SpaceX IPO: What Your $5,000 Investment Could Be Worth
Key takeaways
- The IPO priced at $135, and the stock headed above $175 during that first trading day before closing at $160.95.
- However, it s important for investors to look beyond the hype and try to figure out what will happen to the stock over an extended period.
- Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need.
Lawrence Rothman, CFA, The Motley Fool Tue, June 16, 2026 at 8:40 PM GMT+7 4 min read SPCX TSLA ^GSPC Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX), known as Space X, began trading on June 12 in a much-anticipated initial public offering (IPO). The IPO priced at $135, and the stock headed above $175 during that first trading day before closing at $160.95. Still, that provided a one-day gain of more than 19%. As of 1:30 p.m. Monday, the stock was still trending upward, trading in the neighborhood of $183.
Clearly, Wall Street remains enthusiastic so far. However, it s important for investors to look beyond the hype and try to figure out what will happen to the stock over an extended period. Many investors hope Chairman and CEO Elon Musk can produce similar gains with this company to those achieved by another of his companies, Tesla. Over the last 10 years, through June 12, Tesla s shares gained 2,690%. That dwarfed the S&P 500 index s 319.7% total return over the same period.
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