SpaceX could become the most important company in ‘global history’: Cathie Wood
ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood joins ‘Mornings with Maria’ to discuss why she's increasing investments in SpaceX and defense companies, how AI is transforming corporate America, the technology race with China, and her outlook for the U.S. economy.
ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood is defending her fund's stake in SpaceX, declaring the aerospace and satellite network pioneer could become the "most important company in global history" despite the stock's recent slide and an upcoming $116 billion share unlock.
During an interview on "Mornings with Maria" Wednesday, Wood explained why she remains bullish on SpaceX after funds managed by ARK Invest allocated $80 million to the position following its public debut.
"[Down] from its peak, it is," Wood said, "but of course not from the IPO price. We think this could become the most important company in history, and I mean in global history."
"We're talking about not only really exploring a new world — the universe — in terms of its launch capabilities and helping others to do so as well, but also a global communications network. Really, think telecom, that's been a very local business. In fact, the way to break into countries historically was to buy the [telecommunications companies], no longer."
ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood doubled down on her bullish stance for SpaceX stock on Gxstocks' "Mornings with Maria." (Getty Images)
Just before Wednesday's opening bell, SpaceX stock was trading around $123.50 per share. According to Barron's, the stock is down about 47% from its high of about $225, and has shed nearly $1.4 trillion in market value. This puts SpaceX in eighth place by market capitalization, behind Meta for the first time since its debut.
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Wood previously said in a May interview with Bloomberg that she imagines SpaceX will be "volatile," but applauded founder Elon Musk's "incredible" ability to vertically integrate all of his companies, including Tesla, xAI and Neuralink.
Musk warned investors against trying to short-sell the stock last week in a post on X, saying, "The survival probability of firms that maintain a significant short position in SpaceX over time is very low."
