SpaceX Lands With a Thud

Just over a month since its initial public offering, SpaceX has delivered one of the weakest post-debut performances of any major U. S. listing since the end of the 2008-2009 financial crisis. A Barron’s analysis found that the stock performed worse than 90% of other U. S.

IPOs with market capitalizations of $1 billion or more since July, 2009. Over the first 27 trading days, SpaceX was down 23% from its first day closing price of $161.