SpaceX Earnings Today: Analyst Sees ‘Identity Crisis’ As SPCX Stock Enters First Results After $500B Wipeout
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SpaceX heads into its first earnings report as a public company after a $500 billion market-value wipeout, with investors weighing CEO Elon Musk’s promise of massive growth against an analyst’s warning that the sprawling business faces an “identity crisis.” The company reports after Tuesday’s closing bell, less than two months after its June 12 debut. SpaceX has lost more than $500 billion in market value since its first trade and enters earnings after four consecutive weekly declines. The stock is more than 50% below its intraday peak. Meanwhile, short sellers had amassed $8.3 billion in paper profits since the IPO as of Friday, CNBC reported, citing S3 Partners. More pressure could follow as rolling lockups begin expiring, allowing early investors to sell. Despite the rout, SpaceX remains valued at about $1.4 trillion. MoffettNathanson analyst Julie Zhu said SpaceX’s launch, satellite-connectivity and AI operations make the company unusually difficult to value. “SpaceX, in our view, sort of has almost a bit of an identity crisis,” Zhu said, pointing to its many different businesses, as per a Bloomberg interview. Despite the excitement surrounding Starlink and AI, she considers launch the foundation supporting everything else. “For us, the crown jewel is really the launch piece,” Zhu said. Without SpaceX’s scarce...
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