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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.
The ARK Space Exploration & Innovation ETF (CBOE:ARKX) has become a popular parking spot for investors seeking space exposure without waiting for the SpaceX IPO. With Elon Musk’s rocket company reportedly headed toward a public listing at a valuation north of a trillion dollars, retail demand for a single ticker capturing the theme has surged. ARKX, with ... Forget Pouring Everything Into the SpaceX IPO. This Fund Spreads the Space Bet and Is Up 46% in a Year
MDA Space is expanding its sovereign defense footprint through cross-border acquisitions and securing lucrative government infrastructure contracts.
The stock market has spent much of the past two years rewarding category leaders. Investors have poured capital into dominant companies with clear competitive advantages while becoming increasingly selective about everyone else. That trend was on full display Friday when SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX) completed the largest IPO in history, raising $75 billion at $135 per share ... SpaceX’s IPO Was Enormously Successful, but Did It Break the Rest of the Space Industry?
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.
Quantum Space says SPACs aren't dead as it seeks a $1.2 billion deal to build military spacecraft.
SpaceX plots Starlink launches this week. IPO should boost U.S. dollar, college endowments. But SpaceX valuation dips on tech slide.
Intuitive Machines stock sank yesterday as the company announced a $500 million at-the-market equity offering. Here’s what else is weighed on LUNR shares on Wednesday.
Dimon's investor push comes as SpaceX expands access to its IPO beyond traditional Wall Street buyers and into the retail market.
Morningstar assigned SpaceX a $780 billion fair value estimate, calling the shares likely "overvalued" at the proposed IPO valuation.
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%.
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded during a hot-fire test, and Elon Musk had some thoughts about it as SpaceX heads toward what could be the biggest IPO yet.
SpaceX may be counting down to its IPO, but some people are just too impatient to wait for liftoff. Just look at the share price of Intuitive Machines, which flew nearly 16% on Wednesday and is up more than 125% so far this year as the company transforms from a provider of niche lunar landing gear to an all-in-one infrastructure player at the dawn of a new space age. The Houston, Texas-based company went public via a SPAC merger back in 2023 and, almost exactly a year later, its unmanned lunar lander, Odysseus, gained the distinction of delivering the first American spacecraft to the moon’s surface since the Apollo program.
<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>
AST SpaceMobile gained attention after SpaceX identified the company as a competitor in satellite-to-mobile connectivity.
As SpaceX eyes a potential June IPO, capital is flowing into space infrastructure stocks like LUNR, RDW, and VOYG, each posting record backlogs in Q1 2026.
SpaceX confidentially filed for its IPO on April 1, and quickly raised its target valuation above $2 trillion. That would dwarf Saudi Aramco’s record $29.4 billion raise in 2019 and could bring in as much as $75 billion. Morgan Stanley just released a list of 60 public companies across the full space supply chain — ... SpaceX’s $2 Trillion IPO Is Coming: These 6 Stocks Will Ride the New Space Economy Into Orbit