SpaceX Stock Dropped Below Its IPO Price for the First Time
SpaceX Stock Dropped Below Its IPO Price for the First Time.
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Shares of SpaceX fell to a new low near $132 on Wednesday, putting it below the $135 price at which it sold shares to the public last month.
Investor skepticism about the AI trade could be hitting the stock, despite broadly bullish views from Wall Street analysts and the inclusion of SpaceX in major indexes and funds.
SpaceX stock fell below where it started when the company completed its record-setting IPO last month.
Shares of SpaceX (SPCX) lost ground for a fourth straight session Wednesday, finishing down 0.6%. The stock closed at $135.27, earlier hitting a low of $132.15 to mark the first time it dropped below the $135 at which the company first sold shares to the public on June 12. That culminated a dramatic round trip for a stock that managed highs above $225 in its first few days of trading. (You can read Investopedia's full coverage of today's action here .)
SpaceX has likely been a victim at least in part of investor skepticism about the resilience of the AI trade. Some experts believe that investors are no longer " pricing in promise " and are looking more closely at assets linked to artificial intelligence; xAI consumes the lion's share of SpaceX's capital spending. Wild trading in the newly listed U.S. shares of South Korea's SK Hynix (SKHY) illustrates the possibility for both quick gains and losses in memory stocks, which have seen massive gains lately on demand for the chips that support the AI buildout. Another coming IPO, data center company Csquare , could be the next litmus test.
And investors may be trying to get ahead of the possibility that the coming expiration of lock-ups , which will permit insiders to sell more shares, will drag on the stock.
Events seen as catalysts for gains, including the addition of SpaceX to the Nasdaq 100 index and a raft of bullish coverage from Wall Street analysts, have in recent weeks failed to reignite the stock. Analysts at Oppenheimer on Wednesday reiterated their $250 price target, which represents about 85% appreciation from Wednesday's close. In their note, they examined the "Terafab" AI chip partnership with Tesla (TSLA) and Intel (INTC), saying the effort "will require perfect execution" but is "critical to leveraging its unique models/data/infrastructure to support [SpaceX's] valuation."
Still, SpaceX remains in the trillion-dollar market-cap club, and its trio of businesses—AI, rockets and satellite connectivity—offer exposure to a range of opportunities some investors are eager to support. The potential for a merger with Tesla or partnerships with companies in mobile telecommunications may also be seen as reasons for bullishness.
UPDATE: This article has been updated after initial publication to reflect the close of trading and to add context.
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