A dynamic Iām watching post-SpaceX IPO
The market has finally received a direct vehicle for the largest player in the space economy. For years⦠capital has flowed into proxies. Many such that are retail sweethearts & because investors had no public SpaceX alternative.
Now that changes
Some institutions will likely rotate capital out of proxy trades and directly into SpaceX. We are already seeing evidence of portfolio rebalancing across the space basket following the IPO. It will continue. Pair trades will surface and hedging will be wound up.
However, the more interesting trade may be relative value.
As SpaceX moves beyond a $2T valuation, investors may choose to remain long RKLB or ASTS while hedging with a SpaceX short (Just an example, relax)
The thesis is.. you own the smaller companies where revenue growth can compound faster while using SpaceX as the valuation hedge. Simple
The result is that SpaceX becomes the benchmark
Every company in the sector will increasingly be valued relative to SpaceX rather than simply benefiting from lead up enthusiasm.
Side note:
Anthropic and OpenAI entering the public markets opens an entirely different discussion.
While it would undoubtedly be one of the most anticipated IPO events in history, public equity markets can only absorb so much new issuance and distribution. The challenge becomes even more pronounced when the companies seeking liquidity command some of the highest valuation premiums in the market.
Capital is not infinite. Every dollar allocated to a new mega-cap IPO is a dollar that must come from somewhere else. As a result, large-scale AI offerings could create meaningful capital rotation across growth, software, semiconductor, & broader technology equities.
Long term, the opportunity is likely enormous. Short term, the marketās ability to digest that magnitude of supply is a more nuanced conversation.
Have a good weekend š