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Analyst Sets SpaceX Buy Rating, $220 Target on Starship Reuse

9/9/2026

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Summary

Analyst Backs SpaceX

Pivotal Research analyst Jeffrey Wlodarczak gave SpaceX a buy rating with a $220 price target.
He said the $2 trillion valuation depends on solving Starship’s reusability bottleneck.
Starship has launched 13 times, eight successfully, but has not yet reused a vehicle.
If reusability succeeds, SpaceX could cut costs, expand Starlink, and deploy orbital data centers.
29 of 37 analysts rate SpaceX stock as buy or strong buy.

Summary

Starship Test

Starship flight test 14 is slated for no earlier than 15 September, launching from Starbase, Texas.
The test will place 20 of the newest Starlink satellites into orbit.
The test will attempt the vehicle’s first orbital trajectory.
Starship measures about 30 metres taller than the Statue of Liberty, roughly a 40-storey building.
If successful, Starship could transport up to 100 passengers on long-distance missions or 1,000 on Earth-to-Earth trips.

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Historical Context

After the Soviet Sputnik launch in 1957 sparked the Cold-War space race, President John F. Kennedy pledged in 1961 to land a man on the Moon, a goal achieved by NASA’s Apollo 11 in July 1969 when Armstrong and Aldrin walked on the surface and returned 21.5 kg of lunar rock. Today SpaceX’s Starship tests in Texas aim to repeat that breakthrough on a commercial scale.

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Analyst Backs SpaceX

Pivotal Research analyst Jeffrey Wlodarczak gave SpaceX a buy rating with a $220 price target.
He said the $2 trillion valuation depends on solving Starship’s reusability bottleneck.
Starship has launched 13 times, eight successfully, but has not yet reused a vehicle.
If reusability succeeds, SpaceX could cut costs, expand Starlink, and deploy orbital data centers.
29 of 37 analysts rate SpaceX stock as buy or strong buy.

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