Redwire Corporation (RDW)
NYSE:RDW
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Redwire
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Rating:58Neutral
Price Target:
$14.50
▲(40.23% Upside)
Action:Reiterated
Date:05/21/26
The score is held back primarily by weak financial performance (deep losses and continued cash burn). Offsetting this, the latest earnings call points to strong commercial momentum (bookings/backlog, reaffirmed growth guidance) and technicals show a strong uptrend. Valuation is constrained by negative earnings and lack of dividend support, while recent corporate actions modestly improve liquidity/financing flexibility but highlight funding needs.
Positive Factors
Record backlog and strong bookings
A near-$500M contracted backlog and sustained high bookings provide multi-quarter revenue visibility and support scale-up of production work. This backlog de-risks revenue timing, underpins the company’s growth plan and improves predictability of cash inflows as contracts move to execution.
Negative Factors
Persistent negative operating and free cash flow
Sustained cash burn at this scale requires continual external financing or asset sales to fund operations and growth. Even with better liquidity short-term, continued negative FCF undermines self‑funding, raises refinancing risk and can force dilutive capital raises if losses persist.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Record backlog and strong bookings
A near-$500M contracted backlog and sustained high bookings provide multi-quarter revenue visibility and support scale-up of production work. This backlog de-risks revenue timing, underpins the company’s growth plan and improves predictability of cash inflows as contracts move to execution.
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Redwire Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Any
Book to Bill
Compares the number of new orders received to the number of orders fulfilled, indicating demand strength and operational efficiency. A ratio above one suggests growth potential, while below one may signal declining demand.
Compares the number of new orders received to the number of orders fulfilled, indicating demand strength and operational efficiency. A ratio above one suggests growth potential, while below one may signal declining demand.
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Market Cap
$2.94B
Dividend YieldN/A
Average Volume (3M)30.68M
Price to Earnings (P/E)―
Beta (1Y)2.59
Revenue Growth33.58%
EPS Growth-18.98%
CountryUS
Employees750
SectorIndustrials
Sector Strength72
IndustryAerospace & Defense
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)-2.68
Shares Outstanding198,918,730
10 Day Avg. Volume45,006,870
30 Day Avg. Volume30,679,104
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio1.35
Price to Book (P/B)0.86
Price to Sales (P/S)2.71
P/FCF Ratio-4.76
Enterprise Value/Market Cap0.78
Enterprise Value/Revenue6.15
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit67.01
Enterprise Value/Ebitda-10.88
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$14.33Price Target Upside38.62% Upside
Rating ConsensusModerate Buy
Number of Analyst Covering10
EPS Forecast (FY)-0.74
Revenue Forecast (FY)$469.40M
Redwire Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Redwire Corporation, a space infrastructure company, develops, manufactures, and sells mission critical space solutions and components for national security, civil, and commercial space markets in the United States, Luxembourg, Germany, South Kore...
How the Company Makes Money
Redwire makes money primarily by selling space-qualified products and engineering/integration services to customers building or operating spacecraft and space systems.
Key revenue streams include:
1) Product sales (space hardware and subsystems):...
Redwire Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:May 06, 2026
(Q1-2026)
| % Change Since: |
Next Earnings Date:Aug 12, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Positive
The call conveyed strong operational and commercial momentum: high revenue growth (+57.9% YoY), a large increase in backlog ($498.1M, +71.1% YoY), materially improved gross margins (26.6%, +11.9 pts YoY), solid bookings and several strategic contract wins (Andromeda IDIQ, QKDSat, ELSA sale, Stalker orders). Liquidity and refinancing actions also improved the balance sheet. Offsetting these positives were a sizable reported net loss driven largely by non‑recurring acquisition‑related charges, negative adjusted EBITDA in the quarter, and elevated IRAD/investment spend compressing near‑term profitability as the company invests in growth. Overall, the highlights — strong top‑line growth, backlog, margin recovery, liquidity and meaningful contract awards — meaningfully outweigh the near‑term profitability and acquisition‑related headwinds, supporting a constructive outlook while noting execution and funding risks.Positive Updates
Strong Revenue Growth
Total revenue of $97.0M in Q1 2026, a 57.9% year‑over‑year increase; Space revenue $52.7M and Defense Tech revenue $44.3M.
Negative Updates
Large Reported Net Loss
Reported net loss of $76.5M for Q1 2026, materially impacted by >$44M of non‑recurring items, including a $42.5M noncash, non‑dilutive accelerated vesting charge tied to the Edge Autonomy acquisition.
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Q1-2026 Updates
Positive
Negative
Strong Revenue Growth
Total revenue of $97.0M in Q1 2026, a 57.9% year‑over‑year increase; Space revenue $52.7M and Defense Tech revenue $44.3M.
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Company Guidance
Redwire reaffirmed full‑year 2026 revenue guidance of $450–$500 million (midpoint ≈ 41.6% YoY growth) and expects revenue to build through the year supported by more than $350 million in bookings over the last two quarters, Q1 bookings of $186.5 million (Q1 book‑to‑bill 1.92; LTM 1.54) and a record backlog of $498.1 million (up 21.1% sequential, 71.1% YoY; Space $359.7M, Defense Tech $138.4M). In Q1 the company reported $97.0 million of revenue (+57.9% YoY), gross margin of 26.6% (up 11.9 pts YoY, 17 pts sequential), a net loss of $76.5 million (including >$44M of nonrecurring items, $42.5M noncash from accelerated equity vesting) and adjusted EBITDA of negative $9.2 million (sequential improvement), while ramping R&D/IRAD to $12.6M in Q1 (from < $1M a year ago). Liquidity and cash metrics underpinning the guidance include total liquidity of $175.2 million ($145.2M cash/restricted cash + $30M undrawn revolver), net cash used in operating activities of $6.7M, quarterly free cash flow improvement of >$36M YoY and $17M sequential, a credit amendment extending maturity to May 2029 and lowering spread from SOFR+700 to SOFR+375 (≈ $3M annualized interest savings; >$17M estimated annual savings from recent delevering/refinancing), and an at‑the‑market program to opportunistically fund targeted investments.Redwire Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
22
Negative
Balance Sheet
58
Neutral
Cash Flow
28
Negative
| Breakdown | TTM | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Mar 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | ||||||
| Total Revenue | 370.96M | 335.38M | 304.10M | 243.80M | 160.55M | 137.60M |
| Gross Profit | 34.05M | 17.29M | 44.45M | 57.97M | 28.70M | 29.38M |
| EBITDA | -209.69M | -179.22M | -21.40M | -4.81M | -35.30M | -32.99M |
| Net Income | -300.11M | -226.55M | -114.31M | -27.26M | -130.62M | -61.54M |
Balance Sheet | ||||||
| Total Assets | 1.51B | 1.45B | 292.62M | 271.27M | 257.70M | 261.76M |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 145.21M | 95.18M | 49.07M | 30.28M | 28.32M | 20.52M |
| Total Debt | 208.92M | 231.30M | 144.98M | 105.83M | 95.08M | 78.55M |
| Total Liabilities | 423.61M | 389.12M | 344.53M | 218.44M | 187.81M | 154.53M |
| Stockholders Equity | 1.09B | 1.06B | -51.91M | 52.60M | 69.66M | 107.22M |
Cash Flow | ||||||
| Free Cash Flow | -157.31M | -190.81M | -23.75M | -7.10M | -35.81M | -40.22M |
| Operating Cash Flow | -139.92M | -177.33M | -17.35M | 1.23M | -31.66M | -37.36M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -177.05M | -175.07M | -7.20M | -8.33M | -37.38M | -38.54M |
| Financing Cash Flow | 407.38M | 397.50M | 43.72M | 9.06M | 76.56M | 74.21M |
Redwire Technical Analysis
Positive
10.34
Price Trends
10.12
Positive
9.96
Positive
8.99
Positive
Market Momentum
1.21
Negative
71.27
Negative
76.80
Neutral
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For RDW, the sentiment is Positive. The current price of 10.34 is below the 20-day moving average (MA) of 10.92, above the 50-day MA of 10.12, and above the 200-day MA of 8.99, indicating a bullish trend. The MACD of 1.21 indicates Negative momentum. The RSI at 71.27 is Negative, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 76.80 is Neutral, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Positive sentiment for RDW.
Redwire Risk Analysis
Redwire disclosed 65 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Redwire reported the most risks in the "Finance & Corporate" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks
Redwire Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (63)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
63 Neutral | $10.79B | 15.43 | 7.44% | 2.01% | 2.89% | -14.66% | |
60 Neutral | $77.71B | -215.90 | -12.26% | ― | 45.83% | 19.99% | |
58 Neutral | $2.94B | -5.38 | -29.03% | ― | 33.58% | -18.98% | |
57 Neutral | $7.31B | -18.27 | 26.62% | ― | 53.99% | 58.32% | |
53 Neutral | $4.39B | -4.55 | -38.99% | ― | ― | 11.41% | |
48 Neutral | $248.69M | -0.75 | -105.02% | ― | -76.23% | 63.55% | |
44 Neutral | $303.04M | 0.51 | 230.18% | ― | ― | ― |
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Redwire Corporate Events
Executive/Board ChangesShareholder Meetings
Redwire Shareholders Approve Directors, Auditor and Executive Pay
Positive
May 20, 2026
On May 20, 2026, Redwire Corporation held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, where a quorum was established with holders of 133,710,048 shares of common and Series A preferred stock present or represented by proxy. Shareholders elected three...
Business Operations and StrategyExecutive/Board Changes
Redwire Adds National Security Veteran to Board Leadership
Positive
Mar 17, 2026
On March 12, 2026, Redwire’s board appointed former U.S. Air Force space acquisition chief Frank Calvelli as a Class III director to fill a board vacancy, with his term running until the 2027 annual meeting. The board determined he is indepe...
Business Operations and StrategyFinancial DisclosuresPrivate Placements and Financing
Redwire Strengthens Liquidity with New Credit Facilities
Negative
Feb 25, 2026
On February 20, 2026, Redwire Defense Tech Intermediate Holdings, a wholly owned subsidiary of Redwire, amended and restated its 2025 credit agreement, putting in place a $30 million revolving credit facility with a $10 million swingline and a new...
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