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Aerospace & Defence AI & Machine Learning SpaceX Broker Note

DB analyst takes bullish swing at SpaceX, pencils in over 70% upside

Analyst Edison Yu calls SpaceX the "apex of civilizational ambition" as Deutsche Bank opened coverage with a bullish call on Elon Musk's newly listed rocket and satellite group.

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Deutsche Bank sees 71% upside in SpaceX (Nasdaq:SPCX), pitching a Buy rating and a $255 price target (versus a market price of around $149.47).

Analyst Edison Yu frames the rocket manufacturer and satellite operator as foundational infrastructure spanning transportation, connectivity and AI, arguing SpaceX has achieved what governments have failed to deliver for decades: large rockets that are reliable, reusable and increasingly affordable, culminating in Starship.

The German bank's analyst singles out Starlink as a parallel success story, citing extreme first-principles engineering and vertical integration as the forces behind a connectivity network that now serves consumers, enterprises and governments worldwide, with the segment widely recognised as SpaceX's primary near-term cash generator.

Yu's note comes after SpaceX's $135-per-share IPO has drawn attention to the company's AI compute ambitions, including its AI1 satellite and solar-powered space data centres.

Elsewhere, Goldman Sachs had modelled revenue scaling from roughly $38 billion currently toward $474 billion by 2030, a trajectory that brokers broadly agree will require sustained capital raises, well beyond the $75 billion seen in the stock market float.

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