Updated
Updated · CNBC · Oct 21
SpaceX Jumps 7% After 161% Q3 Revenue Growth as S&P 500 Futures Edge Up
Updated
Updated · CNBC · Oct 21

SpaceX Jumps 7% After 161% Q3 Revenue Growth as S&P 500 Futures Edge Up

3 articles · Updated · CNBC · Oct 21

Summary

  • SpaceX rose 7% in premarket trading after saying third-quarter revenue grew 161%, helping lift U.S. stock futures as investors parsed a fresh batch of earnings.
  • S&P 500 futures gained 0.2%, Nasdaq-100 futures added 0.6% and Dow futures rose 37 points, while Tesla climbed more than 1% after Elon Musk said SpaceX and Tesla formed merger committees.
  • Netflix fell more than 6% after its full-year revenue forecast missed expectations and the company cut ad-revenue guidance, underscoring how sharply earnings winners and losers are being repriced.
  • Meta, IBM and Southwest Airlines are due later Wednesday, with investors especially focused on whether results can steady doubts about AI spending as WTI crude climbed 1.25% to $99.04.

Insights

With AI now driving half of SpaceX's revenue, is the company abandoning its space exploration mission for cloud computing profits?
Could the proposed SpaceX-Tesla megamerger secretly be a financial maneuver to fund Musk's ultimate AI ambitions?