4 Ways to Invest in SpaceX Stock in 2025

SpaceX is a company unlike any other.

It:

• Designs, manufactures, and launches reusable rockets and spacecraft,
• Serves high-speed satellite internet (via Starlink),
• Operates a global satellite network for government entities called Starshield, and
• Shuttles astronauts to and from the International Space Station (including retrieving two stranded astronauts earlier this year).

But all of this pales in comparison to its ultimate objective: transporting people to, and eventually colonizing, Mars.

Revenue and profits have soared in recent years, propelling the company's valuation to $400 billion. It's the second most valuable private company in the world, behind only OpenAI.

Despite its size, SpaceX is not a public company, and its mission to colonize Mars will likely prevent it from going public in the near future.*

*If it were to go public, shareholders could potentially force the company to give up on its goal of colonizing Mars in pursuit of more profitable, but less ambitious, ventures.

Elon Musk (SpaceX's founder and CEO) knows this and will keep the company private for as long as he can. This way, he can make strategic decisions without needing to answer to shareholders.

Unfortunately, that means investors aren't able to buy shares of its stock in their traditional brokerage accounts.

But there are a few other ways to gain exposure to SpaceX.

Here are four ways to buy SpaceX stock today, while it's still a private company.

1. Buy shares directly (from existing shareholders)

You can invest in shares of SpaceX through Hiive, an investment platform where accredited investors can buy shares of private, pre-IPO companies.

Accreditation requirements

To qualify as an accredited investor, you must meet one of the following criteria:

• Have an annual income of $200,000 individually or $300,000 jointly.
• Have a net worth that exceeds $1,000,000, excluding your main residence.
• Be a qualifying financial professional.

As of the time of this writing, there are 55 unique listings for SpaceX on Hiive:

Each of these listings was created by a unique seller who may be a current or former employee, a venture capital fund, or an angel investor. Each seller sets their own asking price and quantity of shares available.

Buyers can accept a seller's asking price as listed or place bids and negotiate directly with sellers. Buyers can also add companies to their watchlist and receive notifications of any new listings or transactions.

You can see the current price of SpaceX shares by creating a free account with the button below:

Register for Hiive

Unfortunately, Hiive is only available for accredited investors — retail investors can't directly invest in SpaceX. However, there are other ways to gain exposure.

2. Invest in the ARK Venture Fund

Cathie Wood's ARK Venture Fund invests in the "most innovative companies" in the world.

At the time of this writing, SpaceX is the fund's largest holding, making up 9.42% of the fund:

Although the fund invests in both publicly traded and privately held companies, its top 10 holdings are all private companies. Behind SpaceX, its next largest positions are in Figure AI, Neuralink, OpenAI, Lambda Labs, xAI, and Anthropic.

And, since the fund is available to both accredited and retail investors, the ARK Venture Fund is one of the best ways for individual investors to gain exposure to many of today's hottest startups.

Accredited investors can invest via the ARK website, while retail investors need to open an account with SoFi to invest in the fund.

If you do decide to invest in this fund, be sure you like the rest of the companies that make up the fund, too. There is a 2.90% annual management fee for investing in the fund.

3. Invest indirectly via public companies

Another option is to buy shares of a public company that has invested in SpaceX.

So far, only two public companies have invested in one of its funding rounds: Alphabet (the parent company of Google) and Bank of America.

Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) first investment came in January 2015 when it invested $900 million at a valuation of $12 billion. It also participated in another funding round in December 2021, which increased its total stake to about 7%.

Given SpaceX's current valuation of $400 billion, Alphabet's investments are probably worth ~$28 billion.

Bank of America (BAC) invested $250 million in its November 2018 round at a valuation of ~$30 billion. This stake is likely worth about $3.3 billion.

You can buy shares of Alphabet or Bank of America in your brokerage account. If you don't have a brokerage account, I recommend checking out Public.

The downside to investing in Alphabet or Bank of America to gain exposure to SpaceX is that each of these companies' stakes represents a tiny fraction of their businesses.

Alphabet is a $3.1 trillion company, so its $28 billion stake in SpaceX is less than 1% of its total business. Bank of America's market capitalization is $385 billion, so its $3.3 billion stake in SpaceX is just 0.85% of its total business.

Still, if you like either of these companies and want to own them anyway, getting exposure to SpaceX is a small bonus.

4. Invest in competitors and partners

If none of the above methods interest you (or if you can't stomach SpaceX's nearly 26x P/S ratio — more on that below), you may be interested in investing in its competitors.

Here are a few options:

• Boeing (BA) — Competes with SpaceX through the United Launch Alliance joint venture and builds spacecraft for NASA.
• Raytheon (RTX) — Produces satellites and defense systems that compete for the same government contracts SpaceX targets.
• Lockheed Martin (LMT) — Another ULA partner and a key player in defense, satellite, and space systems.
• Rocket Lab Corporation (RKLB) — Public launch company with reusable rockets competing directly in the mid-lift market.
• HEICO Corporation (HEI) — Supplies mission-critical aerospace parts used across rockets and satellites.
• Virgin Galactic (SPCE) — Richard Branson's suborbital space tourism company pioneering commercial human spaceflight.
• Astra Space (ASTR) — Small-launch competitor targeting low-cost payload delivery.

While SpaceX develops the vast majority of its parts internally, a handful of companies that SpaceX does business with will directly benefit from any future success the company has:

• Velo3D (VLD) — Provides advanced metal 3D-printing systems used by SpaceX to manufacture rocket engines and complex components.
• Tesla (TSLA) — While technically a separate Musk-run enterprise, there's overlap in talent, battery development, and autonomous systems between Tesla and SpaceX.
• Redwire Corporation (RDW) — Supplies space infrastructure and satellite components used in missions launched aboard SpaceX rockets.

You can buy any of these stocks in your regular brokerage account.

How much is SpaceX worth?

SpaceX has had 30 funding rounds and has raised $11.9 billion thus far, making it the most well-funded private company in the aerospace industry.

In July 2025, the company announced it was in the process of a secondary share sale that would value it at $400 billion. This would mark a ~14% increase from the $350 billion valuation it gave itself in a similar transaction in December 2024.

Its most recent funding round (non-secondary transaction) came back in January 2023 and raised $750 million at a $137 billion valuation.

Here's a look at how the company's valuation has grown over time:

Not only does SpaceX's $400 billion valuation make it the second most valuable private company in the world, but it would be the 24th largest company in the S&P 500 if it were publicly traded.

SpaceX is projected to generate $15.5 billion in revenue in 2025, up from the estimated $11.8 billion it generated in 2024. At a $400 billion valuation (which Starlink stock makes up about half of), the company is trading at 25.8x revenue.

For the sake of comparison, Raytheon (RTX) generated $86 billion in revenue last year and has a market capitalization of $240 billion (2.8x revenue).

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Frequently asked questions

Below are a few more questions people often ask about investing in SpaceX stock.

How to buy SpaceX stock?

SpaceX has not been made available to the public via an IPO or SPAC, but it is available on Hiive, our recommended pre-IPO investing platform. You can also invest in it via the ARK Venture Fund or by buying shares of Alphabet or Bank of America.

How much is SpaceX stock?

SpaceX stock is not yet publicly traded and has no price per share. Its last external round of funding valued the company at $137 billion. More recently, however, insider sales have valued the company at $400 billion.

What is the SpaceX stock symbol?

SpaceX is still a privately held company. There is no stock symbol yet.

Who owns SpaceX?

SpaceX is partially owned by Elon Musk (its founder and CEO, who is estimated to own 42% of the company) and a host of other private equity firms, a few publicly traded companies, and other investment firms.