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Sidus Space, Inc.

$SIDU·$83M·Aerospace & Defense·Industrials
$2.17-1.8%YTD-39.1%1Y+79.3%
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SISIDU
$SIDUSidus Space, Inc.
$2.17-1.81%157 posts0%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $SIDU, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Too early to tellStalledAI verdict · as of 2026-08-30

The move has stalled — likely just drifts unless something new shows up.

Micro-cap space company with $360K of quarterly revenue and a Lonestar orbital-data-center contract — story stock in every sense.

Sidus Space is an $82M-market-cap space services company building small satellites and space-based data-center infrastructure — early-stage everything with a story anchored in the Lonestar Data Holdings deal. It's speculative to the core.

What you're looking at:

  • The Lonestar deal is why SIDU is on watchlists: Lonestar announced up to a $6M deal with Ares Shield to protect Sidus-built orbital data-center satellites (three initially) — a concrete contract, however small.
  • Revenue base is tiny: Q1 revenue $359K and Q4 $586K down 29% year-on-year — $82M market cap against sub-$1M revenue, so 44x sales prices the option, not the business.
  • Cash burn is severe: operating margin -1,522% last quarter, FCF yield -19%, new CFO (Alan Khalili) filed Form 3 — new-CFO plus severe burn is runway-management, not growth.
  • Position is stalled: 26th percentile of the 52-week range, 3.6% below the 50-day, 17% below the 200-day on 48% baseline volume — the space cohort punished sector-wide (RKLB -57%).
  • Q2 filing showed $166.5M cash — worth confirming on the actual 10-Q since dramatically larger than the market cap and would change the analysis if verified.

The November 13 print is what defines the next leg — actual revenue conversion on the Lonestar contract plus a named additional customer breaks the space-cohort selloff for SIDU; another sub-$1M revenue quarter with sector weakness continuing pushes shares to fresh lows near $1.50.

What to watch: November 13 earnings — actual revenue conversion on the Lonestar contract plus a named additional customer breaks the space-cohort selloff for SIDU; another sub-$1M revenue quarter with sector weakness pushes shares to fresh lows near $1.50.

On the calendar: 2026-11-13 — Q3 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment8 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-30

Chartists treat Sidus Space as a base-building setup, watching accumulation on the 0.382 fibonacci retracement, a close above the 21 EMA and a reclaim of the 50 and 200 EMAs as the next confirmation. Bulls anchor the fundamental case on a $166.5M cash position, the Lonestar-Ares Shield deal for orbital data-center satellites, and StarVault flying on LizzieSat-4 aboard Transporter-18 in late October, with a $53 price target repeatedly cited.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Designs, manufactures, and launches commercial microsatellites and sells space-based data analytics as a service.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Aerospace & Defense sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $SIDU.

Aerospace & Defense · Industrials

Defense budget tailwinds — NATO spending commitments and Pentagon procurement acceleration — support backlogs at prime contractors. Commercial space is a separate driver: launch cadence and satellite constellations are pulling RKLB and LUNR on their own momentum, independent of traditional defense spending.

What this means for $SIDU

Direct beneficiary — AI-native product or platform captures spend from the same capex cycle driving the industry; Designs, manufactures, and launches commercial microsatellites and sells space-based data analytics as a service.

Top industry ETF

$ITAiShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF
+16.3%YTD
+15.0%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
-9.9How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
-57.0%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
-7.8%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
-19.0%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
44.3Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
-83.0%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
-146%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.0Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 14, 2026$-0.06——
Q1 2026May 14, 2026$-0.08——
Q4 2025Mar 31, 2026$-0.31——
Q3 2025Nov 14, 2025$-0.24——
Next earningsFri, Nov 13

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$359K+50.7%-292%-1522%$-0.08$-9.3M
Q4 FY25$586K-29.0%-296%-1878%$-0.31$-6.5M
Q3 FY25$1.3M-30.5%-100%-434%$-0.24$-7.7M
Q2 FY25$1.3M+35.9%-81.5%-420%$-0.31$-6.0M

Forward consensus

1-year forecast · up to 1 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$9.0M$9.0M – $9.0M-$0.24-$0.24 – -$0.241

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.5×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.26%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-3.6%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-17.5%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 100.4M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today2.6% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β-0.855-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

No open-market buys or sells in the last 180 days.

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

3New insider — initial holdingsJul 283
AI summary

Khalili Alan filed a Form 3 (initial statement of beneficial ownership) for Sidus Space Inc. (SIDU). Filer's relationship to issuer: Chief Financial Officer, 10%+ Owner. Form 3 must be filed within 10 days of becoming a new 10%+ owner or executive/director. This is an administrative ownership disclosure — no open-market transaction has occurred.

8-KOfficer or director changeJul 248-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 8.01: Other event
AI summary

Sidus Space, Inc. (Delaware; Merritt Island, FL), a small satellite and space technology company, filed an 8-K on July 22, 2026 covering an officer or director change (Item 5.02) and another event (Item 8.01). The body excerpt contains only the standard cover page. The identities of departing or arriving executives and the nature of the other event are in the attached exhibits.

8-KPress release / Reg FDJul 218-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

Sidus Space, Inc. filed an 8-K under Reg FD on July 21, 2026, disclosing publication of a July 2026 Shareholder Letter on its investor relations website, accompanied by a press release; both are furnished as exhibits. The 8-K body contains no description of the letter's content. As a small satellite and space services company, Sidus's investor letters typically cover mission progress, contracts, and commercial pipeline; investors would need to review Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 or the company website for specifics.

3New insider — initial holdingsJul 103
AI summary

Sidus Space (SIDU) — Form 3 initial ownership for Tiffany Ann Norwood, appointed as a Director effective July 15, 2025. Norwood reports zero securities owned as of the filing date. Administrative — routine director initial-ownership disclosure; no shares or derivatives held.

8-KShareholder voteJun 228-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

Delaware 001-41154 46-0628183 disclosed voting results from its annual or special meeting. Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐ Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders On June 18, 2026, Sidus Space, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). A total of 37,952,735 shares of common stock, constituting a quorum, were represented in person or by valid proxies at the Annual Meeting. The final results for each of the matters subm...

424B5Prospectus supplement (offering)May 28424B5
AI summary

Sidus Space, Inc. offered 16,485,038 shares of Class A common stock at $5.08 per share plus pre-funded warrants to purchase 3,200,001 additional shares (at $0.001 exercise price) in a best-efforts placement, with ThinkEquity LLC as exclusive placement agent. Total potential gross proceeds, if all shares and warrants are sold, would be approximately $83.8 million plus warrant proceeds. The offering provides no minimum commitment and could close at a lower amount. For a small-cap space technology company, this is a meaningfully dilutive registered offering — approximately 19.7 million equivalent shares — that will pressure the stock if not met with strong demand.

8-KMaterial agreementMay 288-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 8.01: Other event
AI summary

Sidus Space, Inc. entered into a placement agency agreement with ThinkEquity LLC on May 27, 2026 to act as exclusive placement agent for its best-efforts offering of 16,485,038 Class A shares at $5.08 per share plus pre-funded warrants for 3,200,001 shares. The offering was conducted as a direct public offering to investors without a minimum offering condition. Proceeds are intended for general corporate purposes. This companion 8-K to the 424B5 confirms the agreements underpinning the offering and the unregistered equity securities being created under the placement agreement terms.

424B5Prospectus supplement (offering)Apr 20424B5
AI summary

SIDU filed a 424B5 prospectus supplement dated 2026-04-20, representing an active capital markets transaction. Priced at $5.35 per share. proceeds received by us, and investors in this offering will not receive a refund in the event that. This represents immediate dilution to existing shareholders.

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Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Sidus Space (NASDAQ:SIDU) vs. Rocket Lab (NASDAQ:RKLB) Head to Head Surveydefenseworld.net·16d agoSidus Space, Inc. (SIDU) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Prepared Remarks Transcriptseekingalpha.com·17d agoSidus Space Q2 Earnings Call Highlightsmarketbeat.com·17d agoSIDUS SPACE REPORTS SECOND QUARTER 2026 FINANCIAL RESULTSprnewswire.com·17d agoSidus Space to Host Second Quarter Financial Results Conference Call on August 14 at 5:00 p.m. ETprnewswire.com·25d ago

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