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SpaceX stock extends 3-day slide to 27% as the company raises debt to fund Elon Musk's cosmic ambitions

SpaceX executives and employees as they ring the opening bell at the Nasdaq MarketSite to celebrate the launch of SpaceX's initial public offering
Elon Musk's rocket company had a near-flawless market debut. TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP via Getty Images
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First, they had lift-off; now, they're coming back to Earth with a bump.

SpaceX shares dropped for a third consecutive trading day on Monday, extending a pullback after the Elon Musk-led company's mega IPO earlier this month.

The stock price dropped nearly 17% on Monday to $154.60, capping off a three-day losing streak that's sent shares tumbling 27% since closing at $211.39 on June 16.

The sell-off follows a meteoric rally that last week briefly pushed SpaceX's valuation close to $3 trillion, leapfrogging Amazon and Microsoft to become the fourth-most valuable company in the world. As of Thursday's close, its market capitalization was $2.4 trillion.

SpaceX's public market debut on June 12, the biggest IPO in history, saw the stock jump 19% in its first day of trading, cementing Musk as the first-ever trillionaire. Retail traders piled into SpaceX stock in the days after the IPO as they looked to get a piece of the rocket, AI, and satellite company.

Even with the recent decline, SpaceX shares are still up nearly 30% from their IPO price.

Some analysts questioned SpaceX's valuation — about $1.75 billion to $1.77 trillion — going into its blockbuster IPO. The company posted a $4.9 billion loss in 2025 on revenue of $18.7 billion.

SpaceX raised $85.7 billion in its IPO, but the company is still seeking more money to pursue Musk's cosmic ambitions, which include putting humans on Mars. In a Monday filing, SpaceX said it's raising more cash from bond sales to repay a bridge loan, adding that it held about $100.8 billion in cash and cash equivalents as of June 19.

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Robert Scammell, Senior Tech Editor, Business Insider.
Robert Scammell
Robert Scammell is a senior editor for the tech, startup, and VC team at Business Insider's London bureau, overseeing the team's coverage of companies such as Meta, OpenAI, and Google. Before joining Business Insider, Robert was the editor of the tech publication UKTN.