Of the 46 analysts covering SpaceX (SPCX), 76% rate it a buy, 15% a hold and 9% a sell, with a median one-year price target of $217. At that price, a $10,000 investment made at the $163.42 close would grow to about $13,278. The lowest analyst target of $75 would shrink the same investment to about $4,589. The company reported $7.8 billion in second-quarter 2026 revenue, up 92%, and has cloud deals with Anthropic, Alphabet and Reflection AI, but still posted a $541 million loss while capital expenditures rose to $18.4 billion from $2.8 billion a year earlier.
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