This Is The Craziest IPO Ever

Joseph Carlson After Hours
Joseph Carlson After HoursMay 21, 2026

Why It Matters

The IPO would create a mega-cap public vehicle that packages diverse high-growth bets and concentrated founder control, forcing investors to weigh speculative optionality and blockbuster valuation against weak current earnings and contract risk. Market reception will test whether investors pay a steep premium for Elon Musk-led vision and contingent future cash flows.

Summary

SpaceX filed for an IPO under ticker SPCX targeting a June listing and an initial market valuation around $1.5 trillion despite trailing-12-months revenue of $18.7 billion and a $4.9 billion loss. The S-1 highlights sprawling optionality—from Starlink satellite internet and planned direct-to-cell service to rocket launches, AI compute rentals and X/AI assets—that underpins investor enthusiasm and an implied ~80x price-to-sales multiple. A headline Anthropic deal to rent SpaceX compute capacity is described at $1.25 billion per month but is cancellable with 90 days’ notice, undercutting its long-term revenue certainty. The filing also cements Elon Musk’s control via supervoting shares and a $1 billion-plus incentive package tied to extreme milestones, including establishing a million-person Mars colony and orbital data centers.

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