Red Cat Holdings
RCAT on Nasdaq. Red Cat sells drones and robots to military, government, and commercial buyers. Market value $969m.
Price checks use the past 12 months to June 2026. Quality checks use five annual reports, the latest for the year to December 2025.
We can't read total debt from the filing, so debt is left out.
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Why it could be worth it
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For every $100 of what the whole company costs, it produced $-16.29 of spare cash in the past 12 months. A savings account pays about $4.
The filings do not give us enough to work this out.
The filings do not give us enough to work this out.
Quality score: 40 of 100. Price score: 0 of 100. Our list needs 70 on quality and 60 on price.
$6.34 a share, 10% above its 1-year low
Over the past year the price has ranged from $5.77 to $18.78.
Pays no dividend
Prices from Tuesday’s close (6 October).
Five years of cash, in billions
Spare cash swings from quarter to quarter here: a shortfall of $158 million in the past 12 months, a shortfall of $96 million in the year to December 2025.
| Revenue | |||||
| Revenue | $5m | $6m | $5m | $18m | $41m |
| Operating margin | |||||
| Operating margin | n/a | n/a | -570.0% | -108.2% | -163.5% |
| Debt to equity | |||||
| Debt to equity | n/a | 0.02 | 0.02 | n/a | n/a |
| Shares outstanding | |||||
| Shares outstanding | 0.05bn | 0.05bn | 0.07bn | 0.09bn | 0.15bn |
Health checks
- Free cash flow positive0 of 4 years
- Accounting checksSkipped: company is not yet profitable
- DebtUnknown
- Revenue growth, five yearsStrong, 125.6% a year
- Buying back its own sharesNo, 185% more shares since 2021
The quarter to June 2026
How the business did, compared with the same quarter a year earlier.
- Sales: $20 million last quarter, up 527% on a year ago.
- A loss of $35 million, compared with a loss of $13 million a year ago.
- 50% more shares than a year ago. Each share owns a bit less of the company.
| Quarter to | Amount |
|---|---|
| July 2024 | $3m |
| October 2024 | $2m |
| March 2025 | $2m |
| June 2025 | $3m |
| September 2025 | $10m |
| December 2025 | $26m |
| March 2026 | $15m |
| June 2026 | $20m |
| Quarter to | Amount |
|---|---|
| July 2024 | -$12m |
| October 2024 | -$13m |
| March 2025 | -$23m |
| June 2025 | -$13m |
| September 2025 | -$16m |
| December 2025 | -$20m |
| March 2026 | -$27m |
| June 2026 | -$35m |
From the company's quarterly reports to the SEC.
Dates
- Next results (estimated)
- n/a
- Last annual report (10-K)
- 19 March 2026
- Next quarterly (estimated, 10-Q)
- 5 November 2026
Who owns it
None of the long-term investors we follow own it. 282 funds in all.
Largest holders overall
- State Street$129mAdded
- BlackRock$120mCut
- Hood River Capital Management$113mAdded
- Vanguard Capital Management$62mAdded
- Citadel Advisors$37mAdded
- Geode Capital Management$33mAdded
- VAN ECK Associates$27mNew
- Morgan Stanley$25mAdded
- Mirae Asset Global Etfs Holdings$17mAdded
- UBS Group AG$16mCut
From 13F filings for the quarter ended 30 June 2026.
Big holders and activists
4 investors own more than 5%.
- STATE STREET CORPORATIONPassive investorat least 8.2%+2.7 pts(filed with 1 related holder)Since 30 June 2026
- BlackRock, Inc.Passive investor7.3%+2.2 ptsSince 31 December 2025
- Hood River Capital Management LLCPassive investor7.2%Since 30 June 2026
- G1 Execution Services, LLCPassive investorat least 2.7%−2.6 pts(filed with 1 related holder)Since 31 March 2025
- The Vanguard GroupPassive investorSold down below 5%Since 13 March 2026
| Holder | Stake | Since | |
|---|---|---|---|
STATE STREET CORPORATION Passive investor | at least 8.2%+2.7 pts (filed with 1 related holder) | 30 June 2026 | |
BlackRock, Inc. Passive investor | 7.3%+2.2 pts | 31 December 2025 | |
Hood River Capital Management LLC Passive investor | 7.2% | 30 June 2026 | |
G1 Execution Services, LLC Passive investor | at least 2.7%−2.6 pts (filed with 1 related holder) | 31 March 2025 | |
The Vanguard Group Passive investor | Sold down below 5% | 13 March 2026 |
From Schedule 13D and 13G filings: anyone owning more than 5% must file one.
What insiders did
No insider bought shares on the open market in the last 12 months. 4 sold $7m, $4m of it under preset trading plans.
- Thompson Jeffrey MChairman of the Board, CEO, DirectorSoldunder a preset trading plan
- Date
- 15 September 2026
- Shares
- 150,000
- Price
- $7.74
- Value
- $1m
- Liuzza Nicholas Reyland JRDirectorSold
- Date
- 28 August 2026
- Shares
- 65,000
- Price
- $8.50
- Value
- $552,500
- Thompson Jeffrey MChairman of the Board, CEO, DirectorSoldunder a preset trading plan
- Date
- 17 August 2026
- Shares
- 150,000
- Price
- $10.45
- Value
- $2m
- Moe Christopher R.DirectorSold
- Date
- 11 August 2026
- Shares
- 20,000
- Price
- $10.51
- Value
- $210,200
- Liuzza Nicholas Reyland JRDirectorSold
- Date
- 11 August 2026
- Shares
- 55,000
- Price
- $10.63
- Value
- $584,650
- Thompson Jeffrey MChairman of the Board, CEO, DirectorSoldunder a preset trading plan
- Date
- 15 July 2026
- Shares
- 150,000
- Price
- $8.51
- Value
- $1m
- Funk Paul IIDirectorSold
- Date
- 11 June 2026
- Shares
- 165,028
- Price
- $11.50
- Value
- $2m
| Date | Who | Did | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2026 | Thompson Jeffrey M Chairman of the Board, CEO, Director | Sold under a preset trading plan | 150,000 | $7.74 | $1m |
| 28 August 2026 | Liuzza Nicholas Reyland JR Director | Sold | 65,000 | $8.50 | $552,500 |
| 17 August 2026 | Thompson Jeffrey M Chairman of the Board, CEO, Director | Sold under a preset trading plan | 150,000 | $10.45 | $2m |
| 11 August 2026 | Moe Christopher R. Director | Sold | 20,000 | $10.51 | $210,200 |
| 11 August 2026 | Liuzza Nicholas Reyland JR Director | Sold | 55,000 | $10.63 | $584,650 |
| 15 July 2026 | Thompson Jeffrey M Chairman of the Board, CEO, Director | Sold under a preset trading plan | 150,000 | $8.51 | $1m |
| 11 June 2026 | Funk Paul II Director | Sold | 165,028 | $11.50 | $2m |
From Form 4 filings: insiders must report trades in their own company's shares within two days.
Warning signs in its filings
Problems the company itself reported to the SEC, in its own words.
1 serious warning sign in Red Cat Holdings’ filings.
We look for five warning signs: doubt it can keep going, weak checks on its own accounts, a notice that its past accounts can't be relied on, a change of auditor, and one customer bringing in a big share of sales. We don't check lawsuits, investigations or debt yet.
We checked the auditor's report, internal controls, restatement notices, auditor changes and big customers in the 10-K filed 19 Mar 2026, plus the 10-Q filed 6 Aug 2026 and 10 later 8-Ks.
Weak checks on its own accounts
SeriousThe company said its checks on its own accounts did not work at the end of its latest quarter. Mistakes could slip into the numbers.
“Based on that evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and the Company’s Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as a result of the material weakness discussed below, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective.”
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The Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as of June 30, 2026. Based on that evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and the Company’s Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as a result of the material weakness discussed below, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective.
From the 10-Q filed 6 August 2026, Part I, Item 4. Controls and Procedures. Read it in the filing
Changed auditor
Worth knowingThe company changed its auditor (the firm that checks its books) in the last two years.
“On August 28, 2025, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Red Cat Holdings, Inc. approved the decision to change its independent registered public accounting firm and dismissed dbbmckennon LLC (“dbbmckennon”) as its independent registered public accounting firm, to be effective immediately.”
From an 8-K filed 4 September 2025: Change of auditor. Read it in the filing
One big customer
Worth knowingOne customer brings in a big share of sales: 73% last year. Losing that customer would hurt.
“For the year ended December 31, 2025, one customer accounted for equal to or greater than 10% of total revenue, totaling 73 %.”
From the 10-K filed 19 March 2026, Item 8. Financial Statements and Notes. Read it in the filing
A 10-K is the yearly report every US company files with the SEC. An 8-K is a short notice of a big event.
What could go wrong
Cheap for a reason is the question the numbers cannot answer.
Whether the price already reflects the risks is what the deep dive is for.
The deep dive
Everything above is arithmetic on public filings. The deep dive reads the last ten years of annual reports, the proxy statements, and the earnings calls, then argues the case the way Buffett, Klarman, and Hohn would, and checks every claim against the source.
- What the business is worth, as a range, and the margin of safety at today’s price
- Prices to start buying, buy, and buy hard
- The three things that would make this a mistake
- Every number footnoted to the filing it came from
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Not advice. Numbers on this page come from SEC filings and are updated each night; prices are updated again after the US market closes. The five-year figures are rounded.