Thematic Investing Focus: The Space Exploration Industry
Key Investment Highlights
Exclusive right to build the world’s first commercial space station on the ISS
Axiom Space Station will become the only microgravity research and manufacturing facility and destination for commercial travelling in space.
Hence, this Space Station provides the opportunity for the company to expand its lines of businesses in addition to human spaceflight.
Axiom Space’s design and deployment are at least a decade ahead of its competitors
Axiom Space won the agreement to connect its station with the ISS. They spent 3 years in design and deployment to earn the privilege to partner with the ISS and 2 years preparing for the crew missions in 2022. The entry barrier for competitors to replicate Axiom Space’s success is therefore extremely high.
With the completion of the 1st crew mission in April 2022, Axiom Space will launch its 2nd and 3rd missions next year. The company plans to connect the station modules to the ISS in 2024 whereas other industry players are still in the planning and rendering stage.
Generating significant revenue in a growing industry with huge TAM potential
UBS, MS, BofA and GS estimate the entire space industry sector will be worth at least $1 trillion within 20 years.
So far Axiom Space has received a $720M of contract revenue, in which a $260M of payment has been received and is expecting to close another $150M deal soon.
Going forward, Axiom Space is expected to become cash flow positive in 2025, and to generate $1Bn+ free cash flow annually from 2028 onwards.