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Updated · Yahoo Finance · Aug 6
Retail Investors Buy $22.7 Million of SpaceX as 912 Million Shares Near Lockup Release
Updated
Updated · Yahoo Finance · Aug 6

Retail Investors Buy $22.7 Million of SpaceX as 912 Million Shares Near Lockup Release

1 articles · Updated · Yahoo Finance · Aug 6

Summary

  • $22.7 million of net retail buying hit SpaceX in Wednesday's first trading hour, more than triple its average opening inflow and the third-largest such haul in 37 sessions.
  • That demand came even after SpaceX fell below its $135 IPO price, with Vanda saying individuals still view the company as a transformational AI play with 10-bagger potential.
  • SpaceX's first earnings report gave bulls and bears ammunition: revenue and adjusted profit beat expectations, but nearly $16 billion in quarterly AI and data-center spending highlighted the cost of expansion.
  • Thursday now brings a bigger test, with up to 912 million employee and pre-IPO shares becoming eligible for sale in the first major lockup expiry, potentially more than doubling the public float.

Insights

Will SpaceX's massive AI gamble reward retail investors, or will the looming lockup expiration trigger a catastrophic stock collapse?
Can experimental orbital data centers overcome astronomical costs to justify the heavy cash burn currently terrifying Wall Street?