SpaceX blocked from early U.S. benchmark index entry as S&P reaffirms existing rules

Cnbc · 🇺🇸 public United States · Jun 05, 2026 · 488 words · By WATCH LIVE

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What to know about SpaceX blocked from early U.S. benchmark index entry as S&P reaffirms existing rules

S&P Global said on Thursday it was not changing the requirements for entry into its major indices, dealing a setback to Elon Musk's SpaceX by effectively ruling out a swift entry for the world's biggest-ever IPO into the benchmark S&P 500 index.

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Why it matters

Musk has rewritten the IPO playbook for SpaceX in many ways from planning to give retail investors a bigger role in allocations to pushing for early index inclusion, and structuring governance to preserve strong founder control.

Common ground

The company is raising $75 billion and targeting a $1.75 trillion valuation that would place it among the top 10 most valuable U.S.-listed firms, even as only a fraction of its shares are available for trading.

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What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: SpaceX blocked from early U.S. benchmark index entry as S&P reaffirms existing rules?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that To be included in the S&P 500, a company must be profitable under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in its most recent quarter as well as for the sum of its most recent four quarters?
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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: “To be included in the S&P 500, a company must be profitable under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in its most recent quarter as well as for the sum of its most recent four quarters”

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Web search results regarding Robinhood and MicroStrategy highlight the index's strict criteria on profitability, and the LinkedIn source explicitly mentions 'defined profitability thresholds' as a requirement for inclusion.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Carnival Corporation Ltd. is a Bermuda-domiciled American cruise line operator that owns more than 90 vessels across eight brands. Carnival is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and is a component…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_Corporation

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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 — Willis Towers Watson plc (branded as WTW) is a British-American multinational advisory, broking and solutions company. Its operations span commercial insurance brokerage and risk advisory, employee be…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_Towers_Watson

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Claim 2: “The company is raising $75 billion and targeting a $1.75 trillion valuation”

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The claim is reported by Nypost and CNBC (citing Reuters), and Wikipedia confirms a June 12, 2026 IPO with a valuation of $1.77 trillion, which aligns with the target of 'around $1.75 trillion'.

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

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Claim 3: “Nasdaq has already made changes that will make it easier for SpaceX, Anthropic and other newly listed megacaps to join its Nasdaq 100 index.”

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Web search results confirm Nasdaq changed rules to allow SpaceX to enter the Nasdaq 100 almost immediately after its IPO, contrasting with the S&P 500's refusal to do so.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. The company became influential in the rise of personal computers through software like Windo…
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Claim 4: “SpaceX has also already become eligible for inclusion in both the Russell U.S. Equity Indexes and the FTSE Global Equity Index Series under the newly announced fast-entry rules from the index provider FTSE Russell.”

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While the claim is specific, the provided evidence for this index consists of general SpaceX company descriptions and does not mention FTSE Russell, the Russell U.S. Equity Indexes, or 'fast-entry rules'.

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web search NEUTRAL — 17 hours ago · SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people t…
https://www.spacex.com/launches

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web search NEUTRAL — May 22, 2026 · SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people t…
https://www.spacex.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Elon Musk owns 42% of the outstanding shares of SpaceX and controls 85% of the voting power via his super-voting stock. SpaceX was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk with the goal of reducing spaceflight co…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX

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Claim 5: “SpaceX posted a net loss of $4.94 billion in 2025, even as revenue rose 33% to $18.67 billion.”

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Three independent web sources (Axi UK, Reuters via another source, and Parameter) all report the exact figures: a net loss of $4.94 billion and revenue of $18.67 billion (33% increase) for 2025.

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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 6: “S&P Global said it would modify entry rules for its broader S&P Total Market Index and Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index”

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Two separate web search results confirm S&P Global is modifying entry rules for the S&P Total Market Index and Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index to create a pathway for companies like SpaceX.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — S&P Global Inc. (prior to 2016, McGraw Hill Financial, Inc., and prior to 2013, The McGraw–Hill Companies, Inc.) is an American publicly traded corporation headquartered in Manhattan, New York. Its pr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S&P_Global

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 (Standard and Poor's 500) is a stock market index tracking the stock performance of 500 leading companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. It is one of the most commonly fol…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S&P_500

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P SmallCap 600 (S&P 600) stock market index, maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices, comprises the common stocks of 600 small-cap, mostly American, companies. Although called the "S&P 600", the ind…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_S&P_600_companies

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Claim 7: “S&P Global said on Thursday it was not changing the requirements for entry into its major indices”

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Multiple sources confirm S&P Dow Jones Indices is maintaining its existing rules for the S&P 500, specifically requiring 12 months of trading history and profitability thresholds, and not granting 'fast-track' entry.

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web search NEUTRAL — S&P Global announced the launch of DataXchange and AmendX, two lending solutions designed to modernize loan management by supporting more digital, standardized and scalable workflows for the rapidly e…
https://simplywall.st/stocks/us/diversified-financials/nyse-…

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web search NEUTRAL — S&P Global announced on May 27 that the drugmaker, which was spun off from Merck, would be added to the S&P 500 index, effective June 4. Organon's shares climbed only around 4% between the date of the…
https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/07/19/modernas-joining-t…

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web search NEUTRAL — At S&P Global, we can’t change the world overnight. But we can take action to affect change. Press Release: Dan Draper Appointed CEO of S&P Dow Jones Indices.He will replace Alexander Matturri who is …
https://careers.spglobal.com/

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