# Starlink stock: you buy it as SpaceX (SPCX), 13.6 million subscribers included > There is no separate Starlink stock. Starlink is part of SpaceX, which trades on the Nasdaq as SPCX, and no spin-off has been announced. Starlink's Q3 numbers, how to buy it, and why the price has moved. By Maya Koeva · 2026-10-22  There is no separate Starlink stock. Starlink is part of SpaceX, and the only way to own it is to buy SpaceX, which trades on the Nasdaq as **SPCX**. SpaceX has not announced a Starlink spin-off or a separate listing. One SPCX share closed at $159.31 on October 21. Starlink sits in SpaceX's Connectivity segment, which brought in $5.2 billion of the company's $14.6 billion third-quarter revenue, with 13.6 million Starlink subscribers. ## Is there a Starlink stock symbol? No. Starlink has no ticker, because it is not a separate company with its own shares. The symbol to look up is SPCX, SpaceX's ticker on the Nasdaq since June 12, 2026. Searches for a Starlink release date or a Starlink IPO price assume Starlink will list on its own. It didn't. SpaceX listed as a whole, at $135 a share, with Starlink inside it. No spin-off has been announced since. The IPO details and the lockup schedule are in **[our SpaceX IPO guide](/blog/spacex-ipo)**. When you buy SPCX, you also buy SpaceX's rockets and its AI business, which came with the xAI deal and now earns more than Starlink does. **[Our xAI stock page](/blog/xai-stock)** covers that half. ## Starlink in SpaceX's numbers SpaceX reported its third quarter on October 20. According to [Via Satellite](https://www.satellitetoday.com/finance/2026/10/21/starlink-growth-slows-as-ai-takes-the-lead-at-spacex-in-q3-results/): | Q3 2026 | Figure | |---|---:| | Connectivity revenue (mostly Starlink) | $5.2 billion | | Change from a year earlier | +69% | | Change from the second quarter | +22% | | Starlink consumer subscribers | 13.6 million | | Subscribers added in the quarter | 1.6 million | | Starlink Mobile monthly users | More than 22 million | | Aircraft contracted | About 12,000 | | SpaceX total revenue | $14.6 billion | Starlink is still growing fast, but the rate slowed. Connectivity revenue grew 32% from the first quarter to the second, and 22% from the second to the third. In the same quarter, SpaceX's AI segment, Super Intelligence, brought in $7.6 billion and overtook Connectivity as the biggest segment. Starlink is no longer SpaceX's biggest business. ## How to buy Starlink stock Buying Starlink means buying SPCX, the same way you would buy any US stock: 1. Open or log in to a brokerage account that offers US stocks. 2. Search for **SPCX**. Not SPCE, which is Virgin Galactic. 3. Pick a number of shares, or a dollar amount if your broker sells fractional shares. 4. Place a market order (fills now) or a limit order (fills only at your price or better). The full walkthrough, with notes for buyers outside the US, is in **[how to buy SpaceX stock](/blog/spacex-ipo#how-to-buy-spacex-stock)**. If you are weighing a 2x fund instead of the shares, read **[our SpaceX ETF guide](/blog/spacex-etf)** first. ## Why is Starlink stock so low? A search for why Starlink stock is low is a question about SPCX, the only Starlink stock there is. The October 21 close of $159.31 against the prices a quote page shows: | Compared with | Price | SPCX since | |---|---:|---:| | IPO price (June 11) | $135.00 | +18.0% | | First-day close (June 12) | $160.95 | -1.0% | | 1 week ago (October 14 close) | $152.16 | +4.7% | | 1 month ago (September 21 close) | $151.85 | +4.9% | | All-time high close (June 16) | $211.39 | -24.6% | | All-time low close (August 5) | $108.27 | +47.1% | SPCX is above its IPO price and well above its August low, but about a quarter below its June peak. Most of that gap opened in the first two months. The stock fell by almost half from the June high to the August 5 close, the day after its first earnings report, when traders focused on the capital spending line. It recovered through August, traded between about $140 and $155 in September, and rose 7.8% on October 21, the day after the third-quarter report. The chart and the lockup dates behind those moves are in **[how SPCX has traded since the IPO](/blog/spacex-ipo#how-spcx-has-traded-since-the-ipo)**. ## Stocks people mistake for Starlink Searching for Starlink stock turns up other satellite companies, and none of them is Starlink. [AST SpaceMobile](/stocks/ASTS) (ASTS) builds satellites meant to connect directly to ordinary phones through carrier partners. That is close to what Starlink Mobile does, but AST is a separate company with no tie to SpaceX. Iridium and Globalstar also sell connectivity from orbit. **[Our space stocks ranking](/blog/space-stocks)** sorts them by what they sell and how the accounts we track read each one. ## What the accounts we track say about SPCX As of the morning of October 19, SpaceX carried a 7-day score of 64 in Quantral, on the positive side and cooler than the 76 it read in mid-August. Since September the accounts we track leaned bullish, 104 mentions to 59, but the platforms split: X ran 62 bullish to 10 bearish, Reddit 33 bullish to 46 bearish. The accounts with a real track record called the big turns. They ran bearish three to one in July, while the stock fell 36.6%, and bullish four to one in August, while it rose 32.6%. The month-by-month table is in **[what the accounts we track said about SpaceX](/blog/spacex-ipo#what-the-accounts-we-track-said-month-by-month)**, and the dated snapshot sits on our [SpaceX stock page](/stocks/SPCX). ## Common questions ### What is the Starlink stock symbol? There is no Starlink symbol. Starlink is part of SpaceX, which trades on the Nasdaq as SPCX. ### What is the Starlink stock price? Starlink has no share price of its own. SpaceX (SPCX), which owns Starlink, closed at $159.31 on October 21, 2026. ### How do I buy Starlink stock? Buy SpaceX. Use a brokerage account that offers US stocks, search for SPCX, choose a number of shares or a dollar amount, and place a market or limit order. ### Can I buy Starlink stock before it goes public? Starlink is already public as part of SpaceX, which listed on June 12, 2026. SpaceX has not announced a separate Starlink listing. ### When is the Starlink stock release date, and at what price? There is no Starlink release date. SpaceX went public on June 12, 2026, at $135 a share, with Starlink inside it. No spin-off has been announced. ### Is AST SpaceMobile the same as Starlink? No. AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) is a separate company that builds satellites for phone service. It has no tie to SpaceX or Starlink. ### Is Starlink stock a good buy? We don't give buy or sell advice. What we can show you is how the accounts with the best track records read SPCX: a 7-day score of 64 as of October 19, after being right to turn bearish in July and bullish in August. ## Try it Open SpaceX in the app, on the web at [app.quantral.com](https://app.quantral.com), on iOS or on Android, to see the score and every call behind it, with who made each one. Start with a 7-day free trial. Prices are closing prices from the Yahoo chart API through October 21, 2026. Third-quarter figures are from the source linked in the text. Mention counts and the score are as published in our SpaceX IPO guide: mentions from September through October 18, the 7-day score on the morning of October 19. --- *Quantral surfaces signals and context from public sources to support your own research. Nothing here is financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell. Past signals are not indicative of future results.*