Elon Musk’s SpaceX sets $135 price for blockbuster IPO, upending Wall Street convention

Nypost · Jun 03, 2026 · 719 words · By Reuters

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX sets $135 price for blockbuster IPO, upending Wall Street convention By Reuters Published June 3, 2026 Updated June 3, 2026, 6:40 p.m.

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX sets $135 price for blockbuster IPO, upending Wall Street convention By Reuters Published June 3, 2026 Updated June 3, 2026, 6:40 p.m.

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Add The New York Post on GoogleSpaceX publicly set a $135 price for shares in its initial public offering on Wednesday, upending the longstanding Wall Street price-discovery apparatus and underscoring Elon Musk’s determination to raise record sums his way.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “revenue rose 33% to $18.67 billion”

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Multiple web search results confirm 2025 revenue of $18.67 billion, with one source specifically noting the increase from $14.02 billion in 2024 (which is a ~33% increase).

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web search NEUTRAL — Increase US$18.7 billion (2025). Operating income.In 2019, the first operational satellite of the Starlink internet satellite constellation came online, diversifying the revenue of the company. Starli…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX

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web search NEUTRAL — SpaceX posted $18.67 billion in 2025 revenue, $6.58 billion in adjusted EBITDA, and a GAAP net loss near $4.9 billion. Starlink is the only profitable segment, contributing about 61% of revenue at $11…
https://www.sentisight.ai/spacex-ipo-valuation-fair/

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web search NEUTRAL — The targets are enormous compared with SpaceX's current base. The company reported $18.67 billion in revenue in 2025, up from $14.02 billion in 2024, but posted a $4.94 billion net loss.
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/elon-musk-…

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Claim 2: “The company is aiming to raise $75 billion, the most ever for an IPO”

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Reuters and other web search results confirm the goal to raise $75 billion, describing it as the largest IPO in history. Wikipedia also confirms it was the largest ever IPO.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The technology company Facebook, Inc., now known as Meta Platforms, held its initial public offering (IPO) on Friday, May 18, 2012, with shares trading on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol FB. The IPO wa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_public_offering_of_Fac…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The initial public offering (IPO) of SpaceX, an American aerospace and artificial intelligence company founded by Elon Musk in 2002, occurred on June 12, 2026. It was the largest ever IPO, at a valuat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_public_offering_of_Spa…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, doing business as SpaceX, is an American spaceflight, telecommunications, and artificial intelligence company headquartered at the Starbase development site…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX

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Claim 3: “SpaceX publicly set a $135 price for shares in its initial public offering on Wednesday”

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Multiple independent sources including CNBC and Flipboard confirm the IPO price was set at $135 per share.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A trillionaire is a person whose net worth is at least one trillion units of a given currency, typically the US dollar due to its status as a world currency. A trillionaire represents the highest tier…
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Claim 4: “in a deal that would value it at $1.75 trillion”

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Multiple independent news sources (NY Post, Al Jazeera, Deutsche Welle, Flipboard) report the target valuation of $1.75 trillion. Wikipedia notes a final valuation of $1.77 trillion, which is consistent with the target range.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Starfall is space capsule class designed to return payloads to Earth from orbit/near orbit, developed by SpaceX. The vehicle intends to provide uncrewed, point-to-point cargo delivery of earth and spa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Starfall

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Claim 5: “The company will kick off an investor roadshow on Thursday, with pricing expected on June 11; trading in shares will begin on the Nasdaq the next day.”

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Web search results from Morningstar and Goldman Sachs confirm the roadshow timeline, the pricing date of June 11, and the Nasdaq trading start date of June 12, 2026.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — As of July 2, 2026, rockets from the Falcon 9 family have been launched 671 times, with 668 full mission successes, two mission failures during launch, one mission failure before launch, and one parti…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_He…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE, nicknamed "the Big Board") is an American stock exchange headquartered at the New York Stock Exchange Building in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New Yo…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From June 2010, to the end of 2019, Falcon 9 was launched 77 times, with 75 full mission successes, one partial failure and one total loss of the spacecraft. In addition, one rocket and its payload we…
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Claim 6: “The company posted a net loss of $4.94 billion in 2025”

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Deutsche Welle and web search results explicitly report a net loss of $4.94 billion for SpaceX in 2025.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Starship is a two-stage, fully reusable, super heavy-lift launch vehicle under development by American aerospace company SpaceX. Currently built and launched from Starbase in Texas, it is intended as …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Starship

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Claim 7: “Reuters previously reported that the company is considering allocating as much as 30% of the offering to individual investors”

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Reuters explicitly reported that the company was considering allocating as much as 30% of the offering to individual investors.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 11, 2026 ... Reuters previously reported that SpaceX was considering allocating as much as 30% of the offering to individual investors, an unusually ...
https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/spacex-ipo-draws…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 11, 2026 ... SpaceX is allocating a smaller-than-expected portion of its blockbuster initial public offering to retail investors, according to a person ...
https://www.facebook.com/cnbc/posts/spacex-is-allocating-a-s…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 13, 2026 ... SpaceX Retail Share Allocation - part of broader financial market coverage tracking investor sentiment and sector trends. SpaceX and its ...
https://action.alz.org/expert-time/SpaceX-Allocates-Up-to-30…

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