The biggest catalyst for markets on Friday is the SpaceX IPO, set to debut on the Nasdaq under the ticker SPCX.
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Investing.com -- Elon Musk’s SpaceX on Thursday said that it has priced its initial public offering at $135 per share on Thursday, raising $75 billion in the largest IPO in U.S. history.
Rocket Lab and AST SpaceMobile will benefit from the soaring interest in space stocks.
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Shares are up in the last month, but there are potential red flags.
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%.
S3 Partners said short exposure of $118.3 million exceeds the combined active and passive institutional long positions.
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.
Space stocks are splitting sharply this Friday morning after Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded during a hotfire test late Thursday at Cape Canaveral. AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ:ASTS) stock is down 17% to $111, while Planet Labs (NYSE:PL) stock has dropped 8% to roughly $47.50 and Rocket Lab (NASDAQ:RKLB) stock has slipped 6% to $139. Virgin ... AST SpaceMobile Plunges 17%, Planet Labs Drops 8% on Blue Origin Explosion, While Virgin Galactic Surges 11%
Shares of space companies are falling back to earth after a rocket being tested by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin exploded Thursday night. Blue Origin had been planning to use New Glenn to deploy commercial satellites for Amazon and other companies and to blast its own cargo lander to the moon. The fallout rippled across the industry, with companies that are tied to Blue Origin—and others that aren't—falling shortly after the opening bell.
ASTS faced additional pressure after Blue Origin's latest New Glenn anomaly.
Thursday evening, Viasat reported fiscal fourth-quarter Ebitda of $370 million from sales of $1.2 billion. Wall Street was looking for a $383 million and $1.2 billion, respectively, according to FactSet
Rocket Lab and AST SpaceMobile have surged as investors bet on the next phase of the space economy. But aerospace giants including Boeing, Airbus, and Lockheed Martin could also benefit from growing enthusiasm around SpaceX.
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>
Shares of AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ:ASTS) are up 8% in midday trading on May 27, changing hands near $129. The satellite direct-to-cell name is leading a space-sector sympathy rally tied to SpaceX IPO buzz. The move extends an already torrid run. ASTS stock is up 78% year to date (YTD), making it the headline mover in ... AST SpaceMobile Surges 8%; Virgin Galactic, Rocket Lab Ride the SpaceX IPO Wave
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.
AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) added nearly $10 billion in market value with the stock up over 17% on May 26. The jump came as space stocks soared following SpaceX’s public IPO filing, which could reportedly value Elon Musk’s company at as much as $2 trillion. The filing triggered a broad rerating across ...