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<body><p>STORY: SpaceX has officially priced its stock market listing at $135 per share.</p><p>The IPO has raised a record $75 billion for the rockets and AI firm, and sees it valued at $1.77 trillion.</p><p>That immediately makes it one of the world’s most valuable firms, and makes founder Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire.</p><p>Shares in the company will now begin trading Friday (June 12) on the Nasdaq.</p><p>Whether $135 is the right price, however, that’s another matter.</p><p>Morningstar analyst Nicolas Owens is among those who think it looks high:</p><p>“We value it at $63 a share, which is the blended average of a range of scenarios that can be as high as $154 if you believe everything will go right and data centers in space are highly competitive. Or as low as a $40 a share if you really are just getting the rockets and Starlink, and the AI doesn't work out, so to speak.”</p><p>Owens says everything will have to go perfectly for SpaceX in future years to justify the sky-high valuation.</p><p>That includes its pledge to dominate industries that don’t even exist yet, such as data centers in space.</p><p>If the share price does fall, many small investors will feel the pain, with 30% of the offering reserved for retail buyers.</p><p>That’s far more than normal for a major IPO, and likely a move to capitalize on Musk’s cult-like following.</p><p>Morningstar’s Owens argues investors should wait to see how the company fares: </p><p>"Everyone will be monitoring these operational milestones around Starship reusability, the commercial model for data centers in space. And so, as you get more information on those, could be good, could be bad, but, we think it's probable that investors would have a better margin of safety at some future point.”</p><p>Other concerns include Musk’s unusual dominance over decision-making. </p><p>The IPO has been structured to give him 82% of voting power, leaving shareholders with little say.</p><p>SpaceX also remains unprofitable, having posted a loss of close to $5 billion last year.</p><p>While its Starlink satellite internet business is in the black, its AI unit is deep in the red amid huge costs to develop the new technology.</p><p>So far, however, none of that seems to have worried Musk’s eager investors.</p></body>
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Elon Musk's SpaceX raised the $75 billion it targeted in a hotly awaited IPO on Thursday, selling shares at a fixed price of $135 that valued the space, satellite and AI company at $1.77 trillion. It's definitely going to be a long-term story, and I think it will take time for the stock to find its footing in the public markets.
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Elon Musk's rocket company is hours away from going public, and Wall Street is already placing its bets. SpaceX lists on the Nasdaq on June 12 under the ticker SPCX at $135 per share, in what would be the largest IPO in stock market history. The company is targeting a $1.75 trillion valuation ...

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Oppenheimer initiated coverage of SpaceX with an outperform rating and a $190 price target on Thursday, one day before the company begins trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker SPCX. The price target implies around 40% upside from the $135 IPO price, and values the firm at a hefty $2.5 trillion.
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Elon Musk's SpaceX (SPAX.PVT) is just one day away from its IPO liftoff, sending the stock into orbit and publicly trading on the Nasdaq. Morning Brief Host Julie Hyman is joined by Yahoo Finance Tech Editor Dan Howley and Monetary Matters Network co-founder Jack Farley to discuss retail investor sentiment around the stock. SpaceX is expected to go public on the Nasdaq this Friday, June 12, under the ticker SPCX, with the space operator aiming for an IPO price of $135 per share.

Here's what regular investors should know ahead of what's set to be the largest IPO in history.
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