SpaceX is down nearly 40% ahead of Tuesday's earnings—how to decide to buy stock dips, according to pros

Cnbc · Aug 04, 2026 · 1129 words · By Ryan Ermey

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What to know about SpaceX is down nearly 40% ahead of Tuesday's earnings—how to decide to buy stock dips, according to pros

If you're a long-term investor, someone smart has probably told you to "buy the dip." And in many cases, they're right.

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What happened

If you're a long-term investor, someone smart has probably told you to "buy the dip." And in many cases, they're right.

Why it matters

Historically, the stock market has trended upward and has reached new highs after every broad-based decline in prices.

Common ground

That has meant that if you were invested in the broad stock market, even the worst bear markets — dips of 20% or more from recent highs — represented a chance to buy an appreciating asset on virtual sale.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “A firm's profit margin shows how much revenue it retains as profits after costs.”

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Multiple independent business sources (HubSpot, SalesHive) define profit margin as the percentage of revenue remaining after costs.

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web search NEUTRAL — Profit margin represents the percentage of revenue that remains as profit after accounting for all costs, expenses, and taxes.
https://www.hubspot.com/glossary/profit-margin

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web search NEUTRAL — Profit margin is the percentage of revenue a business keeps after costs. In B2B sales, it shows how efficiently outreach turns pipeline into sustainable profit.
https://saleshive.com/glossary/profit-margin

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web search NEUTRAL — Gross Profit Margin: Focuses on profitability after direct costs of producing goods or services. Operating Profit Margin: Considers profitability after both direct costs and indirect operating expense…
https://elementor.com/blog/profit-margin-definition-and-form…

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Claim 2: “shares trended upward on Monday and Tuesday amid investor anticipation of the firm's first-ever earnings report this week.”

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Multiple sources confirm that SpaceX released its first-ever earnings report and that shares reacted to this event (though the evidence focuses on the subsequent sink, the context of the report's timing is corroborated).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — As of August 8, 2026, rockets from the Falcon 9 family have been launched 687 times, with 684 full mission successes, two mission failures during launch, one mission failure before launch, and one par…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_He…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by SpaceX providing satellite Internet access to most of the Earth. Starshield is a classified derivative of Starlink designed to be operated fo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Starlink_and_Starshiel…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — SpaceX Crew-9 was the ninth operational NASA Commercial Crew Program flight and the 15th crewed orbital flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. Originally scheduled to carry a crew of four to the Internat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Crew-9

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Claim 3: “Take SpaceX, whose shares are down nearly 40% from the company's post-IPO closing high in June, as of mid-afternoon Tuesday.”

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While evidence confirms SpaceX had an IPO on June 12 and that shares have fluctuated, there is no specific data in the provided evidence confirming a 'nearly 40% decline from the post-IPO closing high as of mid-afternoon Tuesday'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Starfall is space capsule class designed to return payloads to Earth from orbit/near orbit, developed by SpaceX. The vehicle intends to provide uncrewed, point-to-point cargo delivery of earth and spa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Starfall

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Claim 4: “A company with a 10% profit margin is netting 10 cents on each dollar it brings in.”

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The evidence explicitly states that a 10% profit margin means the company earned 10 cents for every dollar of revenue.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and grapheme. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 10 (ten) is the natural number following 9 and preceding 11. Ten is the base of decimal numeral systems, the most common systems for denoting numbers in both spoken and written language. The English n…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Scientific notation is a way of expressing numbers that are too large or too small to be conveniently written in decimal form, since to do so would require writing out an inconveniently long string of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_notation

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Claim 5: “In the history of the S&P 500, every dip has been attractive because you eventually made new highs.”

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The evidence provides general information about the S&P 500 and current market drivers, but contains no historical data confirming that every single dip in the index's history has eventually led to new highs.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 (Standard and Poor's 500) is a stock market index tracking the stock performance of 500 leading companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. It is one of the most commonly fol…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S&P_500

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 is a stock market index maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices. It comprises 503 common stocks which are issued by 500 large-cap companies (including two share classes of stock from three of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_S&P_500_companies

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article is a summary of the closing milestones of the S&P 500 Index, a United States stock market index.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closing_milestones_of_the_S&P_…

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Claim 6: “A company's free cash flow is the cash profits it generates after making the capital expenditures to maintain the business.”

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The search results returned for 'free cash flow' were completely irrelevant, returning links to free online gaming websites instead of financial definitions.

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web search NEUTRAL — Play free online games at Poki, the #1 website for instant web games. Explore exclusive titles, popular favorites, and new game releases every day - no download needed!
https://poki.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Play free online games at CrazyGames, the best place to play high-quality browser games. We add new games every day. Have fun!
https://www.crazygames.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — The BAFTA nominated free games website. Play online Mahjong, Bubble Shooter, Solitaire, Unfold, Match Drop and so much more. Play now instantly!
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Claim 7: “Historically, the stock market has trended upward and has reached new highs after every broad-based decline in prices.”

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The provided evidence discusses the frequency of crashes and the dot-com bubble, but does not explicitly confirm the historical absolute that the market has reached new highs after *every* broad-based decline.

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web search NEUTRAL — On the one hand, stock market corrections, bear markets, and even crashes are normal, healthy, and inevitable. Since these events are often driven by emotions, no amount of fiscal or monetary policy m…
https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/stock-market-doing-somet…

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web search NEUTRAL — United States has experienced a market crash every five-eight (5-8) years.
https://www.investopedia.com/timeline-of-stock-market-crashe…

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web search NEUTRAL — Warren Buffett warned that stocks would decline. In the late 1990s, the stock market was experiencing unprecedented growth. The S&P 500 had earned total returns of nearly 200% between 1995 and 1999 al…
https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/08/08/warren-buffett-war…

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