SpaceX set to enter list of world’s biggest IPOs

Major technology, energy, telecom, and financial companies dominate the list of the world’s largest IPOs.

SpaceX, owned by US billionaire Elon Musk, is preparing to offer 555.5 million shares in an initial public offering (IPO) at $135 per share. The offering is expected to be valued at about $75 billion.

 

To date, Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco) remains the world’s largest IPO, after it offered its shares in 2019 in a deal valued at about $25.6 billion, or more than SAR 96 billion.

 

Earlier, the 1998 offering of Japan’s NTT ranked as the largest on an inflation-adjusted present-value basis, with the nominal value of the offering at the time reaching about $18.1 billion, or $36.75 billion currently.

 

The following table details the 11 largest IPOs in history, adjusted for inflation:

 

The 11 largest IPOs in history, adjusted for inflation

Company

Offering Date

Offering Value ($ bln)

Market

Sector

Inflation-Adjusted Offering Value ($ bln)*

Saudi Aramco

12/5/2019

25.60

NYSE

Energy

33.17

Alibaba

9/18/2014

21.77

Tokyo Stock Exchange

Technology

30.45

SoftBank

12/10/2018

21.35

Tokyo Stock Exchange

Communication Services

28.29

NTT Docomo

10/22/1998

18.09

NYSE

Communication Services

36.73

Visa

3/18/2008

17.86

Hong Kong Stock Exchange

Financial Services

27.86

AIA Group

10/21/2010

17.82

NYSE

Financial Services

27.13

Enel SpA

11/1/1999

16.45

Nasdaq

Utilities

32.55

Facebook

5/17/2012

16.01

NYSE

Technology

23.20

General Motors

11/17/2010

15.77

Hong Kong Stock Exchange

Automobiles

24.01

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China

10/20/2006

13.96

NYSE

Financial Services

23.04

Deutsche Telekom

11/17/1996

13.03

NYSE

Communication Services

27.37

*Historical offering values adjusted based on US inflation rates to reflect their equivalent value in 2026 prices.

 

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