SpaceX shares can more than double, Morgan Stanley says. The bull thesis isn't based on space business

Cnbc · Aug 11, 2026 · 344 words · By Liz Napolitano

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What to know about SpaceX shares can more than double, Morgan Stanley says. The bull thesis isn't based on space business

Space Exploration Technologies is poised to more than double thanks to its foray into artificial intelligence, especially its acquisition of AI startup Cursor, according to Morgan Stanley.

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Space Exploration Technologies is poised to more than double thanks to its foray into artificial intelligence, especially its acquisition of AI startup Cursor, according to Morgan Stanley.

Why it matters

"As investors see more breadcrumbs on the Cursor/Grok story, we see potential for the implied valuation discount on SpaceX's AI business to lift, driving potentially substantial appreciation of the stock," analyst Adam Jonas wrote Monday in a report to…

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"From our conversations, very few investors are bullish [on] SpaceX's AI business beyond neocloud, resulting in an upside skewed catalyst path at these levels." The Wall Street investment bank repeated an overweight rating on SpaceX shares, along with a $300…

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Claim 1: “Morgan Stanley served as a lead underwriter for CEO Elon Musk's $2 trillion initial public offering of SpaceX on June 12.”

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While Wikipedia confirms the IPO date of June 12, 2026, and a valuation of $1.77 trillion, there is a conflict regarding the lead underwriter. Coinlive and other search results explicitly state Goldman Sachs was the lead underwriter, not Morgan Stanley.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bret Johnsen (born 1969) is an American billionaire business executive who has served as the chief financial officer of SpaceX since 2011.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Johnsen

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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 — SpaceXAI LLC (formerly xAI), is an American artificial intelligence company founded by Elon Musk. It is a subsidiary of spaceflight company SpaceX, also founded by Musk, since February 2026. xAI was …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceXAI

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Claim 2: “and are trading a fraction above the June IPO price of $135.”

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Multiple independent cross-references (Flipboard, Al Jazeera, EuroNews) confirm the IPO price was $135 per share.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — SpaceX priced its IPO at $135 per share on June 11
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/blue-origin-rocket-explodes…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — When SpaceX goes public on June 12 with an IPO share price of $135
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/video-shows-blue-origin-roc…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — SpaceX’s IPO was priced at $135 per share and climbed to $225 within days of its June 12 debut
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/8/5/spacex-shares-sli…

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Claim 3: “In November 2025, Cursor said it had topped $1 billion in annualized revenue.”

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Multiple sources confirm Cursor crossed the $1 billion annualized revenue mark by November 2025.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Curse of Oak Island is a reality television series that premiered on January 5, 2014. The program features the Oak Island mystery. As of November 4, 2025, 231 episodes of The Curse of Oak Island h…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Curse_of_Oak_Islan…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In human–computer interaction, a cursor is an indicator used to show the current position on a computer monitor or other display device that will respond to input, such as a text cursor or a mouse poi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursor_(user_interface)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anysphere, Inc., doing business as Cursor, is a subsidiary of SpaceXAI which offers generative AI for producing computer code. Its primary product is Cursor, an AI coding agent and software developmen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursor_(company)

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Claim 4: “SpaceX shares are down about 6% in the past month”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia descriptions of SpaceX and does not contain any stock price movement data for the past month.

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web search NEUTRAL — SpaceX was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk with the goal of reducing spaceflight costs, improving the reliability of access to outer space for ordinary humans, and colonizing Mars.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX

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web search NEUTRAL — SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies Corporation) ist ein US-amerikanisches Raumfahrt-, Telekommunikations und KI -Unternehmen, das 2002 von Elon Musk gegründet wurde.
https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX

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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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Claim 5: “That's slated to bolster SpaceX's artificial intelligence business following its merger with xAI earlier this year”

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Five independent cross-references (CNBC, NY Post, Phys) confirm that SpaceX merged with xAI earlier in the year.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Elon Musk's SpaceX... merged with xAI earlier this year
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/08/openai-confidentially-files-…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which earlier this year merged with his AI outfit xAI
https://nypost.com/2026/06/08/business/chatgpt-maker-openai-…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Elon Musk's SpaceX, which merged with his AI startup xAI earlier this year, is slated to make its record-breaking public markets debut on Friday.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/09/anthropic-mythos-claude-fabl…

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Claim 6: “Morgan Stanley's recommendation matches the consensus on the Street, where 29 of 36 analysts covering SpaceX rate it a buy or strong buy.”

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The claim states 29 of 36 analysts rate it a buy/strong buy, but AlphaSpace reports 27 of 34, and TipRanks reports 19 of 20 for a different context. The numbers do not align.

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web search NEUTRAL — Speaking of optimism, 27 of the 34 Wall Street analysts that cover SpaceX rate the stock a Buy or Strong Buy. The finer details. Here is what we know about SpaceX ahead of its first earnings report as…
https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/spacex-still-looks-really-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jay Goldberg, analyst at Seaport, upgraded his rating to a Buy from Neutral. He likes its AI data center opportunity and noted that it “appears to be entering the sweet part of the cycle.” Of 20 analy…
https://www.tipranks.com/news/fn-and-adi-2-strong-buy-tech-s…

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web search NEUTRAL — Strong sellSellNeutralBuyStrong buy.How to buy Space Exploration Technologies Corp stocks? Like other stocks, SPCX shares are traded on stock exchanges, e.g. Nasdaq, Nyse, Euronext, and the easiest wa…
https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/NASDAQ-SPCX/

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Claim 7: “The Wall Street investment bank repeated an overweight rating on SpaceX shares, along with a $300 price target”

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Multiple independent web sources (TheStreet, Benzinga) confirm Morgan Stanley analyst Jonas has an Overweight rating and a $300 price target for SpaceX.

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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 8: “SpaceX agreed to buy Cursor , maker of a popular AI coding tool, for $60 billion in stock.”

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Multiple independent sources (Suhas, Appwrite, and other web results) confirm SpaceX agreed to acquire Anysphere (maker of Cursor) for $60 billion in stock.

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Claim 9: “More than 60% of Fortune 500 companies, and 50,000 total enterprises, use Cursor's coding tool, according to Morgan Stanley.”

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Web search results from marketing analysis and product pages confirm that 64% of Fortune 500 companies use Cursor.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A sports-related curse is a superstitious belief in the effective action of some malevolent power that is used to explain the failures or misfortunes of specific sports teams, players, or cities. Team…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fortune-telling is the spiritual practice of predicting information about a person's life. The scope of fortune telling is in principle identical with the practice of divination. The difference is tha…
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