Updated 30 July 2026 — SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX) closed at $112.55 on Wednesday 29 July 2026, down 3.32% (−$3.86), per StockAnalysis. Market capitalisation is $1.48 trillion.
Verdict: the stock is 50.1% below its post-IPO peak and 16.6% below its $135 IPO price. Two dates now decide the next leg: 4 August, SpaceX’s first earnings report as a public company, and 6 August, when up to 911.5 million insider shares become sellable.
KEY FACTS
- Spot: $112.55, down 3.32% on 29 July 2026. Market cap $1.48 trillion.
- IPO: 12 June 2026 at $135 per share — the largest IPO in US history, valuing SpaceX near $1.8 trillion at the listing price.
- Peak: $225.64 intraday on 16 June, four sessions after listing. The stock is 50.1% below that level.
- 52-week range: $107.01 – $225.64. Wednesday’s close sat 5.2% above the low.
- Losses: a $4.9 billion net loss in 2025, plus a further $4.28 billion in Q1 2026.
- First earnings: Q2 2026 results after the close on Tuesday 4 August 2026, webcast at 4:30 p.m. ET, per SpaceX’s own investor-relations notice.
- Lock-up: setting the earnings date triggered an early release allowing insiders to sell up to 20% of restricted holdings — 911.5 million shares — beginning 6 August.
- Street: average 12-month target $236.71, with a high estimate of $800 and a low of $62. Twenty-seven analysts rate it a buy, one a sell.
Why a $1.8 trillion listing lost half its value in six weeks
SpaceX did not break. Its share price normalised, violently, from a level set by scarcity rather than by earnings.
The listing on 12 June priced at $135 and immediately ran to $225.64 by 16 June. That peak was reached four sessions into public life, before a single quarterly report, on a float deliberately kept tight. Everything since has been the unwinding of that setup: profit-taking by IPO allocants, a reassessment of a valuation that briefly implied more than $1.8 trillion, and the reversal of the crowded bullish positioning built up around the most anticipated debut in years. The stock slipped below its IPO price in mid-July and has not reclaimed it.
The scale is easier to grasp in dollars than percentages. Since the June peak, SpaceX has shed more than $1 trillion in market value — a figure larger than the entire market capitalisation of all but a handful of listed companies.
The two dates that matter: 4 August and 6 August
SpaceX confirmed it will post second-quarter results after the market close on Tuesday 4 August, with a management webcast at 4:30 p.m. ET. This is the first time public shareholders will see the business as a reporting issuer rather than as a narrative.
What makes the calendar unusually loaded is the second date. Setting the earnings date triggered an early lock-up release: insiders may sell up to 20% of restricted holdings — 911.5 million shares — starting 6 August, two days after the print. That sequencing means a good report and a bad tape are not mutually exclusive outcomes. Supply arrives on a fixed schedule regardless of what the numbers say.
The bull case: the first real look at Starlink economics
The bull argument is not that SpaceX is cheap at a $1.48 trillion market capitalisation. It is that nobody yet knows what it is worth, because the operating disclosure has never been public.
Twenty-seven analysts rate the stock a buy against a single sell, with an average target of $236.71 — roughly double the current price and close to the June peak. That consensus is built on assumptions about launch cadence and, above all, Starlink’s subscriber economics and margin trajectory. On 4 August those assumptions become checkable. If the segment disclosure shows Starlink converting scale into contribution margin faster than modelled, the sell-side has an anchor for targets it currently holds on faith.
The lock-up cuts both ways too: a large, orderly increase in float is what turns a scarcity-priced stock into an index-eligible, institutionally ownable one.
The bear case: $9 billion of losses and 911.5 million shares
The bear case does not require anything to go wrong. It requires the arithmetic already on the record to keep applying.
SpaceX lost $4.9 billion in 2025 and a further $4.28 billion in the first quarter of 2026 alone — a quarterly burn approaching the prior full year. At a $1.48 trillion valuation, the market is capitalising a business that is consuming cash at scale while spending heavily on Starship development and Starlink deployment.
Layer on the supply event. Up to 911.5 million shares become sellable on 6 August into a stock already 50% off its high, where every early holder above roughly $113 is under water on paper but every pre-IPO holder is not. That asymmetry is what makes the lock-up a genuine bear catalyst rather than a technicality.
The macro adds the third leg. The Fed held rates at 3.50%–3.75% on 29 July but drew three dissenting votes in favour of a hike, sending the 30-year Treasury yield up 12 basis points to 5.21% — a 19-year high. SpaceX is the definition of a long-duration cash-flow story, and 5.21% is the rate at which those distant flows now get discounted.
Scenario table: bear, base and bull from $112.55
| Case | Level | vs $112.55 spot | Anchor and what has to happen |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear | $62 | −45% | The lowest published street estimate. Requires the 4 August disclosure to show Starlink margins below model and the 6 August unlock to be used heavily. |
| First support | $107.01 | −4.9% | The 52-week low, set during this drawdown. The nearest technical marker, and the level a disappointing print tests first. |
| Base | $135 | +20% | The IPO price. Reclaiming it needs a clean first report and an unlock that is absorbed rather than dumped — the stock simply returning to where institutions bought it. |
| Bull | $236.71 | +110% | The consensus 12-month target, effectively a return to the $225.64 June peak. Needs Starlink disclosure to validate the sell-side model and the loss trajectory to visibly bend. |
The $800 high estimate is a genuine published figure but a clear outlier; the $62 low and $236.71 mean are the useful boundaries. A spread this wide — roughly 13x from low to high — is what coverage looks like before a company has ever reported.
What to watch in the 4 August report
- Starlink segment margin. The single most valuable number in the release. Subscriber counts are already estimated externally; contribution margin is not.
- The loss trend. Q1 2026’s $4.28 billion loss against $4.9 billion for all of 2025 is the figure the bear case rests on. Any deceleration changes the discussion.
- Starship cadence and capitalised spend. How much of the burn is development that eventually stops, versus operating cost that does not.
- Anything management says about the 6 August unlock. Signalling on insider intentions, or a voluntary extension, would materially change the two-week setup.
How this fits the rest of the listed space complex
SpaceX is now the sector’s benchmark, and its de-rating has drained multiple support from every smaller name. FinanceFeeds tracks the knock-on in Redwire’s bull and bear cases, Intuitive Machines and AST SpaceMobile. Our news coverage of the drawdown itself is here.
Quick Take
At $112.55, SPCX has already given back the entire IPO pop and then some. The bear case is the $9 billion of losses on the record plus 911.5 million shares becoming sellable on 6 August. The bull case is that the 4 August report is the first time anyone outside the company can price Starlink properly — and the consensus $236.71 target says the Street expects to like what it sees. Both cases resolve within the same two-week window, which is unusual and makes position sizing, not direction, the harder question.
FAQ
What is SpaceX’s stock price now?
SPCX closed at $112.55 on 29 July 2026, down 3.32% on the session, giving a market capitalisation of $1.48 trillion.
Why is SpaceX stock down so much since the IPO?
The stock listed at $135 on 12 June 2026 and ran to $225.64 by 16 June before reversing. The decline reflects profit-taking by IPO allocants, a reassessment of a valuation that implied more than $1.8 trillion, and the unwinding of crowded bullish positioning — not a specific operational failure. It has fallen more than $1 trillion in market value from the June peak.
When does SpaceX report earnings?
SpaceX will post second-quarter 2026 results after the market close on Tuesday 4 August 2026, with a webcast at 4:30 p.m. ET. It is the company’s first report as a public company, and the date is confirmed on SpaceX’s own investor-relations site.
When does the SpaceX lock-up expire?
Setting the earnings date triggered an early lock-up release. Insiders may sell up to 20% of restricted holdings — 911.5 million shares — beginning 6 August 2026, two days after the earnings report.
What is the analyst price target for SPCX?
The average 12-month target is $236.71, with a high estimate of $800 and a low of $62. Twenty-seven analysts rate the stock a buy and one a sell.
Is SpaceX profitable?
No. SpaceX posted a $4.9 billion net loss in 2025 and a further $4.28 billion loss in the first quarter of 2026. Whether that burn is decelerating is the central question of the 4 August report.
What is the bear case for SpaceX stock?
A $1.48 trillion valuation on a business losing billions per quarter, a 911.5 million share insider unlock on 6 August, and a 30-year Treasury yield at a 19-year high of 5.21% compressing the value of distant cash flows. The lowest published street target is $62.
Sources: price, range and market-cap data from StockAnalysis (29 July 2026 close); earnings date and webcast time from SpaceX Investor Relations; lock-up release detail from CNBC; IPO pricing, peak and loss figures as reported by The Motley Fool and Quartz; FOMC decision and Treasury yields from CNBC.
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