Elon Musk’s SpaceX reportedly in talks to merge with xAI
CEO Elon Musk is reportedly exploring a merger between SpaceX and his artificial intelligence startup, xAI, a move that would bundle rockets, satellites, the social media site X, and AI under one comp...
Satellite stocks surge on “sovereign space” plans
is on pace to notch its second 10% gain of the month early Tuesday afternoon, adding to its astronomical run of more than 500% over the last 12 months. Wedbush Securities tech analyst Dan Ives hiked h...
Active ETF offers exposure to Elon Musk’s SpaceX
Active ETF has added a large stake in Elon Musk’s privately held SpaceX, with daily disclosures of the active ETFs holdings on Friday showing SpaceX now makes up 22% of the fund’s portfolio. Such a s...
AST SpaceMobile rises on deal giving it prime position for Golden Dome project
Retail favorite and satellite-services-from-space play jumped early Friday on news that it’s signed a deal as a “prime contract awardee” for the US Department of Defense’s Golden Dome missile defens...
Satellite stocks continue to surge amid geopolitical concerns, with Rocket Lab, Planet Labs, and EchoStar hitting records
Satellite services stocks , , and all notched closing records as geopolitical instability continues to push them higher. Planet Labs President and CFO Ashley Johnson presented at the Needham Growth C...
AST SpaceMobile rises after favorable commentary from BofA
Mobile-services-from-space play — and retail investor favorite — rose after receiving a target price upgrade from Bank of America analysts. In a note published Thursday, BofA telecom services analyst...
Rocket Lab surges to second straight record-high close
Retail favorite closed at a new all-time high on Tuesday, continuing a remarkable run over the last month that has carried the launch services provider and aspiring Space X competitor up more than 70...
Rocket Lab builds on Friday’s gain after landmark $816 million satellite contract and record Electron rocket launches in 2025
is ending the year with a timely boost to its fortunes. The company is up another ~4% in pre-market trading on Monday, building on Friday’s ~18% gain which came after the company announced an $816 mil...
SpaceX is reportedly valued at around $800 billion ahead of slated 2026 IPO, sending Musk’s net worth soaring
Recently there’s been a hell of a lot of noise around Elon Musk’s rocket ship and satellite internet company, SpaceX, so much so that employees received an internal email informing them that the busin...
Citi initiates coverage of Planet Labs with “buy” rating
was up after aerospace and defense analysts at Citi initiated coverage with a “buy/high risk” rating and $19 price target. The stock is up more than 40% this week, after a strong earnings result that ...
Planet Labs rips on strong earnings report
Satellite services company was on track for a new record closing high after rising more than 35% in early afternoon trading on Thursday. The roughly $5 billion company posted better-than-expected qua...
EchoStar rises as analysts upgrade stock ahead of potential SpaceX IPO
rose Wednesday as Wall Street digested recent reports that CEO Elon Musk’s SpaceX is planning an IPO next year . Analysts at Morgan Stanley upgraded satellite operator EchoStar — the current owner of...
SpaceX valuation chatter lifts satellite stocks
Satellite stocks rose early Monday, riding a wave of excitement about recent reports that Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s satellite startup, SpaceX, is shooting for an $800 billion valuation as it launches a se...
Space stocks rip amid speculation on Altman joining race
Space stocks , , and all soared Thursday amid a recovery in the high-beta momentum class of shares coveted by some retail traders. (High-beta momo stocks are basically shares that have been on a winn...
AST SpaceMobile rises on launch plans for new satellite
rose after announcing launch plans for the first of its next-generation satellites next month, as it tries to execute its plan to offer satellite-based broadband service directly to consumers. The ser...
AST SpaceMobile drops after announcing new share issuance and plans to raise more debt
is down in premarket trading on Wednesday after the space-based cellular broadband network company announced that it’s refinancing by issuing more shares and raising more debt. Most notably for shareh...
Space stocks rise and shine in early trading
, , and were all up early Monday, despite little news linked specifically to these — all money-losing — space launch and satellite services that have become popular among the retail trading crowd. Mo...
AST SpaceMobile drops after Barclays cuts rating to “underweight”
, which provides cellular services from space, dove in early trading after Barclays analysts cut their rating on the shares to “underweight” (essentially a sell) from “overweight” (or a buy), citing “...
Rocket Lab may be “alternative to SpaceX in the making,” says Morgan Stanley
surged early Monday after Morgan Stanley analysts lifted their price target on the stock to $68 from $20, making them the high bidder among analysts covering the popular, but still money-losing, comme...
RocketLab jumps, putting it on pace for another all-time high, after new launch deal
Retail favorite jumped, putting it on track for another record high, after announcing a deal to provide two new launches for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency from its New Zealand launch complex...