Re:Elon Musk’s SpaceX Is Raising Money at a Valuation Approa...
by robotresearcher on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @12:57PM
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> I don't think anyone has ever managed a huge valuation on being a government contractor.
Lockheed Martin is worth around $52B on the NYSE.
Re:Elon Musk’s SpaceX Is Raising Money at a Valuation Approa...
by rsynnott on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @03:13PM
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Sorry, should have been clearer; I don't think anyone has ever managed a huge speculative valuation. Lockheed Martin has a normal big-company P/E (~16, about the same as Apple or Microsoft, or half of Google's); their price is justified by earnings. Now, if they had a Facebook-like (88) or Amazon-like (880) P/E, that'd be different.
Of course, they also make some money on NASA contracting and grants, but I don't think anyone has ever managed a huge valuation on being a government contractor.
It's entirely possible that SpaceX will open up whole new fields of space industry, but at this point it's hardly something that most people are going to bet on.