Prediction: SpaceX Shares Can Reach $220 by End of 2026

Prediction: SpaceX Shares Can Reach $220 by End of 2026 Manali Pradhan, CFA, The Motley Fool Sun, July 12, 2026 at 10:40 PM GMT+2 4 min read SPCX NVDA Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX) has become one of the market's most closely watched stocks after its rapid entry into the Nasdaq-100 index on July 7. Shares are trading close to $149 (as of July 10), still above its $135 IPO price, but nearly 34% below its post-IPO high of $225. 60.

This share price pullback has not ended investor interest in SpaceX , but it has changed the debate. Investors are now weighing the company's artificial intelligence (AI) compute opportunity, Starlink satellite internet network's room to expand in satellite communications, and progress on the next-generation reusable rocket system, Starship, as they assess where the stock could trade by the end of 2026. Missed Nvidia in 2009?

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  Continue » Image source: Getty Images. SpaceX has growth drivers for its revenue SpaceX is already demonstrating impressive financial momentum. Revenue rose 33% year over year to $18.

7 billion in 2025. But the company still reported a net loss of $4. 9 billion after merging with money-losing xAI.

Starlink remains the key growth engine, supported by roughly 10. 3 million users and 9,600 satellites. But AI infrastructure is also becoming the next major catalyst.

Alphabet has agreed to pay SpaceX $920 million per month from October 2026 through June 2029 for access to about 110,000 Nvidia GPUs and related computing resources. Anthropic has also signed a major compute-access deal with SpaceX, securing use of SpaceX's Colossus 1 data center. Reuters reported that SpaceX's two deals are worth about $26 billion annually if fully realized.

Although not all the AI revenue from these deals is expected to materialize in 2026, it still gives investors a reason to value SpaceX based on future revenue potential rather than solely on 2025 sales. SpaceX's valuation will fall, but remain expensive At the end of 2026, investors will likely be looking toward SpaceX's expected 2027 revenue, since the stock's valuation depends on how quickly Starlink, AI compute, and Starship can expand the company's sales base. SpaceX's market capitalization is close to $2 trillion.

Analysts' 2026 revenue estimates range from $34. 3 billion on the low end to $43. 2 billion on the high end, with a base case estimate of about $38.

9 billion. Hence, SpaceX is already trading at roughly 51. 4 times base case 2026 sales.

By the end of 2026, that multiple will most likely compress, as post-IPO excitement usually cools and investors demand evidence of execution. But it also does not need to collapse if SpaceX continues to show progress in Starlink, AI infrastructure, and Starship. Story Continues A reasonable base-case assumption is that SpaceX's sales multiple compresses by about 20% to 25% from today's 51.

4x 2026 sales multiple. That gives a forward price-to-sales (P/S) multiple range of roughly 38. 5 to 41 times expected 2027 sales.

Analysts expect SpaceX's 2027 revenue to range from $54. 8 billion to $85 billion, with an average estimate of $72. 4 billion.

Applying a forward sales multiple of 38. 5 to 41 times to the 2027 base case revenue estimate yields an implied market capitalization of about $2. 79 trillion to $2.

97 trillion. Using roughly 13. 1 billion shares outstanding, that points to a share price in the range of $213 to $227 at the end of 2026.

Hence, $220 is a reasonable base case estimate. It assumes that while SpaceX's valuation multiple compresses, revenue growth offsets the pressure enough to lift the share price. Should you buy stock in Space Exploration Technologies right now?

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