Hedge funds seeking bearish bets on SpaceX have reportedly approached Jefferies, which was absent from the IPO's underwriting lineup.
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Rocket Lab Insiders Unload Millions in Stock Amid Space Sector Uncertainty
Four Rocket Lab insiders sold roughly $18 million worth of stock after the company’s shares surged amid excitement surrounding SpaceX’s planned IPO.
Applied Aerospace & Defense priced its IPO at $20 a share on Tuesday. The company taps into a lot of investor themes.
RKLB stock soars, but Neutron development risks, supply-chain constraints and reliance on government programs remain key challenges.
$10,000 parked in the Procure Space ETF (NYSEARCA:UFO) on May 29, 2025 at $24.64 was worth roughly $26,500 twelve months later, and most of that move happened in the last four months. UFO closed last Friday at $65.31, up 69% year to date and 165% over the trailing year. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ... UFO Turned a Forgotten Thesis Into 165% Returns While the S&P Gained 11%
Intuitive Machines is using the stock market’s recent strength to raise needed capital. On Wednesday, the maker of lunar landers and other space technology announced plans to sell $5oo million in stock. Coming into Wednesday trading, Intuitive Machines stock had surged 54% over the past month.
Morningstar assigned SpaceX a $780 billion fair value estimate, calling the shares likely "overvalued" at the proposed IPO valuation.
Rocket Lab is having trouble with a key rocket.
I'm no longer prepared for liftoff with a Rocket Lab investment.
We discuss the SpaceX IPO and the NASA ETF.
Here’s the uncomfortable truth for anyone who wants exposure to the space economy: the company that dominates it isn’t public. SpaceX prints launches, prints Starlink revenue, and prints headlines. You can’t buy it. So when SpaceX itself bothers to name the rivals it actually watches, that list matters. The names cited include United Launch Alliance, ... The Only Public Space Stock Even Elon Musk Can’t Dismiss
Rocket Lab has been on fire lately. In the past six months alone, the company’s stock price has rocketed 192%, reaching $122.15 per share. This was partly due to its solid quarterly results, and the run-up might have investors contemplating their next move.
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%.
RKLB leans on Space Systems, including components, satellites, solar power and flight software, which now generates more revenues than Launch Services.
With SpaceX targeting a Nasdaq listing as early as June 12 at a $1.75-$2 trillion valuation, five stocks—Rocket Lab, Alphabet, Redwire, Intuitive Machines, and Destiny Tech100—offer the strongest operational or financial ties to the IPO.
Shares of Rocket Lab, AST, Intuitive Machines Firefly Aerospace and Redwire dropped an average of 11%. A Jefferies downgrade of Redwire to Hold from Buy seemed to catalyze profit-taking. Rocket Lab stock, down 15% on Monday, was up almost 2% in premarket trading on Tuesday, while and futures were down 0.2% and 0.5%, respectively.
Steve Eisman said on a recent podcast: “I’m sort of bewildered, given that there’s a war going on, why people would be selling defense stocks.” The reason that bewilderment matters to your portfolio is sitting on top of a wall of capital nobody is talking about. Peter Arment, on the same segment, laid out the ... Top 5 Stocks That Will Profit From the Silicon Valley Defense Tech Surge
with Crocs, Inc. trading at $119.28, the July put option with a strike price of $110 was trading around $4.10. Traders selling this put would receive $410 in option premium. In return for receiving this premium, they have an obligation to buy 100 shares of CROX for $110.
Rocket Lab (RKLB) stock has been on many radar screens after a sharp single day decline of about 14%, followed by a weaker week but strong performance over the past month and the past 3 months. See our latest analysis for Rocket Lab. That sharp 1 day share price drop of about 14% comes after a strong run, with a 30 day share price return of 55.3% and a year to date gain of 61.06%. The 1 year total shareholder return of 360.11% points to momentum that has been very strong over a longer...
Rocket Lab Corp. (NASDAQ:RKLB) is one of the 10 Stocks Entering June in the Wrong Direction. Rocket Lab fell by 14.70 percent on Monday to finish at $122.39 apiece, a third consecutive day, mirroring the drop in the broader space sector following news of a rocket explosion over the weekend. The company declined alongside its […]
Intuitive Machines Inc. (NASDAQ:LUNR) is one of the 10 Stocks Entering June in the Wrong Direction. Intuitive Machines saw its share prices decline by 12.82 percent on Monday to close at $38.21 apiece, as investors disposed of positions in space stocks following a rocket explosion over the weekend. The company fell alongside its space counterparts, […]
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL) is one of the 10 Stocks Entering June in the Wrong Direction. Planet Labs dropped its share prices by 9.15 percent on Monday to end at $46.46 apiece, as investor funds fled the space sector following a rocket explosion during an engine test last week. On Friday, Blue Origin’s New Glenn […]
Director Alexander Slusky accounted for the largest sale, cashing out nearly $9 million through family partnership Abalone Cove.
S3 Partners said short exposure of $118.3 million exceeds the combined active and passive institutional long positions.
Shares of aerospace and defense company Rocket Lab (NASDAQ:RKLB) fell 11.9% in the afternoon session after a Blue Origin rocket explosion intensified concerns about satellite deployment schedules and risks across the space sector.
What's causing setbacks for Rocket Lab stock's incredible rally?