{"id":492633,"date":"2026-06-24T03:35:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T03:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/492633\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T03:35:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T03:35:40","slug":"why-rocket-lab-stock-keeps-dropping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/492633\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Rocket Lab Stock Keeps Dropping"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Is Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX) stock bad for space stocks? In a year when Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB) stock more than doubled ahead of the SpaceX IPO<\/a>, that seems a strange question, but here’s the thing:<\/p>\n

SpaceX might be both good and bad for space stocks<\/a> like Rocket Lab.<\/p>\n

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Case in point: This morning, SpaceX announced plans to float (a rumored) $20 billion of debt in what it’s calling its “Inaugural Bond Issuance.” SpaceX stock is down 10.7% through 1:10 p.m. ET on the news, and Rocket Lab is down 7.2%.<\/p>\n

\"Rocket Image source: Getty Images. SpaceX wants (not needs) a loan <\/p>\n

SpaceX raised more than $80 billion in its initial public offering. Post-IPO, SpaceX already has “approximately $100.8 billion in cash and cash equivalents.”<\/p>\n

So why is it seeking another $20 billion?<\/p>\n

The biggest clue is SpaceX emphasizing the “inaugural” nature of this bond issuance. There’s never been a market for bonds of a publicly traded SpaceX before. Presumably, one thing SpaceX hopes to accomplish is to gauge how popular its bonds are with investors today — how much money it could raise if it needed to, and how much interest it would have to pay.<\/p>\n

What this means for Rocket Lab stock <\/p>\n

This is why I consider the bond offering neither good nor bad news for SpaceX stock. But for Rocket Lab stock, I fear the SpaceX bond offering might be bad news.<\/p>\n

Think about it. SpaceX just held an IPO that sucked $80 billion out of the market for space investors. Now, SpaceX is raising another $20 billion from investors looking to lend money to space stocks.<\/p>\n

SpaceX is sucking all the figurative air out of the room. Cash-burning space stocks like Rocket Lab could soon find it harder to raise the money they need.<\/p>\n

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