You are a fool if you think you can predict the future.
That said, I'll give it a stab at SpaceX with these 7 predictions:
(1) If indeed IPO happens in 2H 2026, the main reason for the ~$800B tender offer now is because Musk wants a $1T IPO. Would look too ridiculous to jump to that from the $400B of Sept during the Echostar
$SATS deal.
(2) Musk is obsessed with letter X and will do whatever it takes to get
$X ticker. As you know, that recently became available with US Steel being acquired by Nippon Steel. Historically, 1-2 letter tickers were reserved for NYSE, but that has changed in recent years so Nasdaq is possible.
(3) Everyone moves to Nasdaq now, desiring
$QQQ inclusion and similar tag-along valuation boosters, but I'd actually give 70/30 odds of SpaceX going on NYSE, if it goes on one of these two.
$ICE owns NYSE and is still founder-led by Sprecher, who isn't playing around.
(4) The new Texas Stock Exchange, which aims to come online in 2026, would no doubt do anything to land SpaceX stock debut. To accomplish that, they would have to actually pay SpaceX vs. the other way around. Giving them an ownership stake and/or rebating trading fee revenue back to SpaceX (the latter of which NYSE will also dangle as incentive).
(5) If Texas Stock Exchange doesn't land SpaceX IPO, good odds of getting them to jump ship in coming years.
(6) Despite an estimated TTM revenue (not earnings) of just $15.5B, SpaceX will land a $1T valuation. You will hear much talk of direct-to-cell using their new bandwidth (be careful
$ASTS bulls), offering alternative to undersea data cables, and data centers in space.
The latter faces many challenges which are not obvious. Such as despite the extreme cold of space, heat dissipation in a vacuum would require potentially massive radiator systems, a major engineering challenge not yet solved. Nonetheless, the excitement of such possibility bolsters valuation.
Also, data centers in space are like international waters; a good way to get around data privacy laws. There is a market there.
(7) Despite their dollar values now being not too far apart, I expect my Rocket Lab
$RKLB stock to be worth significantly more than my SpaceX stock on December 31, 2026.