Why the SpaceX IPO Will Be Good, Bad, and Ugly for Other Space Stocks
2026-02-15 07:21:00 ET
In 2026, Elon Musk is proposing an initial public offering (IPO) for SpaceX. The IPO, when and if it happens , won't make it the biggest company in the world. At $1.5 trillion in presumed market capitalization, a newly public SpaceX will still lag multiple tech companies in value -- Alphabet , Apple , Nvidia , and Microsoft , to name just a few.
By at least one measure, though, a 2026 SpaceX IPO is likely to be the biggest one in history. Musk reportedly hopes to raise as much as $50 billion, eclipsing Saudi Aramco's 2019 IPO, which raised "only" $29.4 billion.
Everyone seems to have a theory about how the IPO will play out. I actually have three such theories. (One or more of them might even be correct.)
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