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[Trader Thor @Trader_Thor1]

A cash-rich defense drone play trading like the dots aren't connected yet ✍️🧨

$AIRO ~$315M mc aerospace/defense stock.
Drones, avionics, pilot training & eVTOL tech.
RECENT IPO, dipped from $39 highs but holding near $10 with strong cash & low debt.
Positioned for unmanned warfare boom (Ukraine/NATO demand).

TL;DR 👀
- Trades ~$10
- Cash ~$83M, debt ~$15M
- Tailwinds: defense drones/autonomy
- Recent wins: U.S. drone production, $4.5M CEW award, Nord-Drone JV
- Analysts avg PT $20
Bull case: 2026 backlog conversion → big rev growth in hot sector.

Products/Segments👇
• Drones: RQ-35 ISR (battle-tested, anti-jam), counter-EW & interceptors via JVs
• Avionics: For aircraft/drones/eVTOLs (mil + commercial)
• Training: Pilot/JTAC/CAS (e.g., $30M+ Navy contracts)
• eVTOL: Electric rotorcraft for cargo/passengers

ASPEN AVIONICS: ✈️
Aspen Avionics, ( $AIRO subsidiary) supplies FAA-certified cockpit displays, GPS receivers (like NexNav Mini for $JOBY eVTOL), and connected panels with thousands of systems installed worldwide. It adds low but steady revenue, recurring upgrades, and vertical integration support for $AIRO's drone and eVTOL growth.

Catalyst Stack 🚀
• Dec '25: First U.S.-made RQ-35s completed at Phoenix plant
• Nov '25: $4.5M counter-EW drone award (dev starts Q1 '26)
• Nov '25: Nord-Drone JV signed – scales UAS to 25k drones/month (from 4k) for U.S./NATO/Ukraine
• Oct '25: Bullet interceptor JV/LOI (high-speed defense)
• Ongoing: Naval IDIQs ($5.7B potential),
OVER $190M booking pipeline 👀

Key Strengths 🔑
Cash-loaded ✔️
Low debt ✔️
Geopolitical drone surge ✔️
Strong Q4 '25 rebound: ~$24.5M revenue already booked early in the quarter✔️

Numbers:🤓📖
Q3 '25 rev: $6.3M (YTD ~$43M; ~$20M drone shipments delayed to Q4)
2025 outlook: Rev > '24's $87M (strong back-half ramp)
Gross margins ~58% YTD
Cash ~$83M | Debt ~$15M | Net cash ~$68M

Market Edge🤔
Dominates ISR drones/training niches amid U.S. "Buy American" push & rising budgets.
Integrated drone + training + eVTOL = multi-vector growth vs bigger competitors.

What to Watch in '26 📈
• Revenue surge from delayed shipments + JV ramps
• CEW drone demos mid-'26
• Expanded U.S. production → more contracts
• Potential NATO/Ukraine deals
• Losses narrowing → earnings leverage

Risks⚠️
Supply chain delays, still no profits, small-cap volatility, geopolitical shifts - you know the drill.

This is a long term play for me-
Cash runway, avg PT of $20, increased military budget, and delayed order revenue shifting into Q4 25'.

Thoughts? 🚀

#defence #StocksToWatch #AIRO #DD #Stocks

[Trader Thor @Trader_Thor1]

Big thanks to @elonmusk for allowing us to pre order SpaceX stock $SPCE 🙏

Guess it has to 2000x to match its expected IPO mc... 😂🤔

[Trader Thor @Trader_Thor1]

I'm looking for some long term small-ish cap stocks to pick up.

Anyone looking in to any interesting ones at the moment? 🤔

[Hunter Allen @HunterAllen4]

$PLTR + $RDDT might be two of the cleanest “AI infrastructure + AI data” compounders in the market right now.

One powers governments + enterprises with operational AI.
The other owns one of the largest real-time human conversation datasets on earth.

Both got hit on pullbacks while fundamentals are still exploding. 👀

-20% drawdowns on companies still putting up hypergrowth is exactly the type of setup long-term investors hunt for.

REPOST. BOOKMARK. Subscribe 1$ for more ideas.

$PLTR
$RDDT

• Revenue growth Q: 50%+
• EPS growth Q: 200%+
• Operating income growth: 200%+
• FCF growth: 100%+
• OCF growth: 100%+
• Net income growth: 200%+
• Gross profit growth: 50%+
• Revenue already over 1B
• Gross profit already over 1B
• Multi-billion dollar cash piles
• Net cash balance sheets

These aren’t speculative pre-revenue stories anymore.
These are scaling cash flow machines.

$PLTR — THE AI OPERATING SYSTEM PLAY

Palantir Technologies is becoming deeply embedded across BOTH government and enterprise AI infrastructure.

Q1 2026 numbers were absurd:

• Revenue: $1.63B (+85% YoY)
• US revenue: +104% YoY
• US commercial revenue: +133% YoY
• GAAP net income: $871M
• FCF: $925M
• 53% GAAP net margin
• 57% FCF margin
• Rule of 40 score: 145%

That is elite software economics.

And this is what matters most: growth ACCELERATED at scale.

Most companies slow down after crossing billion-dollar revenue quarters.
Palantir sped up.

The AI Platform (AIP) is driving massive adoption as enterprises rush to operationalize AI instead of just experimenting with chatbots.

Huge momentum areas:
• Defense AI
• Government modernization
• Manufacturing AI
• Supply chain optimization
• Healthcare systems
• Autonomous systems
• Industrial AI agents

Recent catalysts:
• DHS agreements up to $1B
• Navy AI submarine maintenance contract
• USDA modernization deal
• SAP partnership expansion
• Accenture partnership scaling
• Stellantis expansion
• Continued Army Maven/TITAN momentum

And the balance sheet is ridiculous:
~$8B cash + Treasuries with massive profitability.

If AI becomes core infrastructure for governments + Fortune 500 operations, $PLTR could still be very early despite the market cap.

$RDDT — THE HUMAN DATA MOAT

Reddit may quietly own one of the most valuable AI-era datasets on the internet.

Why?

Authentic human conversation.

AI models increasingly need:
• Real discussions
• Product opinions
• Technical troubleshooting
• Niche expertise
• Community sentiment
• Long-form human interaction

That’s literally Reddit’s entire platform.

Q1 2026:
• Revenue: $663M (+69% YoY)
• Ad revenue: +74% YoY
• Net income: $204M
• EBITDA margin: 40%
• Gross margin: 91.5%
• Free cash flow: $311M
• DAUq: 126.8M (+17%)
• WAUq: ~493M (+23%)

The important thing:
Reddit is now proving it can monetize WITHOUT killing engagement.

That was always the bear case.

Now you have:
• AI licensing revenue
• Exploding ad growth
• Search improvements
• International expansion
• Shopify integration
• AI ad optimization
• Huge operating leverage
• $1B buyback authorization

And the OpenAI + Google licensing relationships validate the idea that Reddit’s data has strategic value in the AI race.

The market may still be underestimating how valuable proprietary human data becomes as synthetic AI content floods the internet.

WHY THESE SETUPS MATTER

The market spent years rewarding “AI hype.”
Now the leaders are separating themselves through REAL profitability and REAL cash generation.

$PLTR = AI deployment + enterprise/government operating systems.
$RDDT = AI-era human data + advertising scale.

Both are:
• Scaling rapidly
• Profitable
• Cash rich
• AI leveraged
• Platform businesses
• Network-effect driven

And both already survived the hardest part:
proving the business model works at scale.

Honorable mention $CELH

That’s why these deep pullbacks on high-growth AI leaders get attention.

[Trader Thor @Trader_Thor1]

And yes im still alive 🤣

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@HunterAllen4 @PhilMickelson Hes gotta follow now

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@HunterAllen4 @PhilMickelson Huge!

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@HunterAllen4 Lets gooo!

[Trader Thor @Trader_Thor1]

Red days are lowkey my guilty pleasure

[Trader Thor @Trader_Thor1]

I need to make better use of my Claude subscription,

What are you guys using it for?
Gimme some inspiration 🙏

[Trader Thor @Trader_Thor1]

I don't get why people hate on ETF's

A mix of both is perfect
Risk management is key here
Invest and forget alongside stock picking

[Trader Thor @Trader_Thor1]

@HunterAllen4 Hell yeah

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@Polymarket Stand up guy

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@unusual_whales Claude will still win

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@GrindeOptions Yes for sure

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@BRICSinfo @QuasarMarkets Until the day after that is

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@TrendSpider Matter of time

[Trader Thor @Trader_Thor1]

Early watchlist ideas for tomorrow:

1. $POLA (like this one alot)
2. $ATPC (@TT_stocks_ oil play 👀)
3. $AEHL
4. Oil
5. $JFBR
6. $WAVE $OPTT etc

What are you watching?
PM list coming tomorrow 🙏

[Trader Thor @Trader_Thor1]

@HunterAllen4

[Trader Thor @Trader_Thor1]

An old friend of mine and @HunterAllen4's $OPTT seeing some action today 📈

Very relevant with recent developments... 🎯 Keep an eye on this one guys!