Redwire Corporation (RDW) Shares Rise Despite Market Challenges

Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW)’s stock price has increased by 12.11 compared to its previous closing price of 9.08. However, the company has seen a 32.04% increase in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. businesswire.com reported 2025-04-15 that JACKSONVILLE, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)—- $RDW–Redwire Corporation (NYSE:RDW), a leader in space infrastructure for the next generation space economy, announced today it has been awarded a contract from prime contractor Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales 67% and Leonardo 33%, to provide four docking mechanisms for the European Space Agency’s habitation module for the lunar Gateway (the Lunar I-Hab). Redwire’s wholly-owned Belgian subsidiary, Redwire Space NV, has been awarded the contr.

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Additionally, the 36-month beta value for RDW is 2.44. There are mixed opinions on the stock, with 4 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 2 rating it as “overweight,” 0 rating it as “hold,” and 0 rating it as “sell.”

The public float for RDW is 26.01M and currently, short sellers hold a 19.40% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of RDW on April 16, 2025 was 2.18M shares.

RDW’s Market Performance

RDW’s stock has seen a 32.04% increase for the week, with a -7.29% drop in the past month and a -26.12% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 14.62%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 11.63% for Redwire Corporation The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 5.57% for RDW stock, with a simple moving average of -7.81% for the last 200 days.

Analysts’ Opinion of RDW

Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for RDW stocks, with B. Riley Securities repeating the rating for RDW by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for RDW in the upcoming period, according to B. Riley Securities is $27 based on the research report published on January 27, 2025 of the current year 2025.

Cantor Fitzgerald, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see RDW reach a price target of $28. The rating they have provided for RDW stocks is “Overweight” according to the report published on January 24th, 2025.

H.C. Wainwright gave a rating of “Buy” to RDW, setting the target price at $18 in the report published on November 26th of the previous year.

RDW Trading at -26.87% from the 50-Day Moving Average

After a stumble in the market that brought RDW to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -61.82% of loss for the given period.

Volatility was left at 11.63%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 14.62%, as shares sank -7.03% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -54.12% lower at present.

During the last 5 trading sessions, RDW rose by +32.04%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +48.83% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $9.64. In addition, Redwire Corporation saw -38.15% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.

Insider Trading

Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at RDW starting from Baliff Jonathan, who purchase 2,170 shares at the price of $11.38 back on Mar 19 ’25. After this action, Baliff Jonathan now owns 1,028,954 shares of Redwire Corporation, valued at $24,684 using the latest closing price.

Isham Joanne O’Rourke, the Director of Redwire Corporation, purchase 4,578 shares at $11.02 during a trade that took place back on Mar 17 ’25, which means that Isham Joanne O’Rourke is holding 83,595 shares at $50,451 based on the most recent closing price.

Stock Fundamentals for RDW

Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:

  • 0.14 for the present operating margin
  • 0.15 for the gross margin

The net margin for Redwire Corporation stands at -0.38. The total capital return value is set at 0.3.

Based on Redwire Corporation (RDW), the company’s capital structure generated -0.12 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -0.85. The debt to equity ratio resting at -0.11. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 3.16.

Currently, EBITDA for the company is -91.16 million with net debt to EBITDA at 0.29. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 2.49. The receivables turnover for the company is 13.88for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 1.04. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.84.

Conclusion

In conclusion, Redwire Corporation (RDW) has seen mixed performance in recent times. Analysts have a bullish opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others rating it as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.

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