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Patrick Boyle

πŸ‘€ Speaker
647 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

Yeah.

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

And somewhat reminiscent of the WeWork IPO document where there were lots of photos in there.

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

Other things that were interesting, the company has lost $37 billion since inception.

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

There's lots of stuff.

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

There's some new business stuff in there.

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

There's talk about point-to-point travel, where people will be able to travel from place to place on rockets rather than airplanes.

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

There's talk of, I believe I saw in-orbit manufacturing, or at least manufacturing on the moon, but I've noted down in-orbit.

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

I'm not sure if that's correct.

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

asteroid mining is another business that they expect to make money from as well.

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

Yeah, because it's the cost of the rockets.

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

You know, there's huge R&D to build the rockets.

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

And then the depreciation, you know, they put all those Starlink satellites up there.

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

They last about five years and then they fall out of the sky.

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

And so that is your depreciation.

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

They have to constantly replace them.

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

So it's not...

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

EBITDA is not an interesting number for a company like this.

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

You want to look at basically, is it profitable or is it on the path to profitability?

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

It doesn't seem to be.

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

There's other stuff in there as well.