SpaceX Set to Wipe Out $1 Trillion in Value as Shares Slide

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Or sign-in if you have an account.(Bloomberg) — SpaceX shares tumbled on Friday, putting the rocket and artificial intelligence giant on track to wipe out more than $1 trillion in market value from its all-time high. 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The value stood at $2.64 trillion at the close on June 16, its third day of trading.Elon Musk’s company — officially known as Space Exploration Technologies Corp. — initially rallied after the largest initial public offering in history, but has lost ground since and is trading below the $135 IPO price. Friday’s decline comes after the company aborted a launch of its Starship rocket due to an engine issue. “The failed launch’s timing is suboptimal to the story, but failed launches are always a risk to the story,” said Joe Gilbert, portfolio manager at Integrity Asset Management. “Investors are de-risking positions and rethinking valuations as optimism is slowly eroding from the space and depressing lofty multiples simultaneously.”Get the latest headlines, breaking news and columns.By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder.The next issue of Top Stories will soon be in your inbox.We encountered an issue signing you up. Please try againSpaceX said it would make another attempt to launch Starship after scrapping Thursday’s mission. Musk later said on X that the company would swap out two Raptor engines, likely delaying the next launch until early next week.“Anomalies like this will continue to be inherent to Starship’s aggressive development — pushing the boundaries of reusability, payload capacity, and rapid cadence for Starlink V3 deployment and future NASA Artemis missions,” Raymond James analyst Brian Gesuale wrote in a note to clients Friday. Even with the delay, a launch next week would cut the gap between Starship flights to less than 60 days from 221 days previously, Gesuale wrote.Starship is the linchpin of SpaceX’s plan to put data centers in space, expand its Starlink satellite communications network and, eventually, to send humans to the moon and Mars. The company has spent more than $15 billion developing Starship, according to its IPO prospectus in June.Royal Bank of Canada analysts Ken Herbert and Jonathan Atkin expect the cost savings from Starship to be a catalyst for unlocking SpaceX’s ambitions including so-called orbital compute, though they cautioned that a reusable launch cadence is “imperative.” “We can appreciate that the path to de-risking is a non-linear one, and believe the non-linear cadence is something investors could be forced to embrace as well,” Herbert and Atkin wrote in a note to clients.SpaceX joined the Nasdaq 100 Index earlier this month and received a slew of bullish ratings from analysts. It has an average 12-month price target of $235.34.The company is facing an extended lock-up on insiders that will see shares periodically released into the market over the coming months.“If we factor in the lock-ups expiring in the future, many investors have probably re-thought their initial theses, and prospective ones who have been watching from the sidelines are waiting for lower entry points, which have a good chance of emerging as its valuation gets rightsized,” said Mark Malek, chief investment officer at Siebert Financial.The slump in shares of SpaceX threatens the boom in IPOs linked to artificial intelligence. AI was at the heart of SpaceX’s pitch for its IPO, as the company eyes data centers in space to help it capture a dominant share of an estimated $26.5 trillion total addressable market.The record offering boosted activity for Wall Street’s biggest investment banks, which hauled in the most revenue from advising on equity offerings in the second quarter since 2021.—With assistance from Matt Turner.(Updates with context and analyst comments from seventh paragraph.)This advertisement has not loaded yet.Notice for the Postmedia NetworkThis website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. Read more about cookies here. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.