SpaceX Shares Drop 13% After First Earnings Report; Musk Loses $80B

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SpaceX shares fell 13% after its first earnings report as a sixfold spending surge spooked investors; analysts weigh implications while Elon Musk’s net worth dropped about $80 billion.

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SpaceX’s shares plunged about 13% after the company released its first earnings and disclosed a sixfold increase in quarterly spending, a move that wiped roughly $80 billion off Elon Musk’s paper fortune. For Tesla shareholders this is not incidental: founder credibility and capital allocation decisions travel between companies, especially when headlines are this large. The sell-off forced analysts and investors to ask whether Musk’s cash and attention on private ventures could raise the risk premium on Tesla, even if Tesla’s operations remain sound.