SpaceX Is Losing Money and Borrowing Billions. These 4 Profitable Aerospace Stocks Might Be Better Buys Right Now
While headlines focus on SpaceX's massive debt and losses, these four aerospace stocks offer a potentially more reliable way to profit from the industry's growth.
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Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX) raised $86 billion in its IPO and, days later, turned around to borrow another $25 billion in bonds to refinance a bridge loan it took out after absorbing X and xAI and their combined $17.5 billion in existing debt. The company posted a net loss of $4.28 billion in Q1 2026 alone. Its xAI division, the primary justification for the new debt, generated $818 million in revenue against $2.47 billion in operating losses in the same quarter. Some analysts project SpaceX will carry $400 billion in net debt by 2031.
That is one version of the aerospace investment thesis. Here is a different one: Invest in these four companies. It doesn't require betting on a company that raised $86 billion, borrowed $25 billion more, and is still losing money.
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