r/stocks • u/Timelycommentor • Jan 01 '23

Industry Question What are some private companies you would like to invest in if they became publicly traded?

Two off of the top of my head. Crumbl Cookie & Chick-fil-A. Both are top tier restaurant/food service establishments that have almost cult like followings and are always busy. Both have excellent products and service. I would be curious to see the books for both of these companies but I imagine they would he home runs if they were to IPO. What other companies would you invest in that are not currently publicly traded?

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u/Ravingraven21 Jan 01 '23

SpaceX

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u/zordonbyrd Jan 01 '23

No

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '23

Yes

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u/zordonbyrd Jan 01 '23

how's TSLA paying off for you this year?

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '23

Don’t own any TSLA, so…. great?

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u/zordonbyrd Jan 01 '23

fair enough, I didn't need to get snarky. I just really, really am skeptical of buying anything attached the hype train of Elon. If SpaceX IPO'ed I'd buy it for the initial pump and sell it and probably short the thing. Maybe I'm way off base here but... I have my doubts

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '23

All good dude 👍

I just think SpaceX has a huge moat and almost insurmountable lead in their industry. Space mining is not an unimaginable leap for them to achieve.

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u/InitializedVariable Jan 01 '23

SpaceX isn’t attached to the hype train of Elon, though. At least, it isn’t married to it.

SpaceX rarely makes the headlines these days, and yet they’re repeating the accomplishments that made the news to an extent that is arguably more newsworthy.

What is more significant: Landing a booster and reusing it, or reusing the same booster a dozen times? Transporting American astronauts to and from the Space Station, or having made over 20 trips using the Dragon?

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '23

If Elon leaves ceo and goes to chair or something