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Investors appear to be cheering the fresh defense contract wins, rising hype around the SpaceX IPO, and interest in Redwire’s role in the broader space ecosystem.
Rocket Lab shares rebounded Friday after a sharp selloff tied to investor reaction to SpaceX’s IPO filing. A new Space Force contract and successful launch helped lift the stock.
SpaceX filed its S-1 ahead of a historic June IPO. Here’s what investors should know about Starlink, valuation risks, and Elon Musk’s governance.
Filing shows Musk retaining control as SpaceX expands deeper into AI, Starlink and space infrastructure ambitions.

Elon Musk's private space operator, SpaceX (SPAX.PVT), released its S-1 filing this week as it plans to go public via IPO in June. The Wall Street Journal has reported that AI developer OpenAI (OPAI.PVT) is preparing to file for its own mega-IPO. As investors anticipate this mega-IPO, should they be equally cautious as they are bullish on these companies ? Portfolio Wealth Advisors president and CIO Lee Munson, Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre, and Senior Business Reporter Ines Ferré weigh in on the wave of upcoming IPOs.
Morningstar warned, “‘Financials Look Reckless’: Lifting xAI’s Hood in the SpaceX IPO”. Its AI division, xAI, lost $2.47 billion on $818 million in the first quarter of this year. “If you compare xAI to a traditional SaaS company, the financials look reckless,” Harrison Rolfes, a senior research analyst at PitchBook, wrote. That may be a ... Grok Could Undermine SpaceX IPO
Estee Lauder Companies Inc (NYSE:EL, XETRA:ELAA) shares rose about 10% on Wednesday after the company confirmed it has ended discussions with Puig regarding a potential business combination, removing uncertainty around a deal that had been under consideration since March. In a statement,...
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Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC) is one of the Most Undervalued US Stocks According to Hedge Funds. On May 8, Reuters reported that Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC) has hired Richard Hardegree as Vice Chair of Mergers and Acquisitions. Hardegree is a seasoned investment banker at UBS and brings over 30 years of M&A experience […]
SpaceX's planned IPO would more than triple the U.S. record. Here's how past mega-listings have performed.
When the discussions were disclosed in March, analysts weren’t thrilled about the tie-up’s potential to interrupt Estée Lauder’s turnaround.
What's better: paying $2 trillion for SpaceX, with under $20 billion in revenue, or $5 trillion for Google (GOOG), generating $400 billion in revenue and $100 billion in profits.
Estée Lauder stock rose as much as 11% in premarket trading while Puig stock fell more than 14% in Madrid
Given the hype and anticipation over the largest-ever IPO of SpaceX, it's natural to see the event as easy money.
The Starship test flight comes as investors gear up for SpaceX’s initial public offering, which could value the company at $2 trillion or more.
Gilead acquired all outstanding equity of Tubulis for $3.15bn upfront, plus up to $1.85bn in milestone payments.

<body><p>STORY: From SpaceX's blockbuster IPO to Samsung's shares surging after a pay dispute... </p><p>This is the Week in Numbers.</p><p>:: The Week in Numbers</p><p>:: $1 trillion</p><p>Over $1 trillion is the value Elon Musk's SpaceX could reach in its stock market listing.</p><p>That would immediately make it one of the world’s most valuable publicly traded firms.</p><p>Musk has grown SpaceX into the world's largest rocket business by launching thousands of Starlink internet satellites.</p><p>And pioneering reusable rockets.</p><p>SpaceX is aiming to make its market debut as early as mid-June, with a roadshow for investors due to start around a week earlier.</p><p>:: $67 billion</p><p>$67 billion is the value of a deal for NextEra Energy to buy Dominion Energy in an all-stock transaction. </p><p>The two powerhouse utility companies are merging as the AI boom fuels data center demand.</p><p> The deal is one of the biggest in the U.S. power industry, and will create the world's largest regulated electric utility company by market value. </p><p>:: $91 billion</p><p>$91 billion is how much Nvidia expects to make in second quarter sales. </p><p>The world's most valuable company forecast revenue for the quarter above Wall Street expectations.</p><p>And assured investors that new customers would let it maintain blockbuster rates of growth. </p><p> For the first quarter, Nvidia reported revenue of $81.6 billion, also beating forecasts.</p><p>:: 34% </p><p>34% was how much registrations of new EVs in Europe grew by year-on-year in April</p><p>This shift was triggered by an upsurge in international oil prices to well above $100 a barrel. </p><p>During past spikes in fuel prices, consumers also switched to more fuel-efficient cars - but then switched back. </p><p>But, as several European car brands reported a hike in EV orders since the war began, Europe’s senior auto correspondent Nick Carey said this time could be different</p><p>"In markets where EV penetration has already reached a high level, and where charging infrastructure is already quite mature, this is seen as a seismic shift where people are unlikely to go back."</p><p>:: 8%</p><p>8% was how much Samsung Electronic shares surged by after it clinched a deal with its South Korean union...</p><p>to avert an 18-day strike by some 48,000 workers.</p><p>The agreement sparked relief, as a strike could inflict significant damage on the economy and dent global chip supply.</p><p>In terms of the deal, one union source says a memory chip worker with a base salary of about $53,000, is expected to receive a bonus of around $416,000.</p></body>
Elon Musk's corporate universe could be headed for its biggest combination yet, according to Wedbush analyst Dan Ives, who is now putting an 80% probability on a Tesla Inc. and SpaceX merger. Ives made the call in a Wednesday note...
The companies had publicly confirmed they were in merger talks in March 2026, though both noted at the time that no agreement had been reached.
Shares of Spanish beauty group Puig Brands are tumbling today, following the termination of talks with U.S. cosmetics giant Estee Lauder over a potential merger. Puig's shares were recently down 13% in Europe, on pace for their second-biggest fall since the company started trading in 2024. Estee Lauder's shares, meanwhile, climbed roughly 9% premarket, on track for their best one-day performance in nearly a year.
Madrid-listed shares fell more than 14% in European morning trading, while Estee Lauder’s stock was up over 10% in premarket trading.
Prediction market traders currently see the highest odds for a SpaceX debut valuation between $2 trillion and $2.5 trillion.
SpaceX is targeting as much as $2 trillion in its IPO.
Investing.com -- Puig shares fell nearly 13% in early trading on Friday after Estee Lauder and the company ended merger discussions that were first disclosed in March.
SpaceX accounts for 16.2% of DXYZ’s portfolio, while VCX holds Anthropic at 20.7%, OpenAI at 9.9% and SpaceX at 5%.
Wedbush sees a potential deal, but prediction-market traders remain divided.
Elon Musk-led commercial spaceflight giant SpaceX‘s IPO could become a problem for Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) investors and shareholders as the market readies itself for the June IPO date. Muskonomy The upcoming IPO could take investors’ appetite away from Tesla and onto SpaceX, while also shifting Musk’s efforts and focus from the EV giant, experts cited by Bloomberg on Thursday said. “This cannot be a positive for Tesla,” Joe Gilbert, a portfolio manager at Integrity Asset Management, cited in t
Blockchain.com filed confidentially for a US IPO, joining a crypto listing wave as Kraken and Ledger paused plans.