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Short sellers pile into SpaceX as shares retreat to IPO price

7/19/2026

Private-market valuations are rarely insulated from the broader cycle.

Short interest in SpaceX has climbed to approximately 185 million shares, representing roughly 29% of the company's publicly tradable float, according to S3, as the stock retreats to its IPO price and the bearish conviction builds.

Short interest at a third of float At roughly 29% of publicly tradable shares, the position is large enough to move markets on its own.

S3's data puts 185 million SpaceX shares as currently sold short, a level that concentrates the bet at a moment when the stock has given back the premium it carried since listing.

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