SpaceX (SPCX) shares slipped below their $135 initial public offering (IPO) price this week. The stock had peaked above $200 in the weeks following its record Nasdaq debut. Elon Musk dismissed the retreat and predicted the company will eventually outvalue Earth itself.
The stock was priced at $135 a share in June, raising $75 billion in the largest IPO on record. It has now lost roughly a third of its value from that peak. Short interest surged as the price fell.
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