Space infrastructure company Redwire trims quarterly losses, builds order backlog

Space infrastructure company Redwire trims quarterly losses, builds order backlog


Pete Cannito, Redwire Corporation at the New York Stock Exchange, September 8, 2021.

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Space infrastructure company Redwire reported fourth-quarter results on Wednesday, saying it further trimmed its losses and built its order backlog.

After rising as much as 10% in premarket trading, Redwire stock fell slightly soon after the opening bell.

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The company brought in $53.7 million in fourth-quarter revenue, up 31% from the same period a year ago. Its total backlog of orders nearly doubled to $465.1 million as of the end of 2022, compared to the end of 2021.

Redwire also trimmed its adjusted EBITDA loss on a quarter-over-quarter basis, to $773,000 from $1.5 million in the third quarter.

“Our financial performance showed improvement on both a sequential and year-over-year basis,” Redwire  CFO Jonathan Baliff said in a statement.

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The company had $53.3 million in available liquidity at the end of the year, which was a split mix of cash and borrowing capacity.

For 2023, Redwire forecast full year revenue between $220 million to $250 million, up from $160.6 million in 2022 revenue.



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