SpaceX's stock is currently trading slightly below its pre-IPO allocation price of $135 per share, leading to mixed investor reactions. There is only one analyst price target below the current stock price, at $115, while the average analyst price target is $244, implying a potential doubling from current levels.
The speaker highlights that analysts often underestimate disruptive companies, citing Tesla as an example, due to incentives that favor conservatism over optimism. Being too optimistic risks being a "laughing stock," leading analysts to be overly conservative.
The core argument for SpaceX's significant upside is centered on its Starship rocket, described as the most advanced heavy-lift reusable rocket. Starship is considered the foundational technology that will unlock opportunities in launch, communications, and AI compute, creating a total addressable market (TAM) estimated at nearly $30 trillion. This would effectively give SpaceX commercial control over access to space for the next decade.
The company is projected to achieve revenue growth rates of 70% and EBITDA growth rates of 90% through 2031, with EBITDA reaching an estimated $512 billion (half a trillion dollars) by 2031. SpaceX is uniquely positioned to exploit emerging off-planet business models, providing investors a "call option" on Elon Musk's vision of making life multi-planetary. The speaker's personal valuation model incorporates an "Elon multiple" to account for the intrinsic value of Musk's creativity, innovation, and ability to identify and seize opportunities, a factor often ignored by traditional analyst price targets.