{"id":42293,"date":"2026-06-21T00:22:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T04:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/2026\/06\/21\/spacex-shares-fall-as-post-ipo-frenzy-loses-steam\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T00:22:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T04:22:51","slug":"spacex-shares-fall-as-post-ipo-frenzy-loses-steam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/2026\/06\/21\/spacex-shares-fall-as-post-ipo-frenzy-loses-steam\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX shares fall as post-IPO frenzy loses steam"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"medium-10 medium-offset-1 columns article-body\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-epic-field=\"content\">\n<p>Shares of SpaceX dropped more than 6% last night, as the post-IPO frenzy that briefly placed Elon Musk&#8217;s rockets-to-AI firm among the world&#8217;s top five most valuable companies appeared to fizzle out.<\/p>\n<p>The stock was last down 6.5% at $178.50, after falling nearly 5% in the last session. But it was still more than 30% above its $135 offering price.<\/p>\n<p>If the losses persist, SpaceX&#8217;s market value of $2.52 trillion would shrink by more than $150 billion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Given the magnitude of the IPO and the strong initial performance, some degree of profit-taking is not surprising,&#8221; IPOX Schuster analyst Kat Liu said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This has been a particularly eventful and shortened trading week for the largest IPO in history,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Shares of other US space companies were also down. Rocket Lab and Planet Labs dropped around 3%, while AST SpaceMobile and Intuitive Machines declined around 7% and 3%, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Retail investors bought up SpaceX shares aggressively for the last three sessions, with a total net purchase of over $300m. Activity, however, was muted yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Due to its relatively small public float and high valuation, analysts and portfolio managers have cautioned investors to anticipate volatility early in SpaceX&#8217;s life as a public company.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX&#8217;s valuation surged past $2 trillion following its blockbuster Nasdaq debut last week. Its shares soared in their first two days of trading before giving up some gains as investors assessed whether the company&#8217;s rich valuation can be justified by its costly AI push.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX said on Tuesday it would buy Anysphere, the startup behind the popular AI coding agent Cursor, for $60 billion in stocks to boost its presence in the lucrative enterprise AI tools market.<\/p>\n<p>The company&#8217;s bankers are preparing to meet investors as early as next week to discuss a bond offering of at least $20 billion, a source said, as the company seeks funding for its ambitious AI expansion.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shares of SpaceX dropped more than 6% last night, as the post-IPO frenzy that briefly placed Elon Musk&#8217;s rockets-to-AI firm among the world&#8217;s top five most valuable companies appeared to fizzle out. The stock was last down 6.5% at $178.50, after falling nearly 5% in the last session. 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