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Prof G Markets · Thursday, July 16, 2026

Morningstar Analyst Criticizes High SpaceX Price Targets Based on Different Methodology

Nicholas Owens of Morningstar contrasts his firm's $62 price target for SpaceX with other analysts' higher targets, including one at $800 per share. He attributes the discrepancy to methodological differences, with Morningstar using discounted cash flow models extending to 2045, while others rely on multiples applied to future earnings.

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And the average price target is, you know, just shy of $242 per share.
Ed Elson
I have a discounted cash flow model. We have forecasts out to 2045. We're discounting those today. So we're saying these shares are fundamentally worth $62 today, probability weighted.
Nicholas Owens
A lot of those analyses that you're referring to, they're doing things like, let's get to 2027, 2028 when they might be making money a little bit and then we're going to put a 100X multiple or something on that number.
Nicholas Owens
Heard on Prof G Markets — “SpaceX Is Down 40% — How Low Can It Go?, published Thursday, July 16, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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