An Analysis Of Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc (SPCE) Stock

Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc (NYSE:SPCE) has a beta value of 2.09 and has seen 0.44 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $113.27M, closed the recent trade at $3.19 per share which meant it lost -$0.22 on the day or -6.50% during that session. The SPCE stock price is -1047.34% off its 52-week high price of $36.60 and -2.51% below the 52-week low of $3.27.

The consensus among analysts is that Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc (SPCE) is Hold stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 2.88. 2 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 4 out of 9 have rated it as a Hold, with 3 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is -2.55.

Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc (NYSE:SPCE) trade information

Sporting -6.50% in the red today, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the SPCE stock price touched $3.19 or saw a rise of 11.88%. Year-to-date, Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc shares have moved -45.78%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -7.59%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc (NYSE:SPCE) have changed -29.15%.

Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $5, which means that the shares’ value could jump 36.2% from the levels at last check today. The projected low price target is $3.0 while the price target rests at a high of $10.0. In that case, then, we find that the latest price level in today’s session is -213.48% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 5.96% from the levels at last check today.

Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc (SPCE) estimates and forecasts

The company’s shares have lost -47.21% over the past 6 months. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be -72.20%.

6 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 600k for the current quarter. 6 have an estimated revenue figure of 641.67k for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 1.99M and 4.22M respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will shrink by -69.77% for the current quarter and -72.20% for the next.

If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was 8.53% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest 32.19% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 48.93%.

SPCE Dividends

Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc is expected to release its next earnings report in April this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.

Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc (NYSE:SPCE)’s Major holders

The top two institutional holders are BREVAN HOWARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP with over 15249.0 shares worth more than $0.13 million. As of 2024-06-30, BREVAN HOWARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP held 0.0038% of shares outstanding.

The other major institutional holder is IFP ADVISORS, INC, with the holding of over 430.0 shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $294.0 and represent 0.0001% of shares outstanding.

Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and iShares Russell 2000 ETF. As of Dec 31, 2024, the former fund manager holds about 2.19% shares in the company for having 778.43 shares of worth $2.43 million while later fund manager owns 702.26 shares of worth $2.19 million as of Dec 31, 2024, which makes it owner of about 1.98% of company’s outstanding stock.