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Investors are watching Planet Labs’ Q2 earnings closely as retail traders become bullish on steady demand for its satellite services.

Jobs data will come in on Tuesday and Friday, and we’ll get manufacturing data as well. Campbell’s Snowflake, Ciena, and more will also report earnings.

Generating cash is essential for any business, but not all cash-rich companies are great investments. Some produce plenty of cash but fail to allocate it effectively, leading to missed opportunities.

The multiple rests on a launch vehicle that has yet to fly and an acquisition that has yet to close, while most of the revenue arriving today comes from satellites.

Rocket Lab and Planet Labs advance satellite infrastructure, spacecraft systems and Earth-observation applications across the space industry.

Rocket Lab's flight rate moved one way over the past year; its share price moved both ways.

Space ETFs offer diversified exposure as Ukraine's orbital war highlights key space stocks and defense demand drives the sector's growth.

Planet Labs PBC (PL) drew fresh attention on 10 August 2026 after announcing a national Earth observation program with the Government of Rwanda, supplying satellite data to agencies, universities, and startups across the country. See our latest analysis for Planet Labs PBC. Despite the Rwanda announcement, Planet Labs PBC’s recent share price performance has been mixed. The stock is at US$22.62, following a 1-day share price decline of 3.17% and a 90-day share price decline of 46.75%. This...

Space stocks are bleeding out on a day when their home sector is flashing green, and the reason why reveals a hidden fault line running through every high-flying name in the group.

An oil tanker is moored at a loading buoy at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium that has been out of service for almost nine months, a sign the facility is resuming operations.

Rocket Lab's backlog is expected to convert into revenue faster than it was, and the vehicle that would compound that has not yet left the ground.

Hengli is accused by the U.S. of being a major importer of illicit Iranian crude; the Chinese petrochemical company denies trading with Iran.

Companies don’t give away $200 million businesses. Except Boeing just did. On purpose. And if you understand why, you understand where the next wave of AI money is headed. On Monday, the Boeing-Archer deal was announced. Boeing (BA) handed three of its subsidiaries — Wisk Aero, SkyGrid, and Insitu — to Archer Aviation (ACHR). Three businesses. Two decades of investment. One of them generating over $200 million a year in defense revenue across 35 countries, with drones flown by the U.S. Navy.Inve

When Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SPCX) went public on June 12, a particular wealth advisor recieved a call from a client who simply asked: Did you buy any shares? He had not… yet. Like most analysts and advisors tracking SpaceX, the IPO was blowing through every valuation and screener condition imaginable. So, the client asked if they could just buy 10 shares anyway. InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips The advisor did as asked, later likening the trade to buy

Space stocks are splitting into winners and losers Thursday, and the reason goes deeper than one earnings miss. What Intuitive Machines reported this morning set off a chain reaction that is hitting some names hard while leaving others untouched.

The satellite builder is still firing on all cylinders.

Cash burn and a softer gross-margin guide have added to a slide that leaves the stock well below its high, yet its operating loss per dollar of revenue has narrowed in each of the last three years.

Rocket Lab just posted a record quarter and a backlog that shocked Wall Street, but the CEO is selling shares while betting billions on a deal that could either transform the company or crush it. Here is what our model says the stock is actually worth.

The stocks in this article have caught Wall Street’s attention in a big way, with price targets implying returns above 20%. But investors should take these forecasts with a grain of salt because analysts typically say nice things about companies so their firms can win business in other product lines like M&A advisory.

The defense launch demand behind Rocket Lab stock's run was visible in the company's own contract announcements months before the market paid for it.

July was a brutal month for space stocks. BlackSky (BKSY) was down almost 20%. Rocket Lab (RKLB), AST SpaceMobile (ASTS), and Planet Labs (PL) shed more than 30%. Even SpaceX (SPCX) – fresh off the largest IPO in history – slid over 50% from its June 16 record close. But here’s what makes this moment so interesting: while the stocks were selling off, the businesses were doing the exact opposite.InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips BlackSky just reported 50% year-over-ye

Planet Labs PBC has delivered very strong returns over the past three years, yet the broader valuation checks suggest the stock now leans expensive rather than like an obvious bargain. Planet Labs PBC has returned roughly 5.6x over the past three years, which puts extra focus on whether the current price still leaves room for an attractive long term outcome. The recent Scottish Government agreement that uses Planet Labs PBC's AI enabled satellite data can support expectations for ongoing...

Conestoga Capital Advisors, an asset management company, released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The letter reports a positive market shift towards Small Caps, with the Russell 2000 Index achieving its best first half since 1991 and the Russell 2000 Growth Index up 25.7% in Q2, fueled by AI […]

Its correlation to the index is only moderate, and the behavior that is genuinely its own runs on defense programs and a rocket that has yet to fly.

Rocket Lab has handed investors a 58% gain over the past year, then turned around and erased nearly 30% of its value in a single month. Where a $2.2 billion backlog, a looming Neutron debut, and a Golden Dome defense contract take the stock by December is a very different question.

SpaceX’s lockup expiration threatens to more than double its public float.

SpaceX delivered a blockbuster revenue beat in its first public earnings report, yet shares are cratering while every other space stock barely flinches. What spooked investors has nothing to do with rockets and everything to do with a number buried deep in the capex line.

Telesat (TSAT) witnessed a jump in share price last session on above-average trading volume. The latest trend in earnings estimate revisions for the stock suggests that there could be more strength down the road.

SpaceX picked Nvidia to build Starmind AI1 satellite compute. NVDA and SPCX climbed hours before debut earnings.

Space stocks are surging ahead of SpaceX's first-ever public earnings report, but with prediction markets flagging a 70% chance of a miss and a 911-million-share lockup expiry days away, traders face a tense setup that could cut either way.