SIDUS SPACE REPORTS FULL-YEAR 2025 FINANCIAL RESULTS AND PROVIDES BUSINESS UPDATES
Rhea-AI Summary
Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU) reported full-year 2025 results and business updates on April 1, 2026. Total revenue was approximately $3.4M, down ~28% year-over-year, while cost of revenue rose to $9.1M, driven by higher depreciation from LizzieSat fleet expansion. Net loss widened to $29.5M and cash increased to $43.2M following equity raises. Operationally, Sidus launched LizzieSat-3, demonstrated on-orbit AI processing, expanded contracts including a Lonestar manufacturing agreement now valued at $120M, and secured a ten-year MDA SHIELD IDIQ with a $151B ceiling.
Positive
- Secured ten-year MDA SHIELD IDIQ with $151B potential ceiling
- Lonestar manufacturing agreement increased to $120M total value
- Cash balance strengthened to $43.2M as of December 31, 2025
- Launched and commissioned LizzieSat-3, expanding on-orbit fleet
- Demonstrated on-orbit AI processing via Orlaith ecosystem
Negative
- Total revenue declined 28% to $3.4M for full-year 2025
- Cost of revenue increased 48% to $9.1M for full-year 2025
- Gross margin was negative 168% for full-year 2025
- Net loss widened to $29.5M for full-year 2025
- SG&A included $4.5M non-cash impairment related to LizzieSat-1
News Market Reaction – SIDU
On the day this news was published, SIDU declined 9.48%, reflecting a notable negative market reaction. Argus tracked a trough of -16.9% from its starting point during tracking. Our momentum scanner triggered 18 alerts that day, indicating notable trading interest and price volatility. This price movement removed approximately $16M from the company's valuation, bringing the market cap to $154.33M at that time.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus on the day of publication.
Key Figures
Market Reality Check
Peers on Argus
SIDU gained 7.91% while peers showed mixed moves: PRZO and XTIA were up modestly (3–4%), but CVU declined about 3%. With peers not moving uniformly and scanner data flagging only some names, SIDU’s reaction appears more company-specific than a broad Aerospace & Defense move.
Previous Earnings Reports
| Date | Event | Sentiment | Move | Catalyst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14 | Q3 2025 earnings | Negative | -17.1% | Reported Q3 2025 results with revenue decline and larger losses. |
| Aug 14 | Q2 2025 earnings | Negative | -3.5% | Q2 2025 results showed revenue growth but a wider net loss. |
| May 15 | Q1 2025 earnings | Negative | -10.5% | Q1 2025 update with sharply lower revenue and higher net loss. |
| Mar 31 | FY 2024 results | Negative | -4.0% | Full-year 2024 results with revenue decline and increased net loss. |
| Nov 14 | Q3 2024 earnings | Positive | -6.3% | Q3 2024 showed strong revenue growth and improved EBITDA loss. |
Earnings-related releases have historically led to negative moves, with an average 1-day reaction of about -8.28%. The current positive reaction contrasts with that pattern.
Over the past year, Sidus has repeatedly reported earnings that pair revenue pressure and widening losses with operational milestones across its LizzieSat platform and AI offerings. Events on Mar 31, 2025 and throughout 2025 highlighted declining revenues, larger net losses, but improving cash via equity raises and new contracts. Prior earnings pieces on Q1–Q3 2025 mostly saw negative price reactions. Today’s full-year 2025 update fits the narrative of heavy investment and balance sheet strengthening, but the positive price move diverges from past earnings reactions.
Historical Comparison
Past earnings releases saw an average move of -8.28%. Today’s +7.91% reaction to full-year 2025 results runs counter to that typical post-earnings pattern.
Earnings releases from Q1–Q3 2025 and full-year 2024 show a consistent shift toward LizzieSat satellites and AI platforms, with revenues pressured and losses widening while cash increased. Today’s full-year 2025 update extends this progression, emphasizing expanded on-orbit assets and data capabilities alongside higher costs.
Regulatory & Risk Context
An effective Form S-3 shelf filed on Jan 20, 2026 allows Sidus to offer up to $500,000,000 in various securities, with proceeds earmarked for sales and marketing, operations, product development, manufacturing expansion, working capital, and potentially debt repayment or acquisitions. A 424B5 ATM prospectus on Feb 26, 2026 shows the shelf already being utilized.
Market Pulse Summary
The stock moved -9.5% in the session following this news. A negative reaction despite operational progress would have fit prior earnings patterns, where similar updates averaged about -8.28% 1-day moves. Full-year 2025 results showed revenue of $3.4 million, a gross loss of $5.7 million, and a widened net loss of $29.5 million, alongside a $4.5 million impairment. Even with cash of $43.2 million and an effective $500,000,000 shelf, persistent losses and higher costs could have weighed on sentiment.
Key Terms
Automatic Identification System (AIS) technical
Adjusted EBITDA financial
non-GAAP financial
impairment charge financial
Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) regulatory
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) regulatory
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"2025 was a pivotal year for Sidus as we continued executing our long‑term strategy to build vertically integrated space and defense technology platforms," said Carol Craig, Founder and CEO of Sidus Space. "We expanded our on‑orbit capabilities with the successful launch and commissioning of LizzieSat‑3, advanced our AI‑enabled computing ecosystem, and strengthened our balance sheet through strategic capital raises that provide the resources needed to support future growth. While near‑term financial results reflect continued investment in satellite operations, infrastructure, and organizational capabilities, we believe these investments support the scaling of satellite platforms, technology offerings, and AI‑enabled data solutions, advancing revenue opportunities in the periods ahead."
Operational Highlights for Fiscal Year 2025:
- Successfully launched LizzieSat‑3 in March 2025, expanding Sidus' on‑orbit satellite fleet and achieving successful bus level commissioning
- Demonstrated on‑orbit AI processing through the Sidus Orlaith AI ecosystem, enabling near real‑time data analytics directly from space
- Achieved operational milestones for hosted payloads, including maritime Automatic Identification System (AIS) sensing and successful sub-5-meter resolution on‑orbit imagery validation with HEO
USA's NEI imager
- Advanced designs for multiple next‑generation satellite platforms supporting GEO, cislunar, and lunar missions, including LunarLizzie, an 800+kg platform
- Amended and extended the Lonestar Data Holdings lunar satellite manufacturing agreement, increasing total contract value to
, and integrating a payload on LS-5 upcoming mission$120 million
- Executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Saturn Satellite Networks to support development of a next‑generation GEO satellite platform.
- Executed an MOU with Reflex Aerospace to explore joint satellite fleet services and expand global mission offerings.
- Expanded partnership with Little Place Labs, enabling near real‑time maritime intelligence through LizzieSat‑powered vessel detection capabilities.
- Partnered with VORAGO Technologies to advance radiation-hardened compute for scalable space and defense infrastructure.
- Awarded a five‑year IDIQ contract with Tobyhanna Army Depot (TYAD) to provide fabrication and on‑call support for electrical harnesses and cable assemblies, mechanical components and assemblies and welding services
- Secured a subcontractor role with MobLobSpace under NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Radar Initiative, with LizzieSat selected as the hosting platform.
- Awarded a ten-year IDIQ contract under the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), a scalable homeland defense program with a total potential ceiling of
.$151 billion
- Completed delivery of final hardware enclosures for NASA's Mobile Launcher 2, supporting Artemis-related infrastructure.
- Expanded dual‑use hardware production to meet growing demand for SOSA‑aligned compute modules and subsystem architectures.
- Delivered a custom FeatherEdge Data Processing Unit (DPU) for Xiomas Technologies under a NASA Phase II Sequential Award, alongside advanced software and a completed final technical report supporting thermal imaging missions
- Expanded Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio to 15 issued patents, through continued filings supporting modular satellite manufacturing, ruggedized multi-domain compute architectures, and AI-enabled mission payloads.
- Continued growth of Sidus' mission operations capabilities, supporting 24/7 spacecraft monitoring and tasking
- Strengthened leadership and governance with appointments to executive management and the Board of Directors to include:
- Hired Mr. Adarsh Parekh as Chief Financial Officer, bringing additional experience in capital strategy and financial leadership.
- Appointed Ms. Tiffany Norwood, a globally recognized technology entrepreneur and business leader, to the Board of Directors.
- Appointed Ms. Kelle Wendling, a seasoned senior aerospace and defense executive with more than three decades of executive leadership and government contracting experience, to the Board of Directors.
- Hired Mr. Adarsh Parekh as Chief Financial Officer, bringing additional experience in capital strategy and financial leadership.
Subsequent Operational Highlights:
- Announced the achievement of an integration milestone with Maris‑Tech Ltd. (NASDAQ: MTEK, MTEKW), with Maris‑Tech's advanced video and AI‑based edge computing payload scheduled to fly aboard Sidus' (LS‑4) mission, expected to launch in Q4 2026.
- Signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Simera Sense, a provider of optical payloads and Earth observation analytics, outlining a strategic collaboration focused on developing next‑generation hyperspectral imaging solutions with onboard data processing for government and commercial missions.
- Announced the successful receipt of a series of on‑orbit images from HEO
USA's non‑Earth imaging (NEI) camera aboard (LS‑3), representing a payload performance milestone distinct from spacecraft commissioning activities.
Financial Highlights for the Full Year Ending December 31, 2025:
Total revenue for the twelve months ending December 31, 2025, was approximately
Cost of revenue increased
Gross loss for the twelve months ended December 31, 2025, was approximately
Selling, general, and administrative expenses for the twelve months ended December 31, 2025, totaled approximately
Adjusted EBITDA loss, a non-GAAP measure, for the twelve months ended December 31, 2025, totaled
Total non-GAAP adjustments for interest expense, depreciation and amortization, severance costs, capital markets and advisory fees, equity-based compensation and impairment loss are provided in the reconciliation table below.
Net loss for the twelve months ended December 31, 2025, was
Balance Sheet:
As of December 31, 2025, the Company had
Current assets increased by approximately
Current liabilities increased by approximately
Conference Call and Webcast
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About Sidus Space
Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU) is an innovative space and defense technology company offering flexible, cost-effective solutions, including satellite manufacturing and technology integration, AI-driven space-based data solutions, mission planning and management operations, AI/ML products and services, and space and defense hardware manufacturing. With its mission of Space Access Reimagined®, Sidus Space is committed to rapid innovation, adaptable and cost-effective solutions, and the optimization of space system and data collection performance. With demonstrated space heritage, including manufacturing and operating its own satellite and sensor system, LizzieSat®, Sidus Space serves government, defense, intelligence, and commercial companies around the globe. Strategically headquartered on
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this press release about future expectations, plans and prospects, as well as any other statements regarding matters that are not historical facts, may constitute 'forward-looking statements' within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to the expected trading commencement and closing dates. The words 'anticipate,' 'believe,' 'continue,' 'could,' 'estimate,' 'expect,' 'intend,' 'may,' 'plan,' 'potential,' 'predict,' 'project,' 'should,' 'target,' 'will,' 'would' and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including: the uncertainties related to market conditions and other factors described more fully in the section entitled 'Risk Factors' in Sidus Space's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, and other periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date hereof, and Sidus Space, Inc. specifically disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
NON-GAAP MEASURES
To provide investors with additional information in connection with our results as determined in accordance with GAAP, we use non-GAAP measures of adjusted EBITDA. We use adjusted EBITDA in order to evaluate our operating performance and make strategic decisions regarding future direction of the company since it provides a meaningful comparison to our peers using similar measures. We define adjusted EBITDA as net income (as determined by
SUMMARY FINANCIAL RESULTS
The following table provides certain selected financial information for the full year ended December 31, 2025 and 2024:
Years Ended | ||||||||||||||||
December 31, | ||||||||||||||||
2025 | 2024 | Change | % | |||||||||||||
Revenue | $ | 3,383,878 | $ | 4,672,646 | $ | (1,288,768) | (28) | % | ||||||||
Cost of revenue | 9,076,445 | 6,141,657 | 2,934,788 | 48 | % | |||||||||||
Gross Profit (Loss) | (5,692,567) | (1,469,011) | (4,223,556) | 288 | % | |||||||||||
Gross Profit Percentage | (168) | % | (31) | % | (137) | % | 435 | % | ||||||||
Operating expense | 22,315,569 | 14,249,870 | 8,065,699 | 57 | % | |||||||||||
Other expense | (1,466,168) | (1,805,175) | 339,007 | (19) | % | |||||||||||
Net loss | $ | (29,474,304) | $ | (17,524,056) | $ | (11,950,248) | 68 | % | ||||||||
The following table reconciles adjusted EBITDA to net loss (the most comparable GAAP measure) for the full year ended December 31, 2025 and 2024:
Years Ended December 31, | |||||||||||||
2025 | 2024 | Change | % | ||||||||||
Net Income / (Loss) | $ | (29,474,304) | $ | (17,524,056) | $ | (11,950,248) | 68 | % | |||||
Interest Expense (i) | 1,737,489 | 1,306,252 | 431,237 | 33 | % | ||||||||
Depreciation and Amortization (ii) | 4,371,263 | 2,171,873 | 2,199,390 | 101 | % | ||||||||
Capital raise expense (iii) | 642,680 | 805,322 | (162,642) | -20 | % | ||||||||
Severance Costs | 302,852 | 22,201 | 280,651 | 1264 | % | ||||||||
Equity based compensation (iv) | 619,273 | 309,736 | 309,537 | 100 | % | ||||||||
Impairment loss (v) | 4,510,680 | - | 4,510,680 | 0 | % | ||||||||
Total Non-GAAP Adjustments | 12,184,237 | 4,615,384 | 7,568,853 | 164 | % | ||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | (17,290,067) | (12,908,672) | (4,381,395) | 34 | % | ||||||||
The following table provides selected financial data about Sidus' Liquidity and Capital Resources as of December 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024:
December 31, | December | |||||||||||||||
2025 | 2024 | Change | % | |||||||||||||
Current assets | $ | 50,688,590 | $ | 22,252,552 | $ | 28,436,038 | 128 | % | ||||||||
Current liabilities | $ | 15,020,739 | $ | 14,209,502 | $ | 811,237 | 6 | % | ||||||||
Working capital | $ | 35,667,851 | $ | 8,043,050 | $ | 27,624,801 | 343 | % | ||||||||
SIDUS SPACE, INC. | ||||||
December 31, | December 31, | |||||
2025 | 2024 | |||||
Assets | ||||||
Current assets | ||||||
Cash | $ | 43,175,996 | $ | 15,703,579 | ||
Accounts receivable | 272,831 | 827,886 | ||||
Accounts receivable - related parties | 1,727,939 | 641,376 | ||||
Accounts receivable | 1,727,939 | 641,376 | ||||
Contract asset | 322,773 | 1,603,102 | ||||
Contract asset - related party | 209,673 | 46,953 | ||||
Contract asset | 209,673 | 46,953 | ||||
Prepaid and other current assets | 4,979,378 | 3,429,656 | ||||
Total current assets | 50,688,590 | 22,252,552 | ||||
Property and equipment, net | 14,184,379 | 14,891,976 | ||||
Operating lease right-of-use assets | 702,856 | 121,545 | ||||
Intangible asset | 398,135 | 398,135 | ||||
Other assets | 116,751 | 81,359 | ||||
Total Assets | $ | 66,090,711 | $ | 37,745,567 | ||
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity | ||||||
Current liabilities | ||||||
Accounts payable and other current liabilities | $ | 5,472,464 | $ | 3,481,167 | ||
Accounts payable and accrued interest - related party | 876,007 | 581,243 | ||||
Contract liability | 186,537 | 16,192 | ||||
Contract liability - related party | - | 46,953 | ||||
Contract liability | - | 46,953 | ||||
Asset-based loan liability | 8,212,186 | 6,902,636 | ||||
Notes payable | - | 3,059,767 | ||||
Operating lease liability | 273,545 | 121,544 | ||||
Total current liabilities | 15,020,739 | 14,209,502 | ||||
Operating lease liability - non-current | 434,695 | - | ||||
Total Liabilities | 15,455,434 | 14,209,502 | ||||
Commitments and contingencies | - | - | ||||
Stockholders' Equity | ||||||
Preferred Stock: 5,000,000 shares authorized; | ||||||
Series A convertible preferred stock: 2,000 shares authorized; 0 | - | - | ||||
Preferred stock, value | - | - | ||||
Common stock: 210,000,000 authorized; | ||||||
Class A common stock: 200,000,000 shares authorized; 65,324,055 | 6,532 | 1,597 | ||||
Class B common stock: 10,000,000 shares authorized; 100,000 shares | 10 | 10 | ||||
Additional paid-in capital | 140,456,263 | 83,887,682 | ||||
Accumulated deficit | (89,827,528) | (60,353,224 | ||||
Total Stockholders' Equity | 50,635,277 | 23,536,065 | ||||
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity | $ | 66,090,711 | $ | 37,745,567 | ||
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