Stone Fox Capital
Founder, CIO & Portfolio Manager of Stone Fox Capital
Joby Aviation needs too much time and capex to make its business happen, so it is better to wait until it has its first customer. A post the author replies to agrees the technology is real but says monetization and legality remain the question. x.comÂ
Ondas's share-funded acquisitions look very risky without a strong core business to make them work. It has raised $1.8B selling shares, yet roughly $1.4B sits in cash and short-term investments. One customer provides 55% of revenue, and $252M plus $742M in stock spent on acquisitions has not produced big revenue; continued raises and management pay add to the concern. x.comÂ
Joby Aviation remains a bullish long-term story, but repeated capital raises and an FAA approval path that looks more protracted than expected have slowed its payoff. The stock has not benefited as much as its real progress suggested it should, so Cerebras offers more upside and growth on the same timeline. x.comÂ
Joby Aviation's and Archer Aviation's commercial payoff is still way, way out, and their market caps are already high. 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
Joby looks like one of the more overlooked growth opportunities because the market still values it as an air-taxi certification bet, not a broader aviation platform. Certification could unlock passenger routes, aircraft sales and defense variants; Toyota aids manufacturing, Blade brings routes and Resonant adds defense revenue. But $750M-$800M annual cash burn and dilution threaten per-share upside; certification in 2027 and production of dozens of aircraft annually remain conditional. x.comÂ
SoundHound AI faces massive dilution because it is burning cash heavily with only about a year of runway and is nowhere near profitability. It trades at about 16x sales with a 41% short float, and is unlikely to trade above $20 for years without something extraordinary. x.comÂ
WhiteFiber's ability to fund its ramp without dilution was the key test for the stock, and a convertible announcement worth about a quarter of its market cap, flagged by @OG_PViews, cuts against it. Signed contracts help, including a ten-year, $865M NC-1 deal and a $160M Paris deployment, and retrofit builds cost up to 40% less than greenfield. But access to capital is the main hurdle, with a $100M term loan from majority owner Bit Digital, and AI managements tend to dilute given heavy capex. … Show more
Joby Aviation's fundamental story is intact, a long-term eVTOL play that is still in the first inning. It raised substantial capital during the hype, leaving it as well capitalized as ever, and last month used that cash to buy a defense company for $500M. Scaled commercialization isn't expected until the early 2030s at best, with smaller rollouts next year, so the chart may keep bleeding before signs of life make it worth buying again. x.com x.comÂ
Applied Optoelectronics is a compelling inflection opportunity at just 4x sales with 170%+ revenue growth expected in 2027. Its need to raise capital for capex is a big overhang, and it will likely dilute shareholders as soon as the stock moves higher, so the shares should be very choppy for now. x.com x.comÂ