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SpaceX Attracts Retail Buyers After Post-Earnings Share Slide

Retail traders bought a net $22.7 million in the first hour as SpaceX fell as much as 12.9% after its first public earnings report.

  • On Wednesday, retail investors aggressively bought SpaceX shares, capitalizing on a sharp sell-off following the company's first-ever earnings report as a public company.
  • Shares of the rockets-to-AI company dropped as much as 12.9% following the earnings report as investors grew concerned about SpaceX burning through $16 billion in cash in Q2, putting it on course to burn $50 billion this year.
  • While SpaceX reported $7.8 billion in revenue, beating the $6.8 billion analysts projected, investors focused on negatives; Starlink sales grew less than 66% and AI sales surged 248% year over year without reaching profitability.
  • Mom-and-Pop traders purchased a net $22.7 million in SpaceX shares during the first hour of trading, making SpaceX the most bought U.S. stock among retail investors, outpacing Advanced Micro Devices.
  • Since its June 12 IPO, SpaceX has not recorded a single day of net retail selling; the listing remains the biggest in U.S. history at $135 per share.
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