With SpaceX targeting a $2 trillion valuation at its IPO this summer and raising $75 billion in the process, it will be by far the largest public debut in market history.
So it’s worth considering what happened when companies set IPO records in the past
Did the previous five largest IPOs reward Day 1 shareholders? How the 5 biggest IPOs in history have performed Let’s look at the largest IPOs in recent history (when adjusted for inflation). The table below shows the returns for those five names: Saudi Aramco, NTT DoCoMo, Alibaba, Enel, and Visa (NYSE: V).
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