DroneShield has delivered what, on the surface, looks like a blockbuster result. Revenue at the defence technology company nearly quadrupled last year, jumping from $57.5 million to $216.5 million. In a market hungry for exposure to defence, AI and geopolitics, those numbers are hard to ignore.
But the market’s reaction tells a more complicated story.
Shares in DroneShield fell more than 6 per cent after the company released partial, unaudited results, as investors zeroed in on two uncomfortable details: a shrinking sales pipeline and rising fixed costs.
Revenue Is Booming, But Visibility. . .
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