HSBC built its valuation as a sum of the parts, adding up what it believes SpaceX's businesses are worth. Then it did something unusual. It applied a 2x premium to account for CEO Elon Musk's track record of commercializing disruptive technologies. In other words, the bank built a 2x innovation premium into its sum-of-the-parts math, on the theory that Musk has repeatedly built industries where none existed.

    Even with that premium, the answer came back at $115, along with a conclusion that the price already reflects much of the company's long-term growth potential — including continued expansion of Starlink, rising launch activity, and the development of its artificial intelligence initiatives. The bank did sketch a friendlier picture. Its most optimistic scenario, which assumes the Starship rocket becomes commercially viable starting in 2027 and launch capacity doubles, values the stock at $293 per share. But that's the ceiling case, not the expectation.

    https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/hsbc-just-started-covering-spacex-232800998.html

    HSBC Started Covering SpaceX With a $115 Price Target 5, along with a conclusion that the price already reflects much of the company's long-
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    3 Comments

    1. CivilizedSteve on

      Would anyone here do their SpaceX strategy differently now that they’ve seen what happened?

      I thought the overall sentiment pre IPO was HUGE interest, oversold and over priced. So the strategy was to buy the open and get out before the drop.

    2. I_have_to_go on

      The equity applied 2x because otherwise the price target would be under 60 and his boss wouldn t allow it

    3. Whole-Scene-689 on

      There is no reasonable verdict or estimate until all the lockups are gone. I’m waiting until December/January and then I look forward to dumping a large % of my portfolio into it ($50-80, happy), then forgetting my password for a decade.

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