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Spire Global's $70M at-the-market raise looks insignificant, making the 10% drop on the news a chance to add. At a roughly $700M market cap, the raise is only about 10% of the company. It roughly doubles cash to about $150M to fund 50%+ core growth and government reconnaissance purchases. It remains a tiny, speculative position. x.comÂ
Spire Global is a speculative swing trade to front-run the SpaceX IPO, with coming profitability not yet priced in. Selling its boat-tracking unit for a $154M gain cleared all debt and left over $80M in cash. Its RF intelligence, which locates GPS jammers and hidden radars, grows capacity 15x this year, valuable to NATO defense, and its data feeds Nvidia's Earth-2 AI weather models. A $200M+ backlog locks in 75% of 2026 revenue, set to grow 50%+, yet the stock is far cheaper than rivals. x.comÂ
Spire Global's valuation gap should close soon, and Renaissance Technologies' Medallion Fund owning it is a reason not to bet against it. SPIR is one of very few space names the fund holds, a fund with 66% annual returns since 1988 and $35B AUM. A post the author quotes puts SPIR's $640M market cap against Satellogic's $1B, Planet Labs' $12B and Rocket Lab's $40B, noting even catching up to Satellogic would put SPIR near $30. x.comÂ
Spire Global is still cheap for its fundamentals at about a $746M market cap and roughly 8.5x forward sales. It is debt-free after the $233.5M maritime sale with $81.8M in cash, growing organic revenue 50%+, integrated with Nvidia Earth-2, expanding in agtech and targeting EBITDA breakeven in Q4 2026. As a small cap it is volatile. x.comÂ
Spire Global is a pure data-as-a-service business built on radio-frequency data that cannot be captured from the ground, yet still trades at an attractive forward P/S of about 8.5x. Selling its maritime unit to Kpler for $233.5M let it retire all debt. Soil-moisture data and feeds for Nvidia's Earth-2 weather models add recurring revenue. FY2026 guidance implies 41-61% organic growth, with adjusted EBITDA breakeven targeted for Q4 2026. The $70M placement that cut the stock 20% de-risks it. … Show more
Spire Global looks cheap at 5x EV/sales with 50% revenue growth expected in 2026, against Planet Labs at 22x EV/sales with 40% growth. @wliang, comparing Planet Labs' $12B market cap with BlackSky's $1B and Satellogic's $700M, expects the space-imaging valuation gap could fill soon. x.comÂ
Planet Labs should go back to at least $50 because its drop on a $1.5B ATM, about 12% of market cap, was an overreaction given its market position and strong financials. It runs the largest commercial Earth-observation fleet, imaging all land daily, with a 10-year-plus archive rivals cannot recreate, sold via 99% recurring subscriptions and sovereign deals. Revenue grows 41%, backlog is $906M, up 72%, and it is disrupting Airbus's dominance, on track to lead space imagery. x.com x.com x.comÂ
Space stocks are a buy because big banks are buying: Morgan Stanley's space team says space is back in a big way, and Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank are buying, with large stakes in Planet Labs, AST SpaceMobile and Rocket Lab. Favored names include Rocket Lab, AST SpaceMobile, Redwire, Sidus Space, Satellogic, Intuitive Machines, Planet Labs, Firefly, BlackSky and Spire, with Archer and Joby as honorable mentions. x.com x.comÂ
Rocket Lab's $3B at-the-market offering shows it needs investor cash because it has no real earnings or path to profitability, and it should have raised $10-15B while the window lasts. Selling stock at such a high valuation is the only way to sustain the next 18-24 months, and the coming SpaceX IPO will most likely be the sell event for the entire space sector. x.com x.comÂ
Planet Labs is seeing four straight quarters of smart-money accumulation, and its $1.5B at-the-market offering is strength, not weakness. It funds the Pelican fleet on Planet's own terms, with 30cm resolution that turns raw imagery into high-value defense and sovereign solutions, and Planet raised guidance alongside it, so the accretive dilution buys the next leg of growth. @SpacBobby notes funds are loading up while the offering weighs on the share price. x.comÂ
Planet Labs is not yet a buy after its 24% drop because a newly announced $1.5 billion at-the-market offering hangs over every bounce. Filings will show how much is sold: light use of $100-200 million would limit the overhang, while aggressive early selling would mean more downside. The $28-30 zone, about 24x forward revenue on the new $433 million guide, is still rich but closer to fair for high-growth space and defense names, and a retest of $25 would be an excellent entry. x.comÂ
Listed space stocks were sold because SpaceX's IPO vacuumed up the sector's marginal dollar, not because their contracts stopped. AST SpaceMobile launched the three largest comm arrays ever, with 60 carriers signed; Rocket Lab booked $663M from the Space Force in nine days; Planet Labs' backlog exceeds annual revenue; BlackSky printed its first EBITDA-positive quarter; Firefly, a Golden Dome interceptor selectee, trades below its IPO price; and Redwire's revenue rose 90%. x.comÂ
