{"id":2976,"date":"2026-07-14T16:46:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T16:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retrotradingreport.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/14\/spacex-stock-trades-near-ipo-price-but-analysts-remain-strongly-bullish\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T16:46:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T16:46:22","slug":"spacex-stock-trades-near-ipo-price-but-analysts-remain-strongly-bullish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/retrotradingreport.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/14\/spacex-stock-trades-near-ipo-price-but-analysts-remain-strongly-bullish\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX stock trades near IPO price, but analysts remain strongly bullish"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SpaceX (SPCX) shares rose about 1.5% on Tuesday, recovering modestly after a recent selloff that brought the stock close to its initial public offering price, as a broader market rally and a fresh bullish analyst initiation supported sentiment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The stock traded around $141 after falling about 4% on Monday. Despite the rebound, shares remained only slightly above the company&#8217;s $135 IPO price.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The broader market also advanced after June inflation data came in weaker than expected. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The S&amp;P 500 gained 0.4%, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.9%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded around the flatline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The consumer price index fell 0.4% <a href=\"https:\/\/invezz.com\/news\/2026\/07\/14\/us-cpi-falls-sharply-in-june-as-energy-prices-tumble-but-relief-may-be-shortlived\/\">in June from the previous month<\/a>, bringing the annual inflation rate to 3.5%. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Economists polled by Dow Jones had expected a monthly decline of 0.1% and an annual inflation rate of 3.8%.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shares recover after sharp pullback<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elon Musk&#8217;s rocket and artificial intelligence company priced its IPO at $135 per share on June 11, with shares opening at $150 the following day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The stock climbed as high as $225.64 on June 16 before retreating nearly 40% from that peak. On Monday, shares fell as low as $136.78, <a href=\"https:\/\/invezz.com\/news\/2026\/07\/10\/why-spacex-stock-is-down-over-2-on-friday\/\">narrowly remaining above the IPO price<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decline has come despite broadly positive sentiment from Wall Street analysts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Approximately 80% of analysts covering SpaceX rate the stock a Buy, compared with a typical Buy-rating ratio of 55% to 60% for S&amp;P 500 companies. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The average analyst price target stands at about $240 per share, implying a valuation of roughly $3 trillion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several Wall Street firms have also outlined long-term growth scenarios for the company based on expectations for Starlink, reusable launch systems, and future artificial intelligence infrastructure businesses.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Evercore begins coverage with Outperform rating<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday, Evercore ISI initiated coverage of SpaceX with an Outperform rating and a $230 price target.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Analyst Kutgun Maral described SpaceX as &#8220;an extraordinary company on a real path to reshaping the future of humanity.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Evercore, the company has built a vertically integrated business that has established a near-monopoly on orbital access through reusable, low-cost launch technology.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The firm projects revenue and EBITDA to compound at 106% and 157%, respectively, through 2028, while forecasting margin expansion from 35% to 69%.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SpaceX generated $19.3 billion in revenue and $3.95 billion in EBITDA in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Evercore said several milestones will be important in validating its long-term investment thesis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The firm pointed to expected progress in Starship payload delivery during the second half of 2026, continued Starlink broadband expansion through 2026 and 2027, and the development of the company&#8217;s mobile strategy between 2027 and 2029.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Evercore also cited terrestrial compute growth through 2028, orbital compute viability beyond 2029, and enterprise adoption of Grok and Cursor between 2026 and 2028 as additional milestones investors should monitor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this week, Bernstein analyst Douglas Harned reiterated a Buy rating on <a href=\"https:\/\/invezz.com\/news\/2026\/07\/13\/why-spacex-stock-is-slipping-over-4-on-monday\/\">SpaceX with a price target of $239<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/invezz.com\/news\/2026\/07\/14\/spacex-stock-trades-near-ipo-price-but-analysts-remain-strongly-bullish\/\">SpaceX stock trades near IPO price, but analysts remain strongly bullish<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/invezz.com\">Invezz<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX (SPCX) shares rose about 1.5% on Tuesday, recovering modestly after a recent selloff that brought the stock close to its initial public offering price, as a broader market rally and a fresh bullish analyst initiation supported sentiment.The stock traded around $141 after falling about 4% on Monday. 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