3 Under-the-Radar Space Stocks to Buy Before the SpaceX IPO
Wall Street is buzzing over reports of SpaceX's supposedly imminent initial public offering. Market mavens point to a June, 2026 IPO, with the stock trading under the symbol SPCX on Nasdaq.
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Wall Street is buzzing over reports of SpaceX's supposedly imminent initial public offering. Market mavens point to a June, 2026 IPO, with the stock trading under the symbol SPCX on Nasdaq.
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Pure-play commercial space stocks are getting hit hard at midday on Tuesday. Rocket Lab (NASDAQ:RKLB | RKLB Price Prediction) is down 9%, Planet Labs (NYSE:PL) is off 6%, and Intuitive Machines (NASDAQ:LUNR) has slipped 5%.
Prediction market traders on Polymarket now assign a 92% probability that SpaceX completes its IPO by June 30, 2026, with a $1.5 trillion-plus valuation in play.
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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, today released first light images from its latest Pelican launch, including the Swedish Armed Forces (SwAF)'s first ever sovereign satellite. Planet launched these three Pelican spacecraft to orbit aboard the CAS500-2 rideshare mission with SpaceX from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on May 3, 2026. Planet received high-resolution first light imagery from th.
BERLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Planet Labs Germany, a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, today announced Planet's subsidiary Sinergise Solutions d.o.o. has signed a 2-year, 7-figure contract to provide satellite imagery and AI-powered analytics to the State Agricultural Intervention Fund (SZIF) of the Czech Republic. This deal will support the country-wide agricultural payments and monitoring system. By integrating Planet's high-frequency satellite data with AI analyti.
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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, today announced that it plans to release its fiscal first quarter 2027 financial results for the quarter that ended April 30, 2026, after market close on Thursday, June 4, 2026. Planet's management will host a conference call to discuss the financial results and business outlook at 5:00 p.m. ET / 2:00 p.m. PT the same day. Planet invites you to listen to the conference.
BERLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Planet Labs Germany, a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, today announced a 2-year, 7-figure agreement with the Greek government to support the country's National Satellite Space Project. Signed through the European Space Agency (ESA) on behalf of the Hellenic Ministry of Digital Governance and the Hellenic Space Center, this contract includes numerous data offerings, including near-daily medium-resolution imagery and high-resolution task.
Space analytics company HawkEye 360 set its initial public offering (IPO) price at $26 on Wednesday. The Herndon, Virginia-based company sold 16 million shares, which is expected to raise about $416 million. HawkEye is expected to begin trading on Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "HAWK." A Strategic Move The offering consists entirely of newly issued common shares being sold by HawkEye 360. The company said the $416 million figure is before underwriting fees and other costs tied to the deal. Underwriters also received a 30-day ability to buy up to 2.4 million additional shares at the IPO price, minus underwriting discounts and commissions. That provision could expand the share count sold if exercised. The offering was underwritten by Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, RBC Capital Markets, Jefferies and BofA Securities. Growing Demand for Space Intelligence Several major developments are underway in the industry. The White House rolled out the National Initiative for American Space Nuclear Power, SpaceX's potential record setting IPO is capturing massive investor attention, and NASA's Artemis II mission successfully brought astronauts back from deep space for the first time in more than five decades. Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL) shares have experienced a significant uptick in stock value, reflecting the overall rising tide in the space ecosystem as firms gear up for their own public offerings. IPO Market Is Growing HawkEye's debut comes amid signs of recovery in the U.S. IPO market following a volatile start to 2026. X-Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: XE) debuted on April 24, with shares opening at $30.11, up 31% from the $23 IPO price after the company raised about $1.02 billion in an upsized offering. Aevex Corp. (NYSE: AVEX) jumped 35% in its April 17 NYSE debut after raising $320 million, highlighting strong investor appetite for defense-linked companies. SoftBank Group Corp. is also preparing for a major market move, targeting a 2026 IPO for Roze AI, its autonomous robotics venture for data center construction, at a potential valuation of up to $100 billion. Disclaimer: This content was partially produced with the help of AI tools and was reviewed and published by a Benzinga editor.
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Planet Labs is up 87.5% YTD and is trading above key SMAs. However, a premium valuation and continued losses temper its $900M backlog and FY2027 guidance.
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, today announced that the Company has completed the redemption of its outstanding public warrants (the “Public Warrants”) to purchase shares of the Company's Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A common stock”), that were issued under the Warrant Agreement, dated March 4, 2021 (the “Warrant Agreement”), by and between the Company and Continental Stock T.
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, today announced the successful launch of three additional Pelican satellites, one of which is the first satellite to orbit as part of the recently-announced satellite services agreement with the Swedish Armed Forces (SwAF). The spacecraft were launched to orbit aboard the CAS500-2 rideshare mission with SpaceX from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Planet has.
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, today announced its plans to design a specialized version of the Tanager spacecraft. Together with Carbon Mapper, and with support from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Planet plans to architect this cutting-edge spacecraft as a specialized iteration of Tanager, designed to solely target shortwave infrared (SWIR) light, and to capture five times the area coverage.
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On CNBC's “Mad Money Lightning Round,” Jim Cramer said Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL) is up “way too much” and is just going higher.