing system, scheduled for mid-May, determines whether the $73 million contract proceeds to flight hardware production or enters another review cycle. A delay there signals broader program risk across the portfolio.
The 99% gain year-to-date survives this week's correction because the thesis never rested on momentum. Redwire manufactures the scaffolding for off-planet economies, and the U.S. government remains the sole paying customer at scale. The question is whether $780 million in equity value today fairly prices $1.2 billion in potential revenue by 2028, assuming everything launches on time.
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Monitor April earnings for Gateway module timeline clarity before adding aerospace exposure above current 19x FCF valuation.
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Set trailing stops at $7.20 support level; reassess allocation if Q1 revenue misses $82M consensus by March guidance.
For the house
Huang Goodman maintains watch-list status; enter long position only on DoD contract conversion confirmation or sub-$7.00 re-entry.
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