Elon Musk’s SpaceX aims to shake off AI spending fears, stock slump in first-ever earnings report

Nypost · Aug 03, 2026 · 711 words · By Thomas Barrabi

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX aims to shake off AI spending fears, stock slump in first-ever earnings report See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on Google Elon Musk’s SpaceX will report earnings for the first time since going public on Tuesday in an early test of whether the firm can overcome Wall Street’s fears about its massive spending on AI.

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SpaceX, which has lost more than $500 billion in market value since its debut in June, will announce its second-quarter results after the bell alongside chipmaker AMD.

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Claim 1: “Short interest hit 219.3 million shares as of July 29 – up from just 23.3 million about one month earlier, according to data from S3 Partners cited by Bloomberg.”

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No evidence was found in the search results to support or refute the specific short interest numbers from S3 Partners.

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Claim 2: “SpaceX, which has lost more than $500 billion in market value since its debut in June”

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A web search result explicitly mentions that since listing in June, SpaceX has lost more than $500 billion in market value, citing CNBC. Wikipedia confirms the IPO occurred in June 2026.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The initial public offering (IPO) of SpaceX, an American aerospace and artificial intelligence company founded by Elon Musk in 2002, occurred on June 12, 2026. It was the largest ever IPO, at a valuat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_public_offering_of_Spa…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Space Exploration Technologies Corp., doing business as SpaceX, is an American spaceflight, telecommunications, and artificial intelligence company headquartered at the Starbase development site in St…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — SpaceX operates four launch facilities: Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40); and, Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) – both in Florida; Vandenberg Space Force Base Space Laun…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_facilities

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Claim 3: “Memory chip firm SanDisk, Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk report on Wednesday, following by tech investment giant SoftBank on Thursday.”

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Claim 4: “SpaceX... will announce its second-quarter results after the bell alongside chipmaker AMD.”

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While evidence confirms SpaceX reported earnings, there is no mention of AMD reporting on the same day or the specific 'after the bell' timing in the provided evidence.

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web search NEUTRAL — SpaceX - Wikipedia
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 24, 2026 · SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people t…
https://www.spacex.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 8, 2026 · SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to…
https://www.spacex.com/launches

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Claim 5: “The Texas-based company was trading at roughly $111 per share on Monday morning – far below its $135 IPO price.”

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Wikipedia confirms SpaceX is headquartered in Starbase, Texas. Web search results confirm the IPO price was $135 and that shares have traded around $100-$111 (one source mentions it 'slide back toward 100', another mentions it 'currently trades around' a value below its peak).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — As of August 4, 2026, rockets from the Falcon 9 family have been launched 685 times, with 682 full mission successes, two mission failures during launch, one mission failure before launch, and one par…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From June 2010, to the end of 2019, Falcon 9 was launched 77 times, with 75 full mission successes, one partial failure and one total loss of the spacecraft. In addition, one rocket and its payload we…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Starship is a two-stage, fully reusable, super heavy-lift launch vehicle under development by American aerospace company SpaceX. Currently built and launched from Starbase in Texas, it is intended as …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Starship

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Claim 6: “AMD, Nvidia, Intel and other chip stocks each suffered a major plunge last week”

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Claim 7: “Elon Musk’s SpaceX will report earnings for the first time since going public on Tuesday”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that SpaceX reported its first quarterly earnings as a public company on a Tuesday following its IPO in June.

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web search NEUTRAL — SpaceX reports its first earnings as a public company today, weeks after an IPO that priced shares at 135 dollars, watched them spike past 225, and then watched them slide back toward 100.
https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/spacexs-first-earnings-w…

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web search NEUTRAL — SpaceX on Tuesday reported booming revenue and shrinking losses in its first quarterly earnings report as a publicly traded company, offering a window into its performance after executing the biggest …
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/spacex-earnings-elon-musk-ipo/

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web search NEUTRAL — Investors in Elon Musk’s space company get a chance to question him Tuesday in his first quarterly earnings call since an initial public offering.SpaceX is losing money fast, with net losses for its f…
https://www.ksat.com/news/2026/08/03/musk-likely-to-face-tou…

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Claim 8: “Wall Street is projecting revenue of $3.82 billion and operating profit of $1.42 billion in the second quarter for the Starlink segment.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general definitions of 'analyst' and unrelated Wikipedia entries. No specific financial projections for Starlink's Q2 revenue or profit were found in the evidence.

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Claim 9: “Musk’s Starlink satellite network accounted for about 60% of SpaceX’s overall revenue last year”

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Two independent sources (AOL citing The Information and another web search result) state that Starlink accounted for approximately 60-61% of SpaceX's revenue last year.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Starlink Services, LLC is a telecommunications subsidiary of the American spaceflight company SpaceX, providing broadband Internet service in approximately 160 countries and territories. It also aims …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink

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Claim 10: “the first “lock-up” period blocking early investors from selling their shares expires on Thursday.”

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Three independent web search results (LinkedIn, Bloomberg, and another news source) confirm that the first lock-up period expired on Thursday, releasing approximately 900-911 million shares.

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web search NEUTRAL — SpaceX shares rose on Thursday as investors digested the release of as many as 911.5 million shares worth about $100 billion from lock-up agreements that had prevented insiders from selling them.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-06/spacex-sh…

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web search NEUTRAL — The first lockup period expires for SpaceX on Thursday, turning over 911 million shares into liquid stock for early investors. Wall Street is watching to see whether SpaceX insiders start cashing out …
https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/spacex-stock-rises-as-90…

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web search NEUTRAL — SpaceX Corp (NASDAQ:SPCX) shares rose about 2.5% on Thursday, despite the expiration of the first major lockup period that made more than 900 million shares held by insiders and other investors eligib…
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/spacex-sha…

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Claim 11: “Analysts expect SpaceX’s spending to exceed an eye-watering $14 billion in the second quarter alone.”

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Web search results confirm that analysts expected capex/spending of around $13-14 billion, with one source explicitly mentioning $13 billion was expected by analysts while actual capex was reported higher at $18.4 billion.

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Claim 12: “Apollo Global Management also reports earnings on Tuesday.”

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Claim 13: “Analysts at Bernstein have set a price target of $239 for SpaceX’s stock”

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No evidence was found in the search results regarding a price target from Bernstein analysts.

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