Overall verdict
Neutral
4.3/10
1-year performance
—
Score breakdown
Strongest: Growth 10.0/10. Weakest: Shareholder return 0.0/10.
38 analysts, target +0.5% vs the price.
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. provides satellite-based broadband services in the United States, Ireland, Canada, and internationally. It operates through three operating segments: Space, Connectivity, and AI. The Space segment designs, manufactures, and launches reusable rockets to provide access to space.
It also provides launch services for the deployment of payloads to intended orbits for commercial and government customers utilizing Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy ; and engages in the launch and development for the development of spacecraft and the provision of launch and mission services for government agency space programs utilizing Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, Starship, and Dragon. Its company's Connectivity segment operates broadband data and communications network by various Starlink satellites in low-earth orbit, delivering connectivity to various consumers, enterprise, and government customers.
The company's AI segment operates a vertically integrated AI platform spanning a frontier LLM Grok; AI solutions for consumer and enterprise customers; X, a real-time information, entertainment, and free speech platform; and AI computational infrastructure. Space Exploration Technologies Corp. was incorporated in 2002 and is based in Starbase, Texas.
Sector
Communication Services
Industry
Diversified Telecommunication Services
Primary listing
Nasdaq
United States
CEO
Elon Musk
Founded
2002
Employees
21 000
Revenue / employee
—
Next earnings
November 5, 2026 (estimated)
Institutional holders
- Alphabet Inc.4.06%
- Valor Management LLC3.71%
- FMR LLC2.23%
- VY Capital Management Co. Ltd.2.00%
- Gigafund Management Company, LLC1.27%
- PUBLIC INVESTMENT FUND1.14%
- BAMCO INC /NY/1.07%
- D1 Capital Partners L.P.0.93%
- NVIDIA CORP0.90%
- Other institutions9.70%
- Rest of the register72.99%
1742 13F filings as of June 30, 2026: US managers above $100M, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. No insiders, no retail. A share on loan is declared by its lender and by whoever bought it from the short seller, so the total can exceed 100%.
Research uses the underlying stock’s market history. The purchase quote is calculated separately when you review your order.
52-week high
—
52-week low
—
1-year performance
—
Year-to-date performance
—
Position in the 52-week range
—
ROIC -2.5%, ROE -3.9%.
Net margin
—
Sector 3.39%|S&P 13.13%
Gross margin
—
Return on equity (ROE)
-3.88%
Negative
Sector 5.61%|S&P 16.52%
Return on invested capital (ROIC)
-2.52%
Negative
Free cash flow margin (FCF)
-75.62%
Negative
Revenue to net income
Growth
10.0/10Revenue up 91.9% over 1 year.
Revenue (trailing 12 months)
—
Revenue growth (1y)
91.94%
Hyper-growth
Revenue growth (3y)
—
EPS growth (1y)
—
EPS CAGR (5y)
—
EPS revisions (3 months)
—
Valuation
0.0/10forward P/E 70.2x, EV/EBITDA 414.1x.
P/E (TTM)
—
Sector 23.9x|S&P 23.7x
Forward P/E
70.2x
Very expensive
EV / EBITDA
414.1x
Very expensive
Sector 13.5x|S&P 15.0x
PEG
—
Sector 0.14|S&P 0.89
Market cap
2.0T USD
Financial strength
7.5/10Cash covers 252.4% of the debt, net debt/EBITDA -0.1x.
Net debt / EBITDA
-0.1x
Very solid
Gearing (net debt / equity)
-47.56%
Net cash
Cash
100Md USD
Cash / market cap
5.06%
Tight
Cash / total debt
252.39%
Net cash
Interest coverage
-1.0x
Stretched
Net debt
-60.5Md USD
Equity
127Md USD
Closed daily candles, 4 months
Last close on October 16, 2026: 146.03 USD
- MM20155.24
- MM50148.15
- RSI 1443.2
Top panel: closed candles, 20, 50 and 200-day moving averages, with volume in grey. Bottom panel: 14-day RSI with dashed 30 and 70 levels.
50-day average slope, 1 month
+10.05%
Bullish RSI divergence
No
20-day volatility
3.23 % per day
Volatility change
-23.66%
Forecasts by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | EPS | Normalised EPS | Revenue | EBITDA | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.09 (20) | -0.01 (15) | 45 260 (24) | 22 170 (24) | 2 298 (20) |
| 2027 | 2.08 (22) | 1.99 (18) | 116 036 (24) | 68 862 (23) | 29 229 (20) |
Amounts in millions of USD, EPS in USD per share. In brackets, the number of analysts. Consensus as of October 15, 2026.
Same sub-industry: 27 companies behind the medians.
| # | Company | Code | Country | Overall / 10 | Fundamentals / 10 | Mkt cap | P/E | Net margin | Revenue growth | ROIC | Net debt / EBITDA | FCF yield | 1-year perf. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IRDM | 6.5 | 6.0 | 4.8Md USD | 51.3x | 10.5 % | 3.8 % | 4.1 % | 3.8x | 6.0 % | 133.8 % | ||
| 2 | SPACE42 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 2.7Md USD | Not meaningful (loss) | -16.8 % | 29.2 % | -4.8 % | -8.6x | 7.3 % | 11.8 % | ||
| 3 | CJLU | 4.5 | 3.6 | 2.9Md USD | 44.2x | 20.2 % | 1.6 % | 2.6 % | 2.8x | 4.3 % | -1.6 % | ||
| 4 | SPCX | 4.3 | 3.1 | 2.0T USD | — | — | 91.9 % | -2.5 % | -0.1x | -0.7 % | — | ||
| 5 | ASTS | 4.1 | 2.7 | 17.3Md USD | Not meaningful (loss) | -536.7 % | 2626.6 % | -19.8 % | -1.7x | -9.5 % | -55.0 % | ||
| 6 | LBTY.A | 3.8 | 2.4 | 2.8Md USD | Not meaningful (loss) | -62.1 % | -7.7 % | -15.5 % | 6.8x | -8.9 % | -26.8 % | ||
| 7 | DNET | 3.7 | 3.3 | 7.7Md USD | 125.8x | 63.0 % | 5.9 % | 5.3 % | 5.3x | -0.3 % | 9.1 % | ||
| 8 | LUMN | 3.4 | 2.8 | 5.0Md USD | Not meaningful (loss) | -8.7 % | -9.3 % | -7.2 % | 6.9x | 16.7 % | -31.0 % | ||
| 9 | GSAT | 2.7 | 1.2 | 10.7Md USD | Not meaningful (loss) | -19.4 % | -3.5 % | -7.1 % | 1.0x | 0.8 % | 83.7 % |
