Aerospace and defense company Redwire (NYSE: RDW) will be reporting results this Wednesday after market close. Here’s what to look for.
Redwire beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $117.1 million, up 89.6% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and full-year revenue guidance slightly topping analysts’ expectations.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Redwire’s revenue to grow 22.4% year on year, slowing from the 50.7% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business will stay the course heading into earnings. Redwire has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.
Looking at Redwire’s peers in the aerospace segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. AAR delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 24.1%, beating analysts’ expectations by 4.3%, and ATI reported revenues up 26.5%, topping estimates by 7.9%. AAR traded down 7.2% following the results while ATI’s stock price was unchanged.
Read our full analysis of AAR’s results here and ATI’s results here.
Investors in the aerospace segment have had steady hands going into earnings, with share prices flat over the last month. Redwire is down 24.3% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $14.28 (compared to the current share price of $7.91).
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