OHB’s €240 Floor Faces Its First Real Test as Stabilisation Ends
Published on 07/26/2026 at 14:32 | Redaktion boerse-global.de
The safety net has been pulled away from OHB SE just as the German space and defence group enters one of its most consequential stretches of the year. J.P. Morgan SE concluded its price-stabilisation mandate on Friday, leaving the stock to trade without artificial support for the first time since the company raised nearly half a billion euros in fresh equity. The shares closed at €240.00, a decline of 0.41% on the day and roughly 20% below the €300.00 subscription price at which roughly 1.7 million new shares were placed in July.
The end of the stabilisation period marks a psychological threshold for a stock that has lost 34.6% over the past 30 days. Yet the picture is more nuanced than the headline decline suggests. The €240 close lands almost exactly on the 200-day moving average of €240.76, a technical level that often acts as a long-term trendline. The relative strength index has fallen to 33.4, a reading that automated market models typically flag as oversold — a potential signal that selling pressure may be exhausting itself.
A €484 Million War Chest With Strings Attached
OHB completed its capital increase against cash contributions on 9 July, issuing 1,702,480 new shares at a fixed price of €300.00 apiece. The transaction raised gross proceeds of roughly €484 million, earmarked for expansion in defence and space activities. Institutional investors absorbed 94.3% of the new paper, while existing shareholder Orchid Lux HoldCo S.à r.l., a KKR vehicle, simultaneously placed 1,394,612 existing shares from its own holdings at the same price.
The dual placement has reshaped the shareholder register. KKR reduced its stake as planned, while the free float rose above 20%. The Fuchs family, however, remains firmly in control with more than 60% of the shares. At the annual general meeting on 8 June, shareholders approved a dividend of €0.60 per share for the 2025 financial year and authorised a new financing framework for convertible and warrant bonds of up to €1.2 billion — giving management additional financial flexibility even as the capital increase dilutes existing holders.
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Political Backing and a Rocket Launch on the Horizon
While the financing side has weighed on sentiment, the operational picture offers a counterbalance. German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius visited OHB’s Bremen site on 14 July, discussing strategic sovereignty in space and investments in satellite reconnaissance. Days later, he floated plans for a national launch site for carrier rockets, a proposal OHB welcomed as an extension of the offshore spaceport concept.
The company’s connection to Rocket Factory Augsburg adds a near-term catalyst. The RFA ONE rocket is scheduled for its maiden flight from the SaxaVord Spaceport in Scotland’s Shetland Islands, with a launch window opening on 10 August and running for five weeks. A successful flight would materially enhance the value of OHB’s “Access to Space” segment. At a capital markets update in June, the group also outlined plans for the heavier “RFA TWO” rocket, capable of carrying payloads of up to 35 tonnes.
Lunar Progress and a Record Backlog
OHB’s subsidiary OHB System continues to advance the European Space Agency’s Argonaut lunar lander programme. The company recently placed an advance order for LEIA-LiDAR sensors, technology designed to help future ESA landers autonomously detect hazards during descent. OHB is also responsible for the core navigation, communications and power-supply systems under the Argonaut framework, reinforcing its position as a leading European system integrator.
The operational momentum shows up in the numbers. First-quarter total output rose 15% to €279.3 million, with EBITDA of €25.7 million. The order backlog hit a record €3.35 billion, bolstered by a €248 million contract awarded to OHB’s Swedish subsidiary to build 20 small satellites for the European EPS-Sterna constellation. The question for analysts is whether the planned EBIT margin of 8% for 2026 remains achievable given the cost of the recent capital raise and the dilutive impact on per-share metrics.
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A Defining Fortnight
The coming two weeks pack three events into a tight window. On 6 August, OHB will release its second-quarter results and half-year report for 2026. Four days later, the RFA ONE launch window opens. And for the first time since the capital increase, the stock will trade without J.P. Morgan’s stabilising hand.
Despite the recent sell-off, OHB shares have still gained 105.13% since the start of the year — a reminder of how steep the preceding rally was before the capital raise reset expectations. The annualised 30-day volatility now exceeds 80%, underscoring the nervousness in the name. Whether the €240 level holds as support or gives way will depend on how the market weighs a record order book, a nascent rocket programme and the cold arithmetic of dilution against one another over the next several sessions.
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