On June 11, Firefly Aerospace rose 5.3% overnight, trading at $35.19/share, with trading volume of $221,800.
On the news front, the stock continues to recover from a steep sell-off driven by dilution pressure from its 12-million-share public offering priced at $48 per share and broader aerospace sector weakness following the Blue Origin New Glenn rocket explosion. The company's subsidiary SciTec recently secured a $5.5 million contract option from the U.S. Air Force to provide operational data fusion services for its cloud-based command and control system, an extension of a prior $24 million advanced battlefield management system contract, which has bolstered market confidence.
Within the Aerospace and Defense sector, Rocket Lab USA rose 2.67%, Boeing rose 0.12%, GE Aerospace rose 0.12%, RTX Corp rose 0.28%, and Howmet Aerospace fell 0.18%. The stock's recovery aligns with a broader pattern of technical rebounds seen across the aerospace sector in recent sessions following the sharp post-offering decline that took shares more than 17% below the IPO price.
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