What the ‘Dean of Valuation’ Thinks Elon Musk’s SpaceX Is Really Worth | Flipboard

Flipboard · Jun 07, 2026 · 210 words · By The Wall Street Journal; Miriam Gottfried

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What to know about What the ‘Dean of Valuation’ Thinks Elon Musk’s SpaceX Is Really Worth

The text provides a brief introduction to NYU professor Aswath Damodaran's skepticism regarding the valuation of Elon Musk's SpaceX. It mentions the company's anticipated public offering and a potential valuation of approximately $1.77 trillion.

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What the ‘Dean of Valuation’ Thinks Elon Musk’s SpaceX Is Really Worth NYU’s Aswath Damodaran is skeptical of the outlook for the company’s artificial-intelligence unit SpaceX aims to sell shares in its anticipated public offering this week at a valuation of…

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That value could go even higher once it begins trading.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 2 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “NYU’s Aswath Damodaran is skeptical of the outlook for the company’s artificial-intelligence unit”

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The claim is explicitly stated in one web search result ('What the ‘Dean of Valuation’ Thinks Elon Musk’s SpaceX Is Really...'), but no other independent source corroborates this specific skepticism regarding the AI unit. Other results confirm Damodaran's identity and that he valued SpaceX, but do not repeat the specific sentiment about the AI unit.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Corporate finance is an area of finance that deals with the sources of funding, and the capital structure of businesses, the actions that managers take to increase the value of the firm to the shareho…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_finance

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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 — Real options valuation, also often termed real options analysis, (ROV or ROA) applies option valuation techniques to capital budgeting decisions. A real option itself, is the right—but not the obligat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_options_valuation

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Claim 2: “SpaceX aims to sell shares in its anticipated public offering this week at a valuation of around $1.77 trillion”

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The claim is directly confirmed by Wikipedia, which states that the SpaceX IPO occurred on June 12, 2026, at a valuation of US$1.77 trillion. This is further corroborated by a web search result from SpaceQ Media Inc. reporting the same valuation and share price.

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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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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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