Why Redwire Corporation Stock Popped Today

MrDecoder · 2026-02-26T21:07:24+00:00

Redwire Corporation's stock rose 10.8% after reporting Q4 2025 earnings, which showed stronger-than-expected sales at $108.8 million, despite a larger loss than anticipated. The company's contract wins and sales growth signal potential for future profitability.

MrDecoder

2026-02-26 21:07:24

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**Redwire Corporation **(RDW +7.89%) stock, the space infrastructure company that has transformed itself into a military drones stock as well, soared 10.8% through 11:45 a.m. ET Thursday after reporting mixed earnings results for Q4 2025 last night.

Analysts weren’t optimistic about Redwire heading into the report, expecting a $0.18-per-share loss on sales of only $98.8 million. In fact, Redwire lost $0.58 per share – three times as bad as feared. Redwire’s sales exceeded expectations, however, coming in at a strong $108.8 million.

And that seems to have been good enough for investors.

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Redwire Q4 earnings

How did Redwire surprise the analysts? Redwire experienced an “acceleration in contract awards during the fourth quarter of 2025,” says CEO Peter Cannito. The company won a $44 million “Otter mission” contract from DARPA, for example, using Redwire’s SabreSat to demonstrate the concept of air-breathing satellites orbiting at very low altitudes, at the same time as its drones division expanded shipments of Stalker/Penguin UAVs to customers in seven separate countries.

Sales surged 56% in the quarter as a result. Full-year sales grew 10% to $335.4 million.

What’s more, sales growth may be accelerating. Redwire says its book-to-bill ratio, which foreshadows future sales growth, ran up past 1.3x in 2025, and surged past 1.5x in Q4 in particular. And as for the loss ($85.5 million for the quarter and $226.6 million for the year), Redwire dismissed those as largely attributable to “non-recurring activity.”

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NYSE: RDW

Redwire

Today’s Change

(7.89%) $0.68

Current Price

$9.30

Key Data Points

Market Cap

$1.4B

Day’s Range

$8.52 - $9.79

52wk Range

$4.87 - $22.25

Volume

868K

Avg Vol

22M

Gross Margin

3.85%

Is Redwire stock a buy?

Redwire anticipates 2026 sales of between $450 million and $500 million – 42% growth at the midpoint. Redwire will probably still lose money and burn cash; analysts don’t see that changing before 2027 at the earliest.

But with sales accelerating, Redwire’s clearly on the right path here.

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