{"id":1154156,"date":"2026-08-17T18:39:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T18:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1154156\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T18:39:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T18:39:17","slug":"spacex-closes-in-on-150-as-2-rockets-launch-back-to-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1154156\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX Closes In on $150 as 2 Rockets Launch Back-to-Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        Quick Read      <\/p>\n<ul class=\"yf-1jsc1up\">\n<li class=\"yf-1jsc1up\">\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">SpaceX (SPCX) crushed Q2 estimates by 15%, delivering $7.8B in revenue on 92% year-over-year growth as its AI segment surged 247%.  <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"yf-1jsc1up\">\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Management is targeting a $100B annualized revenue run rate by December, requiring monthly revenue to triple from today&#8217;s $2.6B pace.  <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"yf-1jsc1up\">\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Shares jumped 6.5% to $149 after SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 rockets 38 minutes apart, and Polymarket puts 89.5% odds on $150 this week.  <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"yf-1jsc1up\">\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Act now: the analyst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named his top 10 AI stocks \u2014 and SpaceX didn&#8217;t make the cut. <a href=\"https:\/\/247wallst.com\/lp\/top-10-ai-stocks\/SPCX\/?i=03a299fb-acc2-4b2c-ac44-24b206c23812&amp;p=aded526a-f78d-426a-9c96-82c54af7e0ab&amp;pos=keypoints&amp;tpid=1644139&amp;l=b17ce983-5361-4dba-a2fd-2469b8705237&amp;c=3af9b05b-bac6-4a46-815a-254223a80206&amp;utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=feed&amp;utm_content=feed||1644139\" data-ylk=\"slk:Grab%20the%20names%20FREE%20today;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Grab the names FREE today&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Grab the names FREE today<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>        The Number          <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The back-to-back Falcon 9 launches by <strong>SpaceX<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/SPCX\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:NASDAQ%3ASPCX;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;NASDAQ:SPCX&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NASDAQ:SPCX<\/a>) over the weekend set a fresh cadence record and showcase how quickly the launch infrastructure is scaling. The longer-term thesis, however, hinges on Starship achieving full and rapid reusability with quick turnarounds.  <\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/16B4CFC1CA427A75705AA4D678BE3D33509F7588D971021D29E4AFA48313B884\/subgraphmysterio\/resizefit_w960;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2F24_7_wall_st__718%2F6ec2e010439570bb33d595f9c7bf4bce.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" alt=\"A long white SpaceX rocket with &quot;SPACEX&quot; printed vertically on its side launches into a dark night sky. Bright orange and yellow flames erupt from its base, surrounded by thick white smoke, illuminating the launchpad and two tall metal lattice towers on either side. A white spherical tank with &quot;SPACEX&quot; visible on its side is in the background to the right.\" height=\"540\" width=\"960\" class=\"yf-j98iil loader\"\/><\/a> jurvetson \/ Flickr           <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The stock priced its IPO at $135, opened at $150, and briefly touched roughly $226 before sliding to a low of $104.83. Since the 8-K filing at $115.09, shares have recovered materially. Polymarket contracts assign an 89.5% probability SPCX touches $150 this week and a 46.5% probability it closes above that level by month end.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Shares traded at $149.16 midday Monday, up 6.54% intraday from a prior close of $140, after the company launched two Falcon 9 rockets within 38 minutes, one carrying a GSAT payload and the other flying for the U.S. Space Force.  <\/p>\n<p>        What It Means          <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">SpaceX posted $7.814 billion in Q2 2026 revenue, disclosed in the 8-K filed on August 4, 2026. The figure topped the consensus estimate of $6.82 billion by 14.59% and represented 92% year-over-year growth from the prior-year quarter&#8217;s $4.1 billion.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><strong>Act now:<\/strong> the analyst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named his top 10 AI stocks \u2014 and SpaceX didn&#8217;t make the cut. <a href=\"https:\/\/247wallst.com\/lp\/top-10-ai-stocks\/SPCX\/?i=03a299fb-acc2-4b2c-ac44-24b206c23812&amp;p=92103f51-044f-4669-8ba5-a79fcf7642bd&amp;pos=mid_content&amp;tpid=1644139&amp;l=b17ce983-5361-4dba-a2fd-2469b8705237&amp;c=3af9b05b-bac6-4a46-815a-254223a80206&amp;utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=feed&amp;utm_content=feed||1644139\" data-ylk=\"slk:Grab%20the%20names%20FREE%20today;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Grab the names FREE today&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Grab the names FREE today<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The top line was carried by three engines pulling at different speeds. Connectivity generated $4.291 billion, up 66% year over year, with Starlink&#8217;s subscriber base doubling to 12.0 million and Enterprise &amp; Government revenue climbing 108%. The AI segment delivered $2.561 billion, growing 247%, while Space contributed $962 million. Adjusted EBITDA reached $3.54 billion, up 191% YoY, though the company still booked a $541 million net loss as capital expenditures hit $18.37 billion, with $15.83 billion funneled into AI compute infrastructure.  <\/p>\n<p>            Strategic Outlook           <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Management is guiding to a $100 billion annualized revenue run rate by December 2026, propelled by $6.7 billion in newly contracted cloud services revenue, over $6 billion in U.S. government Starshield contracts, and the pending $60 billion Cursor acquisition. Compute capacity reached 1.4 gigawatts, with a target of over 2 GW by year-end. Backlog stands at $47.5 billion, and cash sits at roughly $100 billion after a $25 billion investment-grade bond raise.  <\/p>\n<p>     <a href=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/363AE4E2B6101CB352285D462665D5FC47E2EA113CE9E9D4DC9CFD02626D9E2E\/subgraphmysterio\/resizefit_w960;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2F24_7_wall_st__718%2F1de47a9507aa5e17ecab97f02df4c404.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" alt=\"SPCX price target\" height=\"504\" width=\"960\" class=\"yf-j98iil loader\"\/><\/a> SPCX Price Target \u2014 24\/7 Wall St.      <a href=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/4C5C664B4538474C675DB4A77C4B27FDE3FBBCA02606D34D41A94355D27770A7\/subgraphmysterio\/resizefit_w960;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2F24_7_wall_st__718%2F3dbf2ee4f1605de08efdddcb99c724af.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" alt=\"SPCX price scenario\" height=\"504\" width=\"960\" class=\"yf-j98iil loader\"\/><\/a> SPCX Price Scenario \u2014 24\/7 Wall St.          Bottom Line         <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">SpaceX carries a market cap near $1.96 trillion, and hitting the $100 billion ARR commitment implies roughly $8.3 billion in monthly revenue by December. Q2 2026 averaged about $2.6 billion per month, so the ramp is steep. Analyst consensus sits at $227 with 27 Buy, 6 Hold, and 2 Sell ratings. Investors can cheer the launch cadence, but keep an eye on the stock into the next Starship test flight and Q3 disclosures on Cursor&#8217;s close and cloud services ramp.  <\/p>\n<p>   <a href=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/C054E4D3EF3368F9B6180FC11BAF73C4147379BA7C9123E2317EDBB4A5B3E5AF\/subgraphmysterio\/resizefit_w960;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2F24_7_wall_st__718%2F4f028c5684a2f9d2820a05561c91ba34.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" alt=\"SPCX analyst ratings\" height=\"504\" width=\"960\" class=\"yf-j98iil loader\"\/><\/a> SPCX Analyst Ratings \u2014 24\/7 Wall St.          <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><strong>Act now:<\/strong> the analyst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named his top 10 AI stocks \u2014 and SpaceX didn&#8217;t make the cut. <a href=\"https:\/\/247wallst.com\/lp\/top-10-ai-stocks\/SPCX\/?i=03a299fb-acc2-4b2c-ac44-24b206c23812&amp;p=ea93966a-680e-4e83-abfa-2ea9e7c81711&amp;pos=end_of_article&amp;tpid=1644139&amp;c=3af9b05b-bac6-4a46-815a-254223a80206&amp;l=b17ce983-5361-4dba-a2fd-2469b8705237&amp;utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=feed&amp;utm_content=feed||1644139\" data-ylk=\"slk:Grab%20the%20names%20FREE%20today;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Grab the names FREE today&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Grab the names FREE today<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Contact <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/markets\/stocks\/articles\/mailto:editorial@247wallst.com?subject=Feedback%3A%20SpaceX%20Closes%20In%20on%20%24150%20as%202%20Rockets%20Launch%20Back-to-Back&amp;body=Please%20share%20your%20feedback%20here%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A---%0D%0A%0D%0ARegarding%20this%20article%3A%20https%3A%2F%2F247wallst.com%2Finvesting%2F2026%2F08%2F17%2Fspacex-closes-in-on-150-as-2-rockets-launch-back-to-back%2F\" data-ylk=\"slk:editorial%40247wallst.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;editorial@247wallst.com&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">editorial@247wallst.com<\/a> for any questions or corrections.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Quick Read SpaceX (SPCX) crushed Q2 estimates by 15%, delivering $7.8B in revenue on 92% year-over-year growth as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1154157,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3844],"tags":[70,413,1603,16,15],"class_list":["post-1154156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-science","tag-space","tag-spacex","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117112311838635561","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1154156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1154156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1154156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1154157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1154156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1154156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1154156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}