SpaceX IPO Could Surpass Saudi Aramco as the Largest in History
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| By Chris Graebe |
In 2019, Saudi Aramco pulled off the biggest IPO in history.
It raised $25.6 billion in a single day.
The state-owned oil giant hit a $1.7 trillion valuation right out of the gate, a number so large it made Wall Street blink.
That day made it feel like the rest of the world had lapped America in the race for financial dominance.
But that sentiment could be much different next week. On Friday, June 12, specifically.
That’s when Elon Musk's SpaceX is set to go public on the Nasdaq exchange.
We’re looking at a potentially $2 trillion valuation, which would eclipse Saudi Aramco’s number.
Even at the conservative end, this would be one of the largest IPOs America has ever produced.
At the high end, it would shatter every record ever set …
And on the eve of America's 250th birthday.
You really couldn't script it better.
A Fitting Moment for American Ambition
Think about what SpaceX has actually accomplished.
A private company, not a government agency, has become the world's dominant force in space launch.
It's done things everyone said couldn’t be done.
And now it's preparing to let everyday investors buy in, which is genuinely an exciting moment. I won't pretend otherwise.
But here's where I have to be honest with you …
Exciting stories and great investments aren't always the same thing.
The Problem with Buying the Headline
When Saudi Aramco went public, it was profitable beyond imagination. The hype was real. So was the business.
And yet, despite recent oil prices being off the charts, investors who bought the 2019 IPO are still waiting for the kind of returns they were promised.
Here’s what that looks like …
That's what happens when the upside gets fully priced in before you ever get a chance to buy.
Unfortunately for investors hoping to cash in big with SpaceX, they’re facing a more extreme version of that same risk.
At a $2 trillion valuation, you're not buying a secret.
Instead, you're buying the most talked-about company in the world …
At a price that already reflects decades of expected growth …
At a moment when just about every analyst out there is telling you it's a must-own.
That's not deal-hunting. That's following the herd into a trade that's already crowded.
I've been covering pre-IPO investing long enough to know what that usually means for returns.
And I've also been around long enough to know that the real money — the kind that makes you look back fondly, years later — rarely comes from buying the biggest IPO of the generation.
It comes from finding what that IPO is about to make valuable.
There is opportunity to be found here. Just maybe not where most believe it is.
What I'm Watching Right Now
SpaceX going public is the starting point for an era of serious government-backed space infrastructure buildout.
NASA has already announced its three-phase Moon base blueprint.
The White House has set hard deadlines for Americans being back on the Moon by 2028, and a permanent lunar outpost by 2030.
Billions in contracts are about to start flowing to private companies.
SpaceX will win some of those contracts, for sure. But it can't build everything.
The lunar ecosystem needs rovers, power systems, habitat modules, communications infrastructure, propulsion components and life support technology.
Many of the companies building those things are small and in their earliest rounds of funding, what we call the “Alpha Round.”
That’s fortunate for us.
This is the stage just after founders and family, but before the venture capital firms and institutional money.
In other words, a very sweet spot, if you can catch it.
It’s the window I always look for in my Deal Hunters Alliance publication. It’s where the greatest return potential historically lives.
Not because it's guaranteed — early-stage investing always carries real risk. But because you're getting in before the big players arrive and drive up the valuation.
So while the financial media is busy breathlessly covering SpaceX's IPO roadshow …
I've been quietly doing what I always do.
I’ve been looking for a space startup that nobody’s talking about.
One that's perfectly positioned to benefit from everything the SpaceX IPO is about to unleash.
It’s directly tied to the lunar buildout backed by NASA and the White House.
But without the $2 trillion valuation that’s attached to SpaceX.
Not only do I believe I’ve found it …
But I’m writing this note to you from an undisclosed location at NASA right now!
In my experience, these kinds of deals don't stay quiet for long. They never do.
Saudi Aramco had its moment.
And Space X is about to have its own day in the sun. (Or should I say the moon?)
But the smartest investors won’t buy the crown jewel.
They’ll buy what gets built in its shadow … and what costs much less than pre-IPO SpaceX shares.
I’d love to tell you more about this exciting new “Alpha Round” opportunity.
Especially now while it’s still in the early stages before the rest of the world wants to watch its every move.
I believe that day could come, and perhaps in the not-too-distant future.
To see if you agree, watch this video to the end.
And if you see the same potential I do, follow the simple instructions at the end.
Happy hunting!
Chris Graebe
