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SpaceX’s blockbuster IPO is coming. This overlooked industrial company will be a big winner

Cnbc · · 2291 words · By Morgan Chittum
Industrial Infrastructure Commercial Space Race Investment Opportunity
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34 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Linde has a small but fast-growing business supplying critical gases to the space industry”
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Linde's own official web pages specifically mention providing propellant gases for spacecraft ion drives and industrial gases for the space industry, and Wikipedia confirms they supply industrial and specialty gases.
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web search NEUTRAL — Linde Gas supplies industrial gases, medical gases, specialty gases, refrigerants and other chemicals.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linde_plc
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web search NEUTRAL — Industrial gases and gas-based technologies from Linde have the potential to increase productivity, improve quality and reduce emissions in the glass industry.
https://www.linde-gas.com/whats-happening/article-folder/we-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Industrial gases and gas-based technologies from Linde have the potential to increase productivity, improve quality and reduce emissions in the glass industry.
http://fossilbayenergy.com/ion-drive-propellants.html
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“Linde has been in the space game for more than six decades, from NASA's Apollo program to today's Artemis II moon mission.”
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While evidence confirms Linde is a global leader in industrial gases and was founded in 1879, the provided evidence does not specifically mention the Apollo program or the Artemis II mission.
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web search NEUTRAL — A Linde Gas gaseous nitrogen plant Linde is a global multinational chemical company and the world's largest industrial gas supplier by market share and revenue. Founded by German scientist and enginee…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linde_plc
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web search NEUTRAL — Leading global industrial gases and engineering company making customers more successful and helping to sustain, decarbonize and protect our planet.
https://www.linde.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Linde is a global leader in the industrial gas industry with 300+ U.S. welding supply store retail locations. We offer a comprehensive range of products and services to meet the diverse needs of indiv…
https://www.lindedirect.com/
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“Linde is building a sprawling $100 million plant in Texas near SpaceX to ease delivery.”
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The provided evidence confirms Linde is a global engineering company that builds industrial plants, but there is no specific mention of a $100 million plant in Texas near SpaceX.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Irina Vyacheslavovna Rakobolskaya (Russian: Ири́на Вячесла́вовна Ракобо́льская; 22 December 1919 – 22 September 2016) was a mathematician and physicist who served as the chief of staff of the women's …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irina_Rakobolskaya
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 is a stock market index maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices. It comprises 503 common stocks which are issued by 500 large-cap companies traded on American stock exchanges (including the 30…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_S&P_500_companies
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Technical University of Munich (TUM or TU Munich; German: Technische Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It specializes in engineering, technology, me…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_University_of_Munich
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“But this U.K.-based, nearly $230 billion market capitalization company has been for more than a century supplying gases such as carbon dioxide, oxygen, and nitrogen to many industries.”
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Wikipedia and other sources confirm Linde supplies industrial gases (CO2, oxygen, nitrogen) and has a significant presence in the UK. The company's long history (founded 1879) supports the 'more than a century' claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — Linde Gas supplies industrial gases, medical gases, specialty gases, refrigerants and other chemicals.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linde_plc
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web search NEUTRAL — Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2025 sales of $34 billion.Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer growth, efficiency i…
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS-WwuHZhM6anBIgoFvTbYg
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web search NEUTRAL — In the UK, Linde has approximately a ~60% share of the gases market. Linde are jointly developing a 24 MW PEM electrolyser at Leuna (ITM Linde Electrolysis).
https://www.skyquestt.com/report/industrial-gases-market
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“SpaceX confidentially filed initial public offering (IPO) paperwork last month.”
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Multiple independent sources, including Bloomberg and LinkedIn (reporting on the event), state that SpaceX has filed confidentially for an IPO.
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web search NEUTRAL — SpaceX has filed for a historic IPO that could value the company up to $1.75 trillion, potentially making it the largest listing ever. The move may boost Musk’s wealth and reshape global space, satell…
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/bella-jasquez_musks-spacex-fi…
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web search NEUTRAL — SpaceX has filed confidentially for an initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter, bringing billionaire Elon Musk’s rocket, satellite and AI company closer to delivering the…
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-01/spacex-is…
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web search NEUTRAL — History says SpaceX stock is likely to decline sharply during its first year on the public market. Between 1980 and 2025, about 9,300 companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange or Nasdaq Stock Ex…
https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/05/06/spacex-ipo-stock-w…
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“The Musk venture is seeking to raise as much as $75 billion, at a target valuation of around $1.75 trillion, according to Reuters.”
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Multiple sources report that SpaceX is targeting a valuation of approximately $1.75 trillion and seeking to raise around $75 billion.
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web search NEUTRAL — SpaceX could seek a valuation between $1.75 trillion and $2 trillion in the offering. Reports said the company may raise about $75 billion, which would make the IPO the largest public listing on recor…
https://www.analyticsinsight.net/news/spacex-ipo-faces-union…
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web search NEUTRAL — $1.75 Trillion. This isn't just a financial event; it's a bet on the future of humanity's footprint.SpaceX confidentially filed for an IPO on April 1. $1.75 trillion target valuation. Up to $75 billio…
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/maelnavarro_spacex-is-prepari…
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web search NEUTRAL — SpaceX IPO targets a $1.75 trillion valuation in June 2026 — and Tesla investors may feel the heat. Here is what the historic listing really means for your portfolio.
https://jiotest.com/spacex-ipo-2026-tesla-investors-valuatio…
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“Meta Platforms has a market cap of $1.55 trillion.”
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MarketWatch explicitly lists Meta Platforms Inc. with a market cap of $1.55T.
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web search NEUTRAL — The table below lists all companies that have ever had a market capitalization of $1 trillion or more, the date on which their market cap first exceeded each milestone, and their record value.[3][4]. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_public_corporations_by…
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web search NEUTRAL — Ranking the world's top companies by market cap, market value, revenue and many more metrics.This is the list of the world's biggest companies by market capitalization. It ranks the most valuable publ…
https://companiesmarketcap.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — META | Complete Meta Platforms Inc. stock news by MarketWatch. View real-time stock prices and stock quotes for a full financial overview.Market Cap $1.55T. Shares Outstanding 2.2B. Public Float 2.19B…
https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/meta
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“The rocket and satellite maker is targeting a late June listing .”
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The evidence confirms SpaceX's general activities and recent Starship tests, but does not mention a specific target date of late June for a public listing.
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web search NEUTRAL — Main article: Falcon 1 The first successful Falcon 1 launch in September 2008 SpaceX developed its first orbital launch vehicle, the Falcon 1, with internal funding. [27][28] The Falcon 1 was an expen…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX
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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/
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · SpaceX just took a big step toward its next Starship test flight, firing up all 33 engines of the vehicle's Super Heavy on the pad in Texas.
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/…
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“Begleiter has a buy rating on Linde's stock.”
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No evidence was found regarding David Begleiter's specific rating on Linde stock.
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“SpaceX has conducted 11 test flights for Starlink since 2023 , including five last year .”
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“The company's current workhorse rocket is the Falcon 9, which has completed over 50 missions so far in 2026.”
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“The most recent came on May 5, with a Falcon 9 rocket bringing 24 Starlink satellites into low-earth Orbit.”
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“Last year, Linde announced two new long-term supply contracts with space customers and investments to boost production capacity.”
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“The company broke ground on that air separation plant in Brownsville, Texas, to produce gases for an unnamed customer.”
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“The city of Brownsville has confirmed the plant is to service SpaceX.”
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“Linde is also expanding its industrial gas plant in Mims, Florida”
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“SpaceX leases a launch pad there [Cape Canaveral].”
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“He estimated Linde supplies gases to between 65% to 75% of launches on average.”
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“Linde had a huge hand in NASA's Artemis II mission... traveling 252,756 miles from home. It used some 200,000 gallons of Linde's propellants for launch.”
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“Linde also supplied propellants for the first Artemis mission in 2022.”
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“The company was founded in 1879 by Carl von Linde”
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“In 1902, von Linde built the first industrial-scale air separation plant to produce liquid oxygen”
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“Linde supplied liquid oxygen to NASA's Apollo program, which landed the first humans on the moon in 1969.”
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“Linde's total revenues... are projected to be roughly $36 billion this year, according to FactSet.”
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“Linde currently houses its space business within its manufacturing end market, which increased 5% in the first quarter.”
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“SpaceX developed a satellite for Starlink that uses argon as a propellant.”
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“The stock is up almost 16% year to date, ahead of the S & P 500's 8% advance.”
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“France's Air Liquide and Pennsylvania-based Air Products and Chemicals are two of Linde's publicly traded peers in the industrial gas industry.”
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“Rocket Lab in 2021 and Firefly Aerospace in August 2025 .”
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“If you go back to 2008, there was maybe only around half a billion dollars of private investment in space. For the last few years, it's been well over $10 billion a year.”
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“Investment into space companies hit a record $8 billion in the first quarter, according to data from Seraphim Space , more than double the previous record set in the final three months of 2025.”
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“Last year, a record 4,510 objects... were sent into space. That's according to United Nations data compiled by researchers at Our World in Data”
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“The 2025 total is well ahead of the previous record of 2,903, set in 2023.”
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“Over the past decade, Linde's stock has outperformed the S & P 500, up about 336% versus a 259% gain for the index.”
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