Red Cat Reports Q2 2026 Revenue Growth of 527% Y/Y; Q2 Gross Margins Increase 39% vs Q2 2025; Gross Margins Increased 27% Sequentially from Q1 2026
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Red Cat (Nasdaq: RCAT) reported Q2 2026 revenue of $20.2 million, up 527% year over year from Q2 2025. Gross profit was $3.3 million, with gross margin of 16.1%, reflecting a 39% year-over-year and 27% sequential improvement versus Q1 2026.
According to Red Cat, Q2 operating expenses rose to $41.9 million, driving an operating loss of $38.6 million and a net loss of $35.3 million (loss per share $0.26). Adjusted EBITDA was –$31.8 million. The company completed the acquisition of Quaze Technologies, advanced Teal Drones to Gauntlet II of the U.S. Drone Dominance program, expanded maritime capabilities through Blue Ops, and secured new U.S. Air Force orders for Black Widow drones.
Cash at June 30, 2026 totaled $325.6 million, up from $167.9 million at year-end 2025, while inventory and prepaid inventory increased to $84.8 million. Red Cat reaffirmed its full-year 2026 revenue target of $150–$180 million.
Positive
- Revenue +527% YoY to $20.2 million in Q2 2026
- Gross profit increased to $3.3 million from $0.4 million in Q2 2025
- Gross margin reached 16.1%, up 39% year-over-year and 27% sequentially
- Cash balance rose to $325.6 million from $167.9 million at year-end 2025
- Stockholders’ equity increased to $471.2 million from $245.8 million
- Full-year 2026 revenue target reaffirmed at $150–$180 million
Negative
- Operating loss widened to $38.6 million from $12.6 million in Q2 2025
- Net loss increased to $35.3 million from $13.3 million year-over-year
- Adjusted EBITDA loss expanded to $31.8 million from $9.9 million
- Operating cash outflow was $78.7 million for the first six months of 2026
- Total operating expenses rose to $41.9 million from $13.0 million in Q2 2025
- Inventory and prepaid inventory grew to $84.8 million from $30.4 million, tying up additional capital
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| Date | Event | Sentiment | 24h Move | Catalyst |
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| May 07 | Q1 earnings report | Positive | +0.1% | Revenue growth and improved gross margin accompanied the quarterly financial results. |
| Apr 16 | Earnings date notice | Neutral | +5.2% | The company scheduled its Q1 financial results release and investor webinar. |
| Jan 13 | Preliminary earnings results | Positive | +9.4% | Preliminary quarterly and full-year revenue figures showed substantial year-over-year growth. |
| Aug 14 | Q2 earnings report | Positive | -10.3% | Quarterly results and an Army delivery contract were reported alongside operational updates. |
| May 14 | Q1 earnings report | Positive | -2.4% | Funding, revenue guidance, partnerships, and market expansion were highlighted in results. |
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SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Red Cat Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: RCAT) ("Red Cat" or the "Company"), a U.S.-based provider of advanced all-domain drone and robotic solutions for defense and national security, reports its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2026.
Second Quarter 2026 Financial Highlights
- Total revenue:
$20.2 million , an increase of527% compared to Q2 2025. - Gross profit:
$3.3 million , an increase of$2.9 million from Q2 2025. - Gross margin:
16.1% , representing a year-over-year improvement of39% from Q2 2025, and a sequential improvement of27% from Q1 2026.
Business Highlights
- Red Cat’s Teal Drones Advances to Gauntlet II of Drone Dominance Program, positioning Teal Drones among a select group of finalists competing in the next phase of a potentially significant procurement opportunity focused on rapidly fielding low-cost, attributable drone systems for U.S. military operations.
- Completed the acquisition of Quaze Technologies, adding wireless power transfer technology that addresses one of the most significant barriers to persistent autonomy. Quaze's charging architecture enables autonomous recharging and supports longer-duration operations across drones, robotic systems and uncrewed maritime platforms.
- Introduced Hellcat™, a globally configurable small UAS platform built on the proven Black Widow architecture, expanding Red Cat's international addressable market with a platform designed to support allied defense customers worldwide.
- Expanded Red Cat's autonomy capabilities through joint product development and demonstrations where Red Cat and Apium presented a multi-vendor, find, fix, finish solution under a single command and control, including ISR provided by Black Widow, with kinetic finish by Fang 7 orchestrated by Apium's Paradigm autonomy.
- Secured contract between Blue Ops and U.S. Navy to lease its Variant 7 and participate in testing, integration, and electronic warehouse under the U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research.
- Scaled Blue Ops into a leading maritime operations platform by driving the U.S.-built Variant 7 uncrewed surface vessel to full-rate production and successfully launched and validated the latest variant of our 5 meter USV, advancing our maritime autonomy roadmap expanding autonomous capabilities across air, land and sea platforms.
- Apium and Blue Ops have been selected to participate in the U.S. Office of Naval Research Global's mACE3 and mACE4 operational experimentation events at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, highlighting continued engagement with the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps on advanced autonomous maritime capabilities.
- Secured new orders from the U.S. Air Force Security Forces for Black Widow™ drones, train-the-trainer support, batteries, and mission critical spares.
"Our second quarter results reflect the continued execution of a strategy that is transforming Red Cat into a leading all-domain autonomy platform for defense and national security," said Jeff Thompson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Red Cat. "Revenue increased more than fivefold year-over-year as we scaled deliveries, expanded production capacity and continued to invest in technologies that enhance our competitive position across air, land and maritime operations. We also expanded gross margins
During the quarter, we advanced to Gauntlet II of the Drone Dominance program, ramped Blue Ops into full-rate production, completed the acquisition of Quaze Technologies and continued expanding our autonomy, power and robotic capabilities through strategic investments. Together, these initiatives strengthen our ability to deliver integrated solutions that help customers deploy, sustain and scale autonomous operations in increasingly complex environments.
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Balance Sheet
- Cash at June 30, 2026 totaled
$325.6 million , compared to$167.9 million at December 31, 2025. - Inventory and prepaid inventory at June 30, 2026 totaled
$84.8 million , compared to$30.4 million at December 31, 2025.
Target Revenue
- Red Cat is reaffirming its full year target revenue in the range of
$150 million and$180 million .
Conference Call Details
Red Cat will host a live video webinar to discuss its second quarter 2026 financial results at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time (1:30 p.m. Pacific Time) on August 6, 2026. Participants may register in advance to join the live Video Webinar on Zoom at Red Cat's Investor Relations website at https://ir.redcatholdings.com/news-events. Log-in instructions will be available after registering for the event. An archived replay of the event will be available on Red Cat’s investor relations website beginning approximately two hours after the call concludes.
About Red Cat Holdings, Inc.
Red Cat (Nasdaq: RCAT) is a U.S.-based provider of advanced all-domain drone and robotic solutions for defense and national security. Through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Teal Drones and FlightWave Aerospace, Red Cat develops American-made hardware and software that support military, government, and public safety operations across air, land, and sea. Its Family of Systems, led by Black Widow™, delivers unmatched tactical capabilities in small, unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS). Expanding into the maritime domain through Blue Ops, Inc., Red Cat is also innovating in uncrewed surface vessels (USVs), delivering integrated platforms designed to enhance safety and multi-domain mission effectiveness. Learn more at www.redcat.red.
Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” that are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, contained in this press release are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements contained in this press release may be identified by the use of words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “seek,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “target,” “aim,” “should,” “will,” “would,” or the negative of these words or other similar expressions, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to Company's revenue guidance and financial outlook, expectations regarding gross margins and product diversity, anticipated timing of the Quaze Technologies acquisition, plans for manufacturing and strategic partnerships, expectations regarding future defense budget allocations, and the Company's ability to scale its operations the Company's revenue guidance and financial outlook, expectations regarding gross margins and product diversity, anticipated timing of the Quaze Technologies acquisition, plans for manufacturing and strategic partnerships, expectations regarding future defense budget allocations, and the Company's ability to scale its operations. Forward-looking statements are based on Red Cat’s current expectations and are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Further, certain forward-looking statements are based on assumptions as to future events that may not prove to be accurate. These and other risks and uncertainties are described more fully in the section titled “Risk Factors” in the Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 19, 2026, Red Cat's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and the other filings Red Cat makes with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements contained in this announcement are made as of this date, and Red Cat undertakes no duty to update such information except as required under applicable law.
Contact:
INVESTORS:
Ankit Hira
Solebury Strategic Communications for Red Cat Holdings, Inc.
E-mail: RCAT@soleburystrat.com
NEWS MEDIA:
Peter Moran
Phone: (347) 880-2895
Email: peter@indicatemedia.com
| RED CAT HOLDINGS, INC. | |||||||
| Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited) | |||||||
| (In thousands) | |||||||
| June 30, 2026 | December 31, 2025 | ||||||
| ASSETS | |||||||
| Cash | $ | 325,553 | $ | 167,865 | |||
| Accounts receivable, net | 9,543 | 26,155 | |||||
| Inventory, including prepaid inventory | 84,844 | 30,394 | |||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 5,173 | 2,524 | |||||
| Total current assets | 425,113 | 226,938 | |||||
| Goodwill and intangible assets, net | 67,293 | 24,590 | |||||
| Property and equipment, net | 19,090 | 7,797 | |||||
| Other long-term assets | 2,776 | 1,227 | |||||
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | 13,215 | 13,125 | |||||
| Total long-term assets | 102,374 | 46,739 | |||||
| TOTAL ASSETS | $ | 527,487 | $ | 273,677 | |||
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | |||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 12,778 | $ | 3,619 | |||
| Accrued expenses | 7,835 | 5,087 | |||||
| Debt obligations - short-term | 892 | 350 | |||||
| Contract liabilities and deposits | 258 | 261 | |||||
| Operating lease liabilities | 1,447 | 1,011 | |||||
| Acquisition consideration payable | 5,404 | — | |||||
| Convertible notes payable | — | 4,518 | |||||
| Total current liabilities | 28,614 | 14,846 | |||||
| Deferred income taxes | 3,072 | 443 | |||||
| Operating lease liabilities | 12,534 | 12,556 | |||||
| Acquisition consideration payable | 12,092 | — | |||||
| Total long-term liabilities | 27,698 | 12,999 | |||||
| Total liabilities | 56,312 | 27,845 | |||||
| Stockholders’ equity | 729,807 | 442,652 | |||||
| Accumulated deficit | (258,632 | ) | (196,820 | ) | |||
| Total stockholders’ equity | 471,175 | 245,832 | |||||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | $ | 527,487 | $ | 273,677 | |||
| Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) | |||||||||||||||
| (In thousands) | |||||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Revenues, net | $ | 20,189 | $ | 3,219 | $ | 35,660 | $ | 4,848 | |||||||
| Cost of goods sold | 16,929 | 2,844 | 30,435 | 5,324 | |||||||||||
| Gross profit (loss) | 3,260 | 375 | 5,225 | (476 | ) | ||||||||||
| Operating Expenses: | |||||||||||||||
| Research and development | 14,219 | 3,598 | 22,191 | 7,031 | |||||||||||
| Sales and marketing | 6,439 | 3,188 | 11,016 | 6,502 | |||||||||||
| General and administrative | 21,247 | 6,236 | 37,964 | 11,116 | |||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 41,905 | 13,022 | 71,171 | 24,649 | |||||||||||
| Operating loss | (38,645 | ) | (12,647 | ) | (65,946 | ) | (25,125 | ) | |||||||
| Interest income, net | (1,925 | ) | (155 | ) | (3,219 | ) | (210 | ) | |||||||
| Other (income) expense, net | (1,484 | ) | 787 | (943 | ) | 11,487 | |||||||||
| Total other (income) expense, net | (3,409 | ) | 632 | (4,162 | ) | 11,277 | |||||||||
| Loss before provision for income taxes | (35,236 | ) | (13,279 | ) | (61,784 | ) | (36,402 | ) | |||||||
| Income tax expense | 23 | — | 28 | — | |||||||||||
| Net loss | (35,259 | ) | (13,279 | ) | (61,812 | ) | (36,402 | ) | |||||||
| Loss per share - basic and diluted | $ | (0.26 | ) | $ | (0.15 | ) | $ | (0.48 | ) | $ | (0.41 | ) | |||
| Weighted average shares outstanding - basic and diluted | 136,888 | 91,295 | 128,924 | 88,400 | |||||||||||
| Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) | |||||||
| (In thousands) | |||||||
| Six months ended June 30, | |||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | ||||||
| Cash Flows from Operating Activities | |||||||
| Net loss | $ | (61,812 | ) | $ | (36,402 | ) | |
| Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operations: | |||||||
| Stock-based compensation | 9,859 | 3,634 | |||||
| Depreciation and amortization of intangible assets | 2,284 | 1,110 | |||||
| Convertible notes payable fair value adjustment | 867 | 6,864 | |||||
| (Gain) loss on extinguishment of convertible notes payable | (326 | ) | 4,623 | ||||
| Unrealized gain on equity securities | (1,521 | ) | — | ||||
| Change in fair value of contingent consideration | 42 | — | |||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions | |||||||
| Accounts receivable | 16,644 | (523 | ) | ||||
| Inventory | (49,937 | ) | (3,219 | ) | |||
| Prepaid inventory | (4,513 | ) | (4,185 | ) | |||
| Prepaid expenses and other | (2,012 | ) | (1,125 | ) | |||
| Operating lease right-of-use assets and liabilities | 313 | 48 | |||||
| Contract liabilities and deposits | (3 | ) | 338 | ||||
| Accounts payable | 9,066 | (568 | ) | ||||
| Accrued expenses | 2,300 | 600 | |||||
| Net cash used in operating activities | (78,749 | ) | (28,805 | ) | |||
| Cash Flows from Investing Activities | |||||||
| Cash paid for acquisition, net of cash acquired | (427 | ) | — | ||||
| Purchases of property and equipment | (12,557 | ) | (580 | ) | |||
| Net cash used in investing activities | (12,984 | ) | (580 | ) | |||
| Cash Flows from Financing Activities | |||||||
| Proceeds from issuance of common stock through public offerings | 258,750 | 76,750 | |||||
| Payment of costs related to public offerings | (13,512 | ) | (4,982 | ) | |||
| Proceeds from issuance of convertible notes payable | — | 15,000 | |||||
| Debt issuance costs | — | (567 | ) | ||||
| Payments of convertible notes payable | — | (1,650 | ) | ||||
| Proceeds from exercise of warrants | 4,305 | 300 | |||||
| Payments of taxes withheld upon vesting of employee stock awards | (679 | ) | — | ||||
| Proceeds from exercise of stock options | 575 | 1,310 | |||||
| Payments under debt obligations | (18 | ) | — | ||||
| Net cash provided by financing activities | 249,421 | 86,161 | |||||
| Net increase in Cash | 157,688 | 56,776 | |||||
| Cash, beginning of period | 167,865 | 9,154 | |||||
| Cash, end of period | $ | 325,553 | $ | 65,930 | |||
| Reconciliation of Non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA (Unaudited) | |||||||||||||||
| (In thousands) | |||||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (35,259 | ) | $ | (13,279 | ) | $ | (61,812 | ) | $ | (36,402 | ) | |||
| Adjustments: | |||||||||||||||
| Income tax (benefit) expense | 23 | — | 28 | — | |||||||||||
| Interest (income) expense, net | (1,925 | ) | (155 | ) | (3,219 | ) | (210 | ) | |||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 1,472 | 524 | 2,284 | 1,110 | |||||||||||
| Other (income) expense, net(1) | (1,484 | ) | 787 | (943 | ) | 11,487 | |||||||||
| Impairment loss(2) | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| Restructuring costs(3) | 67 | 41 | 67 | 68 | |||||||||||
| Stock based compensation | 5,041 | 2,035 | 9,859 | 3,634 | |||||||||||
| Non-routine legal expenses(4) | 227 | 144 | 353 | 185 | |||||||||||
| Other adjustment items(5) | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| Adjusted EBITDA | $ | (31,838 | ) | $ | (9,903 | ) | $ | (53,383 | ) | $ | (20,128 | ) | |||
(1) Other (income) expense, net. Represents convertible note payable fair value adjustment, gain on extinguishment of convertible notes payable, and other income, net.
(2) Impairment loss. Represents an impairment charge to goodwill and or intangible assets.
(3) Restructuring costs. Represents restructuring costs incurred for cost reduction actions which may include employee termination costs, facility shut-down related costs, costs for unused, excess or exited facilities.
(4) Non-routine legal expenses. Represents external legal expenses incurred in connection with pending legal settlements and other legal related matters.
(5) Other adjustment items. Represents other adjustments that are non-recurring and outside the normal course of operations that do not readily fall into any other categories.
Notice Regarding Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This press release contains Non-GAAP financial measures, including Adjusted EBITDA which excludes, among other things, income tax expenses (benefits), net interest (income) expenses, depreciation and amortization, other expenses (income), impairment losses, restructuring related items, stock based compensation expense, non-routine legal expenses, and any other one-time adjustments. The Company’s management uses these non-GAAP financial measures, along with the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures, in evaluating the Company’s performance, capital resources and cash flow. Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information presented in compliance with GAAP, and investors should carefully evaluate the Company’s financial results calculated in accordance with GAAP and reconciliations to those financial results. In addition, non-GAAP financial measures as reported by the Company may not be comparable to similarly titled amounts reported by other companies. As appropriate, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures and information reconciling these non-GAAP financial measures to the Company’s financial results prepared in accordance with GAAP are included in this news release.
