SpaceX Joins Nasdaq 100 In 15 Days, And Wall Street Has To Buy

SpaceX (SPCX) will enter the Nasdaq 100 on Jul. 7, setting a record as the fastest inclusion in the benchmark’s history.

Key Points:

SpaceX will join the Nasdaq 100 only 15 trading days after its Jun. 12 IPO.

The company raised about $75 billion at a $1.77 trillion valuation, the largest IPO on record.

Index funds must buy SPCX before Jul. 7, but valuation concerns remain.

SpaceX Nasdaq

The confirmation came one day before Elon Musk turns 55 and only weeks after the aerospace company began trading on Nasdaq.

SpaceX priced its Jun. 12 initial public offering at $135 a share and raised roughly $75 billion, giving it an initial valuation of $1.77 trillion.

That debut made SpaceX one of the most valuable public companies in the United States. It also put SPCX into the path of a new Nasdaq rule that lets major new listings qualify after 15 trading days.

Nasdaq 100-linked funds, including the Invesco QQQ Trust, must buy SPCX before markets open on Jul. 7. Analysts expect mandatory buying to support near-term demand, while other index constituents may lose weight as portfolios rebalance.

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SpaceX Valuation

SPCX jumped nearly 19% in its first session and closed at $161, but the stock has since slipped toward $148, a level traders are watching after the post-IPO pullback.

The rapid index entry has not erased valuation concerns. Allianz warned about a possible SpaceX bubble, arguing that the company’s market value may be running ahead of near-term fundamentals.

The issue is direct. SpaceX now sits inside a benchmark followed by funds managing trillions in retirement and institutional capital, which creates forced demand while leaving investors to judge whether revenue can catch up.

Musk’s wealth has also become more exposed to daily SPCX moves.

A recent share-price decline briefly pushed his total wealth below $1 trillion before a partial recovery, while proposals targeting unrealized gains gained more political attention.

The Nasdaq 100 entry follows a broader expansion of Musk-linked businesses, including the recent launch of X Money peer-to-peer payments. SpaceX’s next test is whether forced index demand can stabilize the stock after its first post-IPO retreat.

Mehjabeen Arsiwala

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