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SpaceX Files for $75 Billion Nasdaq IPO, Proposes Unusually Large Retail Tranche

If completed, the offering would value SpaceX near $1.75–1.77 trillion, prompt index rebalances, finance Starship, Starlink, orbital AI projects

Overview

  • SpaceX filed SEC paperwork in early June proposing to sell about 555.6 million shares at $135 each to raise roughly $75 billion and list on Nasdaq under the ticker SPCX.
  • The company has set aside up to 30% of the offering for retail investors with planned distribution in the U.S. and multiple European and global markets, and brokers have lowered eligibility thresholds to route retail orders.
  • Banks and brokers report extreme early demand, with some underwriting desks saying orders exceed available shares by about two to one, though brokers warn retail allocation is not guaranteed.
  • Analysts say the proposed valuation implies very high multiples versus 2025 results—roughly 90 times last year’s revenue after a $4.9 billion net loss—and they warn the size could force major index reweights and absorb market liquidity.
  • SpaceX says proceeds would fund Starship scale‑up, lunar and Mars infrastructure, Starlink expansion and orbital AI/data centers, while contemporaneous confidential filings from Anthropic and OpenAI could add trillions more to global market capitalization.