People gather near a SpaceX advertisement outside the Nasdaq MarketSite, on the day of their initial public offering (IPO) in New York City, U.S., June 12, 2026.
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SpaceX shares fell for a fourth-straight session on Wednesday, dropping below their $135 initial public offering price for the first time, about a week after joining the Nasdaq-100.
Shares have whipsawed since the reusable rocket maker’s historic IPO last month, which raised a record $86 billion and cemented founder Elon Musk as the first trillionaire.
The stock slumped about 2% on Wednesday, putting shares about 34% below their IPO price.
SpaceX’s blockbuster debut came at the start of a potentially record-breaking stretch for IPOs, with hotly anticipated offerings from Anthropic and OpenAI likely on the horizon.
Both companies have confidentially filed to go public with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, but haven’t provided any official plans.
During its first month of trading, SpaceX shares closed as high as nearly $202 a share. On its first full trading day, the stock skyrocketed about 20%.
Last week’s induction, into the concentrated Nasdaq-100 brought passive investors into the stock through index-tracking funds. The company was able to join the exchange thanks to a recent rule change that shortened the eligibility period to 15 trading days for newly public companies.
Shares slumped below their first trade price of $150 a day after joining the exchange.
