Redwire Corporation (RDW)
Redwire is a space infrastructure company that builds the hardware, solar panels, and robotic systems needed to keep satellites and space stations running.
Is Redwire Corporation a good stock for a UK beginner?
The honest version: There's no rating here and nothing for sale. In its favour: Strong double-digit revenue growth. Worth weighing: Significant losses and negative profit margins.
Is this normal for this company?
Each figure against the range this same company has produced recently. Neither end of a range is the good end.
Profit as a share of sales, from the company's own quarterly statements. The range covers the 5 quarters we hold, and the figure shown is its most recent one.
How these ranges are built
Every number here is the company's own reported figure, not a comparison with other companies. The ranges come from this company's own results and its share price. Where it reports in a different currency from the one its shares trade in, the price-to-earnings range is left out rather than mixing the two.
What does Redwire Corporation do?
Redwire acts like a construction firm for the final frontier, designing and manufacturing the essential components that power missions in orbit. Sales of these high-tech parts and engineering services to government agencies and private space companies pay the bills. The question to follow is whether they can turn rapid sales growth into actual profit, since they currently spend much more than they bring in.
On our factor screen it looks strongest on growth and momentum, and weakest on income.
- !Pays no dividend - the whole return rides on the share price
- ✓Growing - revenue up about 90% over the year
- ✓Low debt - a sturdier balance sheet
- Value screens high
- Growth screens high
- Momentum screens high
- Quality screens low
- Income screens low
Does Redwire Corporation pay a dividend?
No - Redwire Corporation doesn't currently pay a dividend, so the whole return would rest on the share price. Plenty of growing companies reinvest their profits instead of paying them out - neither approach is better or worse, they're just different.
Does Redwire Corporation have more cash or more debt?
It holds about $556.97M in cash against about $90.28M of debt - so it has net cash of about $466.69M. More cash than debt is a cushion: it does not need to borrow just to cover what it owes.
From the latest reported balance sheet. Cash and debt levels change, and some borrowing is normal - this is context, not a judgment.
What do Redwire Corporation's numbers mean?
How has it performed?
Growth of £1,000, the worst fall, and year by year
Over about 2 years to 2026-09-18. This is the share price only; any dividends would add to it. And it's the USD return - as a UK investor your actual £ return also moves with the exchange rate. Past performance is not a guide to the future, and it could just as easily have fallen.
How much has Redwire Corporation actually fallen?
Over the last 2 years of daily prices, Redwire Corporation fell as much as −80% from a high to a later low. Falls like this are normal when you own a share.
Past falls are not a forecast - it can fall further, or recover.
How has it done year by year?
Calendar-year total return - the share price with dividends reinvested - from adjusted closing prices. The current year is only part-complete. Past returns are not a guide to the future.
A closer look at the numbers
Ownership, earnings history, where the money goes, and the outlook range
Does the share price tell you if it's cheap or expensive?
Who owns Redwire Corporation?
About 56% of Redwire Corporation, or about 56 in every 100 shares, is held by big institutions such as pension and index funds, and company insiders hold about 1%. The rest, roughly 42%, is held by the public and smaller investors.
What this does and doesn't tell you
This is a recent snapshot of the share register, and it moves. We don't read anything into who owns what - a high institutional share is common for any large listed company and is not a signal about it.
Based on beta - how much the price swings versus the whole market. Bumpier isn't bad; it just means a rougher ride, which matters more the sooner you might need the money.
Prices move on results, news and the mood of the whole market - no single headline explains a day, and a quiet week is usually just noise, not a signal.
How much money does Redwire Corporation make?
Revenue and profit by quarter, and how much of each sale turns into profit.
When does Redwire Corporation report earnings, and how did recent quarters go?
Redwire Corporation is next scheduled to report on about 2026-11-04 - dates can move, and we don't predict results; this just tells you when to look.
‘Beat’ and ‘missed’ are against what analysts expected, not whether the business is doing well.
| Reported | Expected EPS: The earnings per share analysts expected for the quarter - the average of their forecasts. 'Beating' or 'missing' is measured against this number. | Actual EPS | vs expected |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | $-0.17 | $-0.12 | Beat +28% |
| 2026-02-25 | $-0.16 | $-0.22 | Missed -38% |
| 2025-11-05 | $-0.13 | $-0.19 | Missed -47% |
| 2025-08-06 | $-0.15 | $-1.41 | Missed -840% |
| 2025-05-12 | $-0.35 | $-0.09 | Beat +74% |
| 2025-03-10 | $-0.08 | $-0.24 | Missed -197% |
Across the last 6 quarters here, Redwire Corporation came in ahead of what analysts expected 2 times. One quarter is noise, not a trend.
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Where these figures come from
Each quarter a company reports its results against a consensus of analyst forecasts. The figures here are reported versus expected earnings per share from published results; the expectation is that analyst consensus, not our view. Report dates are estimates and can move.
What are the scenarios for Redwire Corporation?
An illustrative range for the year ahead — not a prediction or a price target.
What are the pros, cons and common questions?
The case each way, and the questions people ask
Redwire becomes a dominant supplier for long-term lunar or Mars missions.
The company struggles to fund operations and requires more cash from investors.
What are the pros and cons of Redwire Corporation?
A balance check, not a score or verdict.
- Strong double-digit revenue growth: How fast the company's sales grew versus a year ago.
- Essential role in the growing space infrastructure sector
- Diverse portfolio of hardware and robotic products
- Significant losses and negative profit margins
- High share price volatility
- No dividend payments to shareholders
- Heavy reliance on government and institutional contracts
- High cash burn rate requiring potential future funding
- Technical failures in space missions could damage reputation
The write-up's own warning lights — if these start happening, the case above changes.
- A consistent trend of positive net income
- A significant reduction in the company's beta or volatility
Common questions about Redwire Corporation
Does Redwire Corporation pay a dividend?
No - Redwire Corporation does not currently pay a dividend, so the return would rest on the share price. Many growing companies reinvest profits instead of paying them out.
When does Redwire Corporation report earnings next?
Redwire Corporation is next scheduled to report results on about 2026-11-04. Report dates are estimates and can move; this is a diary note for when to look, not a forecast of the outcome.
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This plain-English summary was auto-generated on 2026-08-02 from public data and checked for an education-only, no-advice tone (the figures above carry their own, usually fresher, 'as of' date). It's information, never a recommendation.