Redwire is a small-cap aerospace and defense company with 58% revenue growth and institutional accumulation, but a quality score of 1.8 out of 10, three earnings misses in the last four quarters including a negative 840% miss, a short interest of 22%, and negative price momentum collectively make the fundamental risk profile deeply unfavorable despite surface-level growth metrics.
Thesis pillars
- Quality Below Floor Cash Burn→Stable
- Persistent Earnings Miss Pattern→Stable
- High Short Interest And Implied Volatility→Stable
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Redwire Corporation (RDW) Stock Analysis
Industrials · Aerospace & Defense
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $11.26: Quality below floor (1.8 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.4/10. Specifically: High short interest: 23%; Below-average business quality.
Redwire is a space and defense technology company with two segments: Space (spacecraft, solar arrays, microgravity payloads) and Defense Tech (UAS, sensors). Its contracted backlog was $411.2 million at December 31, 2025; revenue split across national security (46.9%),... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $11.26: Quality below floor (1.8 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.4/10. Specifically: High short interest: 23%; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 5.4/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 4/8 gates (positive momentum, earnings proximity 32d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio and clean insider activity. Suitability: speculative.
About Redwire Corporation
About Redwire Corporation
Redwire's contracted backlog of $411.2 million at December 31, 2025 — $299.8 million in the Space segment and $111.4 million in the Defense Tech segment — provided near-term revenue visibility for an integrated space and defense technology company operating out of 28 locations in North America and Europe. In fiscal 2025, national security customers contributed 46.9% of revenue, commercial customers 31.5%, and civil customers 21.6%, while 41.6% of revenue came from customers outside the United States.
Redwire earns revenue through fixed-price, cost-plus, and time-and-material contracts across two segments. The Space segment delivers next-generation spacecraft platforms (SabreSat, Phantom, Hammerhead, Thresher, and Mako), patented Roll-Out Solar Array power generation systems, 11 active microgravity payload facilities on the International Space Station, and digital engineering software. The Defense Tech segment — built around the 2025 acquisition of Edge Autonomy — offers the Stalker UAS (granted an Authority to Operate by the Defense Innovation Unit in July 2025 and added to its Blue UAS List), the Penguin C series, and the Octopus line of optical gimbal ISR payloads deployed in approximately 80 countries. The company competes against AeroVironment, Insitu (a Boeing company), Shield AI, and Anduril Industries for UAS contracts, and against Airbus, Sodern, and Rocket Lab USA for space components. Research and development expenses totaled $19.8 million in fiscal 2025.
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Redwire's dependence on U.S. government and allied nation contracts exposes the company to program termination and funding risk: the 10-K discloses that government contracts are often only partially funded and subject to immediate termination, and that national security customers accounted for 46.9% of fiscal 2025 revenue. Budget pressures driven by federal deficit dynamics or shifts in DoD spending priorities could reduce contract awards, and the filing also identifies material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting that, if unresolved, could affect the accuracy and timeliness of reported results. The company's exposure to tariff-related supply chain cost increases — particularly for components sourced from European manufacturing facilities — adds further uncertainty to cost forecasting.
See also: Industrials · Aerospace & Defense
From Redwire Corporation's most recent 10-K filing, extracted June 11, 2026.
Recent developments
updated 2026-07-06Recent Developments — Redwire Corporation
Latest news
- NEWS Redwire up 10% This Week — Here's What's Driving the Space Stock Higher — benzinga Jul 2, 2026 positive
- NEWS Redwire Lands Taiwan Coast Guard Drone Deal — benzinga Jun 30, 2026 positive
- NEWS Redwire Awarded Contract By SemiLux’s Unit Taiwan Color Optics To Deliver Penguin Mk2.5 VTOL Uncrewed Aerial System To T — benzinga Jun 30, 2026 positive
- NEWS 10 Industrials Stocks With Whale Alerts In Today’s Session — benzinga Jun 29, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Redwire Stock Rises Despite Fugazi Short Report Flagging Dilution, Cash Burn — benzinga Jun 29, 2026 positive
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- MEDIUMCustomernational security customers47%10-K Item 1: 'we generated 46.9% of our revenue from national security customers'
- MEDIUMGeographicinternational customers42%10-K Item 1: 'revenues from customers located outside of the United States accounted for 41.6%'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-03-17Item 5.02LOWFrank Calvelli appointed to Redwire Corporation Board of Directors effective March 12, 2026, filling a vacancy from previously announced resignations. Named Class III director with term expiring at 2027 Annual Meeting. Board determined Calvelli is independent under NYSE listing standards.SEC filing →
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Rating Breakdown
3 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit
Unprofitable operations — net margin -80.9%. Quality floor flags this regardless of sector context.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
No near-term catalyst priced in. Thesis progression will come from fundamentals grinding, not event reaction.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $11.26: Quality below floor (1.8 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.4/10. Specifically: High short interest: 23%; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $10.52. Score 5.4/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $13.63 (+20.5% upside). Prior stop was $10.52. Stop-loss: $10.52.
Quality below floor (1.8 < 4.0).
Redwire Corporation trades at a P/E of N/A (forward -27.6). TrendMatrix value score: 7.0/10. Verdict: Sell.
14 analysts cover RDW with a consensus score of 3.9/5. Average price target: $16.
What does Redwire Corporation do?Redwire is a space and defense technology company with two segments: Space (spacecraft, solar arrays, microgravity...
Redwire is a space and defense technology company with two segments: Space (spacecraft, solar arrays, microgravity payloads) and Defense Tech (UAS, sensors). Its contracted backlog was $411.2 million at December 31, 2025; revenue split across national security (46.9%), commercial (31.5%), and civil (21.6%) customers, with 41.6% sourced internationally.