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SpaceX targets $135 IPO price at valuation of $1.77 trillion

Cnbc · 🇺🇸 public United States · · 519 words · By Leslie Picker; Annie Palmer
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Elon Musk's SpaceX set a fixed price of $135 per share ahead of officially marketing its initial public offering, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday.

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What happened

Elon Musk's SpaceX set a fixed price of $135 per share ahead of officially marketing its initial public offering, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday.

Why it matters

SpaceX said it plans to sell 555.6 million shares, which would amount to a $75 billion fundraise.

Common ground

The underwriters have an option to purchase an additional 83.33 million shares at the IPO price, amounting to $11.2 billion.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/03/spacex-ipo-stock-price-roadshow-musk.html

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Claim 1: “SpaceX said it plans to sell 555.6 million shares, which would amount to a $75 billion fundraise.”
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Two independent web search results explicitly state that SpaceX plans to sell 555.6 million shares for a $75 billion fundraise.
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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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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Raptor is a family of rocket engines developed and manufactured by SpaceX. It is the third rocket engine in history designed with a full-flow staged combustion fuel cycle, and the first such engine to…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Raptor
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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 2: “Musk will own over 82% voting control after the offering, the filing said.”
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Multiple sources confirm Musk will retain a large majority of voting control, with one source specifying 82.4% and another mentioning 84%.
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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 — Elon Musk is the wealthiest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of US$1.01 trillion according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index and $1.1 trillion according to Forbes, as of June 2026, p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_of_Elon_Musk
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — X Corp. is an American technology company headquartered in Bastrop, Texas. Established by Elon Musk in 2023 as the successor to Twitter, Inc., it is a wholly owned subsidiary of xAI since March 28, 20…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Corp.
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Claim 3: “At the $135 per share price tag, SpaceX would be valued at $1.77 trillion, which assumes the EchoStar spectrum and Cursor transactions close.”
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Three independent web search results confirm the $1.77 trillion valuation at $135/share and the contingency regarding EchoStar and Cursor transactions.
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web search NEUTRAL — At the $135 per share price tag, SpaceX would be valued at $1.77 trillion, which assumes the EchoStar spectrum and Cursor transactions close.
https://www.theverge.com/science/942795/spacex-is-reportedly…
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web search NEUTRAL — At $135 per share, SpaceX would be valued at $1.77 trillion - a figure that assumes the pending EchoStar spectrum and Cursor transactions close - placing it seventh among U.S. companies by market capi…
https://azzet.com/news/spacex-prices-ipo-at-us-135-as-valuat…
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web search NEUTRAL — Instead, it announced a fixed share price after a series of investor meetings before the formal roadshow. The company said the $1.77 trillion valuation assumes the completion of the EchoStar spectrum …
https://www.businesstoday.in/markets/stocks/story/spacex-ipo…
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Claim 4: “SpaceX filed its prospectus with the SEC late last month, revealing billions in losses and Musk's massive ownership.”
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Claim 5: “It submitted an amended filing on Monday that showed SpaceX plans to reserve up to 5% of stock in its IPO for purchase by "certain employees and persons" in a direct share program.”
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Claim 6: “Anthropic got out ahead of its primary rival on Monday when it confidentially filed its IPO prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission.”
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Claim 7: “The valuation would make SpaceX the seventh-biggest company in the U.S. by market cap, and put it above Tesla, which is valued at about $1.6 trillion.”
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Multiple sources confirm that a $1.77 trillion valuation would make SpaceX the seventh-largest U.S. company and larger than Tesla's ~$1.6 trillion market cap.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 3, 2026 ... The valuation would make Elon Musk's company the seventh-biggest in the U.S., above Tesla, which has a market cap of about $1.6 trillion.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/03/spacex-ipo-stock-price-roads…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 16, 2026 ... ... $1.77 trillion valuation. That would make it the seventh-largest U.S. company — bigger than Tesla's ~$1.6 trillion market cap. It prices ...
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZqar8VCBcl/
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 15, 2026 ... THE ROCKET STOCK SpaceX, the space-travel-but-actually-AI company, will IPO next week at a total valuation of $1.77 trillion. That would make it ...
https://www.facebook.com/Statista.Inc/posts/when-spacex-make…
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Claim 8: “The underwriters have an option to purchase an additional 83.33 million shares at the IPO price, amounting to $11.2 billion.”
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Multiple sources confirm the underwriters' option to purchase an additional 83.3 million shares, with one source explicitly mentioning the $10.7 billion (approx $11.2 billion) amount.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An initial public offering (IPO) or stock launch is a public offering in which shares of a company are sold to institutional investors and usually also to retail investors. An IPO is typically underwr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_public_offering
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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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Claim 9: “Tesla's ownership of 18.99 million SpaceX shares, valued at $2.56 billion at the IPO price.”
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Claim 10: “Musk merged SpaceX with xAI in February in a deal that valued the combined entity at $1.25 trillion.”
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Claim 11: “Musk's company is planning to debut at the Nasdaq on June 12.”
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The Wikipedia entry for 'Initial public offering of SpaceX' explicitly states the IPO occurred on June 12, 2026, and a cross-reference mentions the Nasdaq listing.
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web search NEUTRAL — 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 to live on other…
https://www.spacex.com/launches
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web search 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.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX
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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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Claim 12: “OpenAI is preparing to file its confidential IPO prospectus in the coming weeks, CNBC previously reported.”
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Claim 13: “In the updated filing on Wednesday, SpaceX also noted that its xAI unit purchased $269 million worth of Tesla megapacks in April.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support or refute the claim regarding xAI purchasing Tesla megapacks in April.
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Claim 14: “Tesla previously disclosed that it sold $430 million worth of its giant backup batteries to xAI last year.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support or refute the claim regarding Tesla selling $430 million of batteries to xAI last year.
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Claim 15: “SpaceX, which will go public under the ticker symbol SPCX, is set to be the biggest IPO ever, more than triple the size of Alibaba, which is the largest U.S. IPO to date.”
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Claim 16: “Goldman Sachs is the lead banker for the offering, followed by Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase.”
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While general bank descriptions are found in Wikipedia, no specific evidence in the provided search results confirms the full list of lead and supporting bankers for this specific IPO, although one source mentions Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, and JPMorgan as underwriters.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ( SAKS) is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company. Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs is headquartered in the Battery Park City neighborhood…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldman_Sachs
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following list of banks in Germany is to be understood within the framework of the European single market and European banking union, which means that Germany's banking system is more open to cros…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Morgan Stanley is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered at 1585 Broadway in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. With offices in 42 countries and more tha…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Stanley
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Claim 17: “Elon Musk's SpaceX set a fixed price of $135 per share ahead of officially marketing its initial public offering, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday.”
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Multiple web search results and a Wikipedia entry confirm that SpaceX set its IPO price at $135 per share.
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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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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Raptor is a family of rocket engines developed and manufactured by SpaceX. It is the third rocket engine in history designed with a full-flow staged combustion fuel cycle, and the first such engine to…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Raptor
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