Intuitive Machines (LUNR): Valuation Check After KeyBanc Buy Rating and New Lunar Infrastructure Partnership

Intuitive Machines (LUNR) just posted a third consecutive up day after KeyBanc launched coverage with a buy rating and the company unveiled a new lunar infrastructure partnership with Leonardo and Telespazio.

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Those bullish headlines land on top of a powerful near term run, with a 7 day share price return of about 64 percent and a roughly 86 percent 30 day share price gain, even though year to date share price performance and 1 year total shareholder return are still only around flat. This suggests that momentum has picked up sharply as investors reassess the growth story.

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But with Intuitive Machines already trading roughly in line with fresh analyst price targets after a rapid multi week run, investors now face a key question: Is this a genuine buying window, or is future lunar growth already priced in?

Most Popular Narrative Narrative: 7.8% Overvalued

With Intuitive Machines closing at $16.71 against a most popular narrative fair value of $15.50, the story currently trades ahead of fundamentals on paper.

Ongoing expansion into high margin, adjacent markets including lunar surface mobility, in space networking, reentry vehicles for biopharma and semiconductor transport, and potentially lunar nuclear power creates new scalable, diversified earnings streams with multi year and multi billion dollar revenue potential. This helps offset the lumpiness inherent in "success based" mission awards.

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Curious what kind of revenue runway, margin lift, and future earnings multiple this narrative needs to justify today’s premium tag? The full story breaks it down.

Result: Fair Value of $15.50 (OVERVALUED)

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However, persistent losses and heavy reliance on a few large government contracts mean any delays or cancellations could quickly puncture today’s optimistic growth narrative.

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