SpaceX's Nasdaq-100 rebalance to draw $15.5B in passive inflows

PR Newswire+1 · yesterday
SpaceX's Nasdaq-100 rebalance to draw $15.5B in passive inflows
  • JPMorgan estimates the Sept 21 Nasdaq-100 rebalance raises SPCX's index weight to 2.25% from 1.25%, adding about $15.5B in passive inflows to the stock.
  • Nasdaq's May 1 fast-entry rule change let SpaceX join the Nasdaq-100 on its seventh trading day if its full market cap ranks among the top 40 constituents; JPMorgan estimates that provision drove about $4.3B of passive inflows.
  • More than 1 billion SpaceX shares become tradable by the end of October, with another 1.3 billion potentially available after Q3 results in November.
  • SpaceX reported Q2 2026 revenue of $7.8B, up 92% year over year, a net loss of $541M, and $93.5B in cash and equivalents; AI capex alone reached $15.8B in the quarter.
  • The ERShares Private-Public Crossover ETF (XOVR) returned 5.64% from SpaceX's June 12 IPO through Sept 4, beating the Russell 1000 Growth Index at 1.64% and the Nasdaq 100 at 0.47%.
  • SPCX carries a $1.97T market cap, down about 12% from its June 15 opening price of $171.74, and still trades above its $135 IPO price.

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Clearly, there's a lot of demand, that's why they fast-tracked the integration into the indexMichael Field
We think the stock is overvalued.Michael Field
The period since the SpaceX IPO is a clear illustration of the private-public crossover opportunity.Eva Ados

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