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SpaceX not the behemoth everyone thought
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Elon Musk's SpaceX isn't the financial juggernaut that many were expecting, according to the IPO prospectus it filed yesterday.
Key facts
- SpaceX is wildly unprofitable, reporting a $4.9 billion net loss on $18.67 billion in consolidated revenue for 2025
- Elon Musk's SpaceX isn't the financial juggernaut that many were expecting, according to the IPO prospectus it filed yesterday
- It's expected to be the largest IPO ever, and could make Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire
- The Starlink connectivity business, which years ago was a rumored IPO candidate as a standalone business, is SpaceX's only profitable unit and accounted for most of its Q1 revenue
Summary
It's expected to be the largest IPO ever, and could make Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire. But the prospectus shows how much the IPO depends on expectations for future growth and investor servility to Musk, as opposed to the current underlying business. Those expectations will be severely tested if SpaceX wants to be valued at $1.75 trillion, which would make it one of the world's 10 most valuable companies. SpaceX is wildly unprofitable, reporting a $4.9 billion net loss on $18.67 billion in consolidated revenue for 2025.