SpaceX has designs to leverage its dominant position in the space business into a dominant position in AI and communications. SpaceX stock, for starters, was down about 12% at $110. Nvidia shares were up 3.1% partly because SpaceX is using their chips for its Starmind AI computing satellites.
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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.
Rocket Lab Lands $397 Million Space Force Contract
Tesla has the bigger name, but I think Rocket Lab is the smarter long-term innovation stock to own today.
Rocket Lab was awarded a $397 million contract to build, launch, and operate advanced Flatellites for the U.S. Space Force's SB-AMTI program. The award expands Rocket Lab's role in military space applications and is expected to draw on its Neutron launch system. Rocket Lab, NasdaqGS:RKLB, is moving deeper into defense work with this multi hundred million dollar U.S. Space Force contract. The stock trades at $74.47 and has returned 16.6% over the past week and 66.4% over the past year. Over...
Rocket Lab will develop advanced “Flatellites” equipped with space-based sensors and low-latency, high-bandwidth communications.
SpaceX and Rocket Lab are both compelling space stocks, but one has a much stronger case for long-term investors.
SpaceX revenue growth is seen ramping up, but capex too. Elon Musk may detail Falcon 9, Starship and Tesla plans.
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.
Ark Invest added to three existing positions on Monday, with two of them still trading for half of last year's peak.
Iridium's 23.2% three-month rally draws on recurring service growth and expansion plans, but weaker earnings, valuation and deal risks cloud its outlook.
IRDM's recurring service base and new satellite platforms widen its growth runway, but weaker earnings, leverage and deal uncertainty raise the bar.
Growth is a hallmark of all great companies, but the laws of gravity eventually take hold. Those who rode the COVID boom and ensuing tech selloff in 2022 will surely remember that the market’s punishment can be swift and severe when trajectories fall.
Rocket Lab burns cash while scaling, while Caterpillar converts revenue into billions in free cash flow, a stark contrast in financial maturity.
SpaceX reports its first-ever quarterly earnings Tuesday while a wave of insider shares looms on the horizon, and both events could dramatically reshape the stock and rattle the entire space sector.
One company controls satellite components; the other bets everything on a rocket that hasn't flown yet.
Rocket Lab is rapidly transforming from a launch company into a diversified space business, positioning it for profits and strong free cash flow as early as next year.
The sky may not be the limit for the company, which provides satellite launch services.
Rocket Lab may have found a new field for hypergrowth: defending the U.S. from hypersonic missiles.
SpaceX shares have lost about $1.2 trillion in value since its IPO, triggering a sector-wide sell-off in space stocks like Rocket Lab as investors demand stronger balance sheets.
The space stock's three-year return laps the market many times over. What the pullback changed deserves just as much attention.
Peter Beck already loves this acquisition. Rocket Lab investors should be even happier.
Both companies are unprofitable and burning cash, but their balance sheets and risk profiles tell very different stories for 2026.
SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX) stock is down 36% over the past month, leaving investors who bought near the post-IPO peak with steep losses. The selloff has sparked a natural question: would switching into other space names like Rocket Lab (NASDAQ:RKLB) or AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ:ASTS) offer a safer path forward? The short answer is not necessarily. Rocket Lab ... SpaceX Is Now Down 36% in a Month. Would You Be Better Off With Rocket Lab or ASTS SpaceMobile?
On July 27, Rocket Lab Corporation (NASDAQ:RKLB) announced its largest launch contract in corporate history, a $266 million multi-launch arrangement with the United States Space Force’s Rocket Systems Launch Program. The program provides a significant operational hub at the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Kodiak, Alaska, for 12 suborbital missile-defense launches, with the possibility for six […]
Rocket Lab stock rises after landing new Electron launch deals. Space Force taps Rocket Lab, 14 vendors for $981 mil program.