Overview
- The stock fell below its $135 IPO price on Wednesday and has dropped roughly 40% from its mid-June peak, cutting more than $1 trillion from the company’s market value and shrinking the dollar estimate of Elon Musk’s stake.
- SpaceX sold about $25 billion of bonds in late June that have since traded lower, with yields rising toward levels typical of high-yield or junk debt despite the firm's BBB rating.
- The IPO allocated an unusually large share to retail investors—about 20%—leaving many small buyers with material paper losses as the share price declined.
- SpaceX says it will publish its first post-IPO quarterly report only on its website and on X, and the company indicated that filing that report will allow some insider share blocks to become available ahead of a 366-day lock-up for major holders.
- Investors cite the company’s prior $4.9 billion net loss, tightening U.S. rate expectations and volatility in high-valuation tech names as drivers of the sell-off, and market attention now centers on the upcoming report and lock-up schedule to judge whether the correction stabilizes.