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Space Exploration Technologies

SPCX
19
Aerospace & Defense · Industrials
Price
$160.95
+25.95 (+19.22%)
Market Cap
$2.10T
Exchange
NASDAQ Global Select
Winston Score
19
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Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Based on the IPO prospectus (annual filing). This score will refine automatically once the company reports its first quarters.

Winston Score below 40. The stock fails on most of our quality checks.

SpaceX builds rockets and spacecraft that carry satellites, cargo, and astronauts into space. Its main products are the Falcon 9 rocket, the Falcon Heavy rocket, the Dragon spacecraft, and the Starship rocket still in development. Customers include NASA, the U.S. military, and private companies that need satellites launched into orbit. SpaceX is the most active rocket launch provider in the world and owns the Starlink satellite internet service, which now has millions of subscribers globally.

The company earns money from launch contracts, government agreements, and Starlink subscription fees paid by homes and businesses in over 100 countries. SpaceX operates primarily from U.S. launch sites in Florida and Texas. Its reusable rocket technology gives it a significant cost advantage over most competitors. The biggest growth driver is Starlink's continued expansion, but the company still runs at an operating loss, meaning it spends more than it earns from operations, which is a key financial risk to watch.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+15.4% YoY

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

-605.6% YoY

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$8.6B/ year

Rising (+150% vs prior year)

46.3% of revenue

11.6x the sector average (4%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

95.1%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~8 months

$23.7B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

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Heavy R&D investment

Space Exploration Technologies is putting 46% of revenue into R&D and that number is rising. That's 11.6x the sector average.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin
49.4%
Healthy — 49.4% gross margin
Operating Margin
-13.9%
Losing money on operations — -13.9%
ROCE
-4.0%
Weak — -4.0% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+33.2%
Fast-growing sales (33.2% YoY)
EPS YoY
-26925.4%
Earnings shrinking (-26925.4% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency
N/A
Data not available

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
FCF Margin
-74.7%
Burning cash (-74.7%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.55
Conservative — low debt load (0.55)
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

P/E Ratio
N/A
Data not available
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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