Can investing $10,000 in SpaceX make you a millionaire?
Long-term investing can be an incredible path to wealth creation. For example, if you invested $10,000 nvidia Something created just 10 years ago would be worth about $1.84 million today.
with space exploration technology (SPCX 16.22%) Investors hot on the heels of a highly successful initial public offering (IPO) may be wondering whether the stock can produce millionaires with a similar level of principal investment. Find out if it’s a realistic possibility that your $10,000 investment in SpaceX stock could one day be worth $1 million.
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Putting SpaceX’s path to $1 million in perspective
For a $10,000 investment in SpaceX to turn into $1 million, the company’s stock price would have to increase 100 times. Based on the company’s current share count and market cap of $2.42 trillion, that means SpaceX would need a market cap of about $242 trillion.
For reference, Nvidia is currently the most valuable company in the world, with a market capitalization of approximately $5.1 trillion. To look more closely, last year global gross domestic product (GDP) reached approximately $117 trillion. With a market capitalization of $242 trillion, SpaceX will be worth more than double global GDP in 2025.
SpaceX already has an incredible price-to-sales ratio.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has said the company could hit $1 trillion in revenue by 2030. If the business hits that milestone, the stock will almost certainly see much larger gains than its current levels.
SpaceX’s revenue grew 33% last year, reaching $18.7 billion, and the company is now valued at about 129 times its revenue figure. Reaching $1 trillion in sales would mean a 5,248% increase in sales over last year’s level. That means an average annual growth rate of 121.6% over five years. If SpaceX can hit $1 trillion in revenue by 2030, it’s almost certain that it will continue to grow rapidly thereafter.
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If SpaceX reaches $2 trillion in revenue and has a market capitalization of about $242 trillion, it would be valued at about 121 times its sales. Again, the company currently has a trailing price-to-sales ratio of 129, based on last year’s revenue of $18.7 billion. Of course, both valuation profiles rely heavily on growth, and it’s worth mentioning that SpaceX appears to be one of the most expensive stocks on the market right now.
SpaceX can turn $10,000 into $1 million, but there’s a big problem.
In over 50 years, it’s actually feasible that SpaceX could reach a market capitalization of $242 trillion based on its current share count. For the company to achieve that goal, its stock price would need to deliver a CAGR of approximately 9.7% over half a century. one side, S&P 500 In fact, the index has delivered annual dividend-adjusted total returns of 11.7% over the past 50 years. Of course, inflation will cause the real purchasing power of $1 million to be much lower in 50 years.
If Space On the other hand, investors shouldn’t expect a $10,000 position in a company to turn into a $1 million holding any time soon.
Nvidia was able to create millionaires with a $10,000 investment within 10 years because the company started at a much lower valuation. By comparison, SpaceX entered the market as one of the world’s most valuable public companies and currently ranks sixth by market capitalization.
