SpaceX may target a raise of about $75bn at a valuation of roughly $1.75-trillion
SpaceX may target a raise of about $75bn at a valuation of roughly $1.75-trillionShare current article via TwitterA SpaceX Super Heavy booster and Starship spacecraft, next in line for a future mission, stand outside the gigabays at the production facility in Starbase, Texas, the US, on May 16 2026.
Picture:New York — Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite maker SpaceX is aiming to list its shares as early as June 12 and has picked the Nasdaq as the trading venue for its blockbuster market debut, people familiar with the matter said on Friday. The listing, one of the most anticipated in years, is expected to headline this year’s crowded initial public offering calendar that could also include AI heavyweights Anthropic and OpenAI, both of which are expected to tap public markets.
SpaceX’s debut comes at a pivotal moment for the IPO market, which has rebounded after struggling over the past couple of years amid volatility fuelled by US tariff policy and geopolitical uncertainty. Set to trade under the ticker “SPCX”, the company has accelerated its IPO timeline and is now aiming to make its prospectus public as early as next Wednesday, with a roadshow launch targeted for June 4 and the share sale as early as June 11, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
The new IPO plan during the second week of June represents a quicker-than-expected timeline for SpaceX’s offering, moving forward a process that had initially been targeted for late June — around the time of Musk’s birthday — the sources said, requesting anonymity as the discussions are private. A faster-than-expected review of the company’s IPO paperwork by the US Securities and Exchange Commission was partially responsible for the company’s move to bring forward the listing timeline, the sources added.
SPCX was previously the ticker for Tuttle Capital Management’s special purpose acquisition company-focused ETF before the firm switched to the SPCK ticker in April. The move at the time triggered speculation about SpaceX potentially choosing the newly available ticker. Reuters was first to report in March that SpaceX was leaning towards listing its shares on the Nasdaq, as it sought early inclusion on the Nasdaq-100 index.
Nasdaq The listing would mark a major victory for Nasdaq, staving off competition from its crosstown rival, the New York Stock Exchange. It comes on the heels of the recent rollout of Nasdaq’s highly anticipated “fast entry” rules to speed up the entry of newly listed large-cap companies to its benchmark Nasdaq-100 index.
Other leading index operators, such as S&P Dow Jones Indices and FTSE Russell have also launched similar rules to fast-track new listings to their respective benchmarks, seeking to turbocharge the pipeline of IPOs. Nasdaq has previously said that it widely sought feedback from market participants on the fast-entry rules and that it had a transparent index governance process.
SpaceX is likely to target a raise of about $75bn at a valuation of roughly $1.75-trillion, which would make it the biggest stock market flotation of all time, Reuters has previously reported. The $1.75-trillion target represents a step up from the $1.25-trillion combined valuation set when SpaceX merged with Musk’s start-up xAI in February.
Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Citigroup, JPMorgan, and Goldman Sachs are the lead bookrunners for the offering, with 16 other banks in smaller roles spanning institutional, retail and international channels.
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