EXCLUSIVE: Rocket Lab, Intuitive Machines, Redwire Or AST SpaceMobile? 33% Of Readers Pick This Space Stock For 2025

A new Benzinga poll shows one stock could be among the highest-growth names in the space sector for 2025.

What Happened: Investors expressed high interest in the space sector throughout 2024. Last year, Elon Musk-led SpaceX hit a new valuation of $350 billion.

SpaceX is privately owned and harder for investors to get exposure to. But there are several space stocks that are readily available for investors. Benzinga recently asked readers:

Which Space Stock Would You Consider Investing In For 2025?

The results were:

• Rocket Lab USA RKLB: 33%
• None, I'm not considering space stocks: 26%
• Intuitive Machines LUNR: 24%
• AST SpaceMobile Inc ASTS: 15%
• Redwire Corporation RDW: 3%

Rocket Lab, a rival of SpaceX, won the poll with 33% of the vote. Ranking second was the answer of none of the four space stocks selected for the poll. Intuitive Machines received 24% of the vote as the second most-picked stock in the poll.

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Why It's Important: The industry could benefit from a new White House administration and expected new NASA leader Jared Isaacman.

However, given that 26% of readers didn’t select any of the space stocks could suggest declining interest in the sector. Or, perhaps, valuations are high after 2024 which saw many of the stocks climb.

Here are the gains in 2024 at the time the poll was conducted.

• RKLB: +382%
• LUNR: +690%
• ASTS: +334%
• RDW: +490%

All four companies went public via SPAC merger in recent years. They also had milestones that could show their strength in the space sector along with future growth initiatives.

Redwire shared that bioprinting human heart tissue onboard the International Space Station, a study of the sun launched in November 2024 and the acquisition of spacecraft developer Hera Systems were highlights from 2024.

In February, Intuitive made headlines for helping the U.S. achieve its first soft landing on the Moon since 1972. The feat was a first for the private sector and Intuitive Machines has lunar missions planned for 2024 with the IM-2 having a launch window that could be around February.

Rocket Lab had 16 Electron rocket launches in 2024, setting a new annual record and beating the 10 achieved in 2023. The company has future NASA missions to the Moon and Mars and a private commercial mission to Venus among its pipeline rocket deals.

AST SpaceMobile deployed its first five BlueBird satellites as it works to bring space-based broadband to people around the world. The company also announced Google and Verizon as strategic partners and signed commercial agreements with AT&T and Vodafone in 2024.

ETFs To Watch

For investors looking to get exposure to multiple space stocks in 2025, there are the Ark Space Exploration & Innovation ETF ARKX and Procure Space ETF UFO.

Ark Space counts Rocket Lab as the number one holding at 10.2% of the assets, but does not hold the other three stocks above.

The Procure Space ETF has all four space stocks above as part of the ETF with the following holding rankings and percent of assets in the fund.

• LUNR: #1 holding, 8.4%
• RKLB: #2 holding, 5.7%
• ASTS: #5 holding, 4.6%
• RDW: #15 holding, 2.7%

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The study was conducted by Benzinga from Dec. 30, 2024 through Jan. 2 , 2025. It included the responses of a diverse population of adults 18 or older. Opting into the survey was completely voluntary, with no incentives offered to potential respondents. The study reflects results from 161 adults.

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