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Red Cat Holdings CEO Jeffrey Thompson sold about 150,000 shares for $1.6 million on Aug. 17, trimming his direct stake by 1 percent.
The sale, disclosed in an SEC Form 4 filing, was executed under a pre-established Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, which allows insiders to sell on a fixed schedule without trading on material non-public information, the filing shows.
Thompson disposed of the shares at a weighted average price of $10.45, leaving him with 12,612,202 directly held shares valued at $131.67 million based on the Aug. 17 close. The transaction reduced his direct holdings by 1 percent and leaves insider ownership at about 8 percent of the company.
The sale came as Red Cat shares delivered a 24 percent return over the 12 months through Aug. 17, with the stock closing at $10.20 on Aug. 18 for a market capitalization of $1.6 billion. The drone maker reported a trailing-twelve-month net loss of $85.3 million on revenue of $53 million.
The disposition is the latest in a series of insider sales at Red Cat. Independent director Nicholas Liuzza sold about 55,000 shares for roughly $585,000 on Aug. 11, and director Paul Funk sold about 165,000 shares for $1.9 million in June. Insiders have been net sellers, disposing of $3.7 million more than they bought over the past 12 months, according to Simply Wall St data.
Red Cat, which develops unmanned aerial systems for defense and national security customers, reported second-quarter revenue of $20.2 million, up 527 percent from a year earlier, and forecast full-year 2026 revenue of $150 million to $180 million, up from $40.7 million in 2025. The company posted a Q2 net loss of $35.3 million, widening from $13.3 million a year earlier.
The stock trades at a beta of 1.4, making it more volatile than the broader market, and has swung between a 52-week low of $5.77 and a high of $18.78. Analysts covering Red Cat have a consensus price target of $18.33, down from $22, according to Simply Wall St.
Thompson's sale, executed under a 10b5-1 plan and representing a modest 1 percent reduction, does not signal a change in his long-term view; he retains a roughly 8 percent stake that keeps his interests aligned with shareholders. Investors will watch Red Cat's progress in the Pentagon's Drone Dominance program, where its Teal Drones unit advanced to Gauntlet II, as the next event to watch for the stock.
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