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Aerospace · on the rundown Friday, June 12, 2026

SpaceX shares trade around $170 after IPO priced at $135, expert says

Covered by 14 outlets over 18 hours. They ran 3 distinct reports; the most widely run, a syndicated copy, appeared on 9 sites. First reported by wach.com at 21:30 UTC on June 12, 2026.

14 outlets

What happened?

  1. SpaceX shares were trading around $170 as of mid-afternoon, ahead of the $135 initial public offering price, according to the reports.
  2. Brad Badertscher, a University of Notre Dame accountancy professor, said that SpaceX's public offering is the largest in history, according to the reports.
  3. Badertscher said Musk must abide by a 366-day lock-up period, while other pre-IPO investors often have 180-day lock-up periods, according to the reports.
  4. Badertscher said SpaceX has been around for nearly 25 years and much of its growth took place as a private company, according to the reports.

SpaceX shares traded around $170 as of mid-afternoon Friday, above the $135 initial public offering price, according to reports citing IPO expert Brad Badertscher.

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Who reported it, and when?

3 distinct reports run by 14 outlets, earliest first (UTC); a syndicated report lists every site that ran it
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Jun 12 21:30Biggest winners in SpaceX IPO arent the people buying shares today, expert says
Jun 13 12:01AP Business SummaryBrief at 8:01 a.m. EDT
Jun 13 15:17Report by miamiherald.com

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