SpaceX's post-IPO collapse left nearly every early buyer underwater, yet one Wall Street firm just slapped an $800 price target on a stock trading near $113. Here is what the bulls see that the market is choosing to ignore.
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SpaceX stock has fallen since its IPO, but Rocket Lab, AST SpaceMobile and Intuitive Machines offer alternative space plays, each with distinct growth catalysts and risks.
SpaceX's record-setting IPO has investors rushing into space stocks. From Rocket Lab to AST SpaceMobile, here's how to separate the durable winners from the hype in a fast-growing $1 trillion market.
The SpaceX initial public offering was expected to deliver exciting twists and turns, fireworks, and flare-ups—the kind of drama usually reserved for a summer thriller. The public debut of SpaceX—officially Space Exploration Technologies — portended different things to different investors but was significant for all. To others, it represented a gateway to an artificial intelligence-fueled utopia, in which SpaceX is worth trillions.
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Case in point: AST SpaceMobile Shares were up 1.4% in early trading Tuesday, while the was down 0.3%. An announcement by the company that three of its communications satellites were slated to head to the stars on June 17, aboard a SpaceX rocket, seems to have catalyzed the gains. AST is building a communications satellite constellation that will be used by Verizon Communications AT&T and others to improve wireless service on Earth.
Barclays cut its ASTS price target to $60 from $65, citing launch delays and an unattractive risk-reward profile.
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Morningstar assigned SpaceX a $780 billion fair value estimate, calling the shares likely "overvalued" at the proposed IPO valuation.
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Investors can expect volatility heading into the SpaceX IPO and after shares of Elon Musk’s rocket company start trading. Shares of Rocket Lab, AST, Intuitive Machines Firefly Aerospace and Redwire dropped an average of 11%.
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Early SpaceX investor Peter Diamandis reignited merger speculation by saying a Tesla-SpaceX merger is “not a matter of if but only a matter of when.”
SIDU has quietly emerged as the sector’s standout underdog, remaining the only stock among the four still showing analyst upside.

<body><p>STORY: :: SpaceX</p><p>Shares of U.S. space companies soared on Wednesday, continuing their rise as investors bet that the upcoming mammoth IPO of Elon Musk's SpaceX could force Wall Street to rethink how it values the space economy.</p><p>Shares of Intuitive Machines shot up more than 13%, AST SpaceMobile jumped almost 7%, while Virgin Galactic added more than 10% at one point in Wednesday morning trading.</p><p>:: Rocket Lab</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Shares of Rocket Lab and Planet Labs also rose, following big gains in the last two sessions.</p><p>SpaceX is poised to become the first trillion-dollar U.S. market debut, immediately cementing it as one of the world's most valuable publicly traded firms.</p><p>:: SpaceX</p><p>Other public companies related to space travel are hoping to benefit from renewed investor attention.</p><p>:: Spacepharma</p><p>Many have struggled to sustain premium valuations despite growing demand for satellite communications, launch services and defense-related off-planet infrastructure.</p><p>:: SpaceX</p><p>SpaceX last week took the wraps off its IPO filing, which showed how the company is betting its future on transitioning into an AI powerhouse, with expectations of long-term infrastructure dominance.</p></body>
The technical Wall Street term for investors short-selling space stocks right now is “getting your face ripped off.” Shares of commercial space companies are on fire lately. Coming into Wednesday trading, shares of Rocket Lab and AST SpaceMobile to name two, were up 74% and 55%, respectively, over the past month, leaving them both up more than 380% over the past 12 months.
SpaceX’s IPO filing is reshaping how investors value launch, satellite, and AI infrastructure companies including Rocket Lab, AST SpaceMobile, CoreWeave, Firefly Aerospace, and EchoStar.