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Track SPCE free→NYSEIndustrialsAerospace & DefenseSnapshot 2026-06-16
Recent financial performance sits well below its industry cohort — worth keeping an eye on, though it has not freshly broken.
Recent financial performance is weak, and earnings quality is fragile, reported profits aren't backed by cash. Management's recent track record has been unsteady, with frequent disruptive corporate changes, and the capital stance is capital unfriendly. Risk is elevated, and the sector backdrop is a headwind, with SPCE compared to sector peers being below typical. The company was unprofitable over the past year, so there is no earnings yield to read. This analysis is provisional.
Daily closes. Earnings/event dots are placed inline.
A consensus fair price across 0 valuation methods, at three horizons. Current price $3.35. Estimates are diagnostics, not price targets. Short-horizon estimates are close to coin-flips, so confidence is a method-agreement read, not a prediction.
No-growth: today's peer multiple on trailing earnings. The headline read.
Embeds projected growth. Leans optimistic by design. Upside context.
One valuation read at a 12-month horizon, plus how price compares to peers and the company's own history.
Not enough valuation methods to set a 12-month read yet.
TTM earnings are negative, so the read leans on sales- and cash-flow-based methods rather than P/E. This is a data condition, not a forward call.
Looks more expensive than peers.
Self-history needs ~20 months of data.
Each factor is a parallel diagnostic with a clear read of what it shows and how names like it have historically fared. Never aggregated into a single score.
Operating income rose in 2 of the last 3 quarter-over-quarter moves. Historically, Industrials names rated weak grew net income 58% of the time over the next year (vs 62% for the rest of the cohort, n=3678).
Over the trailing year it converted -11.17x of net income into operating cash flow. Historically, Industrials names rated fragile grew net income 56% of the time over the next year (vs 60% for the rest of the cohort, n=3333).
Most sensitive to the broad stock market.
Not enough signal to read sensitivity to the US dollar, real (inflation-adjusted) rates, long-term interest rates, Fed net liquidity.
The next print and the backdrop around it (sector regime and the AI cycle). Context for the path, not a forecast of returns.
EPS estimate $-0.90 → $-0.65 (+27.7% / 30d). 1 raised, 0 cut, 3 covering analysts.
0 upgrades, 0 downgrades / 30d. 29% of analysts rate Buy.
0 positive, 3 negative / 30d. See F4 management tile for the event list.
Transition story with positive analyst positioning (often a turnaround setup).
How management runs the business: capital, margins, balance sheet, and how reliably they guide and deliver.
A guidance track record builds as the company issues and delivers on guidance.
What a normal day, a bad day, and the worst of the last year would mean for a $10,000 position.
On a typical day, $10k can swing ±$315.
How much price usually moves either way.
On a bad day, this stock has moved -$742.
A rough but not unusual down day (about the 95th percentile).
In the worst 12 months, $10k could have lost $5,539.
Deepest peak-to-trough drop in the last year.
Past results, not a forecast. Not investment advice.
The most important moves since the prior daily snapshot.
No material changes since the prior snapshot.
as of 2026-06-16
Specific, dated things to watch for, each with what would confirm it and what would prove it wrong.
Why it matters: Better liquidity is important for Virgin Galactic. They need it for commercial operations and to handle debt.
Confirms:The company raises over $100 million by selling equity to get more cash.
Disproves:The company does not raise the needed amount from equity sales. This hurts liquidity.
Recent news graded against this company's own objectives — whether it reinforces or challenges the thesis, and how confirmed it is.
Threatens: Improve liquidity and financial flexibility
Debt swap impacts liquidity and financial flexibility negatively.
Conditional scenarios: if X happens, the view would shift in this direction. These are not predictions.
Recent SEC 8-K filings ranked by likely impact, confidence, and recency.
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. On June 11, 2026, Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved the Fourth Amended and Restated Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. 2019 Incentive Award Plan (the “Fourth A&R Plan”), which was adopted by the Company’s Board of…
Whether the overall read has been drifting up or down lately, and how it's changed since last week.
Not investment advice. Scores describe historical and current data; they are not forecasts of future returns. Consult a licensed advisor before making investment decisions.
Long-thesis check; widest uncertainty.
TTM earnings are negative. P/E-based methods drop out and the estimate leans on sales- and cash-flow-based methods. A data condition, not a forward call.
Trailing four: 2025-Q1, 2025-Q2, 2025-Q3, 2026-Q1
A side-by-side read on sector standing, valuation, and risk versus Aerospace & Defense.
| Stock | Sector standing | Valuation | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|
SPCE Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc | Below typical Show detailsSector percentile: 6 of 100 | — | elevated |
GE GE Aerospace | Typical Show detailsSector percentile: 66 of 100 | expensive | moderate |
RTX RTX Corporation | Above typical Show detailsSector percentile: 72 of 100 | fair | moderate |
BA Boeing | Below typical Show detailsSector percentile: 23 of 100 | expensive | moderate |
LMT Lockheed Martin | Typical Show detailsSector percentile: 62 of 100 | inexpensive | moderate |
12 material management or governance events in the past 24 months, led by capital-allocation actions. Historically, Industrials names rated volatile grew net income 59% of the time over the next year (vs 59% for the rest of the cohort, n=840).
Not investment advice. As of 2026-06-16.
via XLI
Tailwind = sector leading the S&P 500; headwind = trailing. Both can be constructive. Historically, headwind regimes have averaged stronger forward returns than tailwind.
Context label only: describes the market state (e.g. real bear vs narrative panic, healthy uptrend vs late-stage froth). It is not a per-ticker buy/sell signal and does not predict factor performance.
Not investment advice. As of 2026-06-16.
Priorities management has stated in recent disclosures, with status and evidence drawn from earnings calls, filings, and press releases.
Virgin Galactic aims to commence commercial operations in the fourth quarter of 2026.
Virgin Galactic is taking steps to improve liquidity and enhance financial flexibility.
Virgin Galactic expects free cash flow for Q2 2026 to be between -$87M and -$92M.
Threatens: Improve liquidity and financial flexibility
Debt swap impacts liquidity and financial flexibility negatively.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities. As previously announced, Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) has taken proactive steps to improve liquidity, mitigate concentration risk associated with debt payments and enhance financial flexibility as it prepares for commercial operation in the fourth quarter of 2026 by issuing a notice of redemption on June 2, 2026 to partially redeem its 9.80% First Lien Notes due 2028 (the “First Lien Notes”). The Company undertook this redemption as p…
Results of Operations and Financial Condition. On May 14, 2026, Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing certain financial and other results for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2026. The full text of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Current Report”) and is incorporated herein by reference. The information furnished in this Current Report (including Exhibit 99.1) shall not be deemed “filed” for p…
Other Events. On May 19, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (the “District Court”) issued an order granting preliminary approval of the proposed settlement of the consolidated derivative lawsuit captioned In re Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. Derivative Litigation , Case No. 1:22-cv-00933 (E.D.N.Y.) and the derivative lawsuit captioned St. Jean v. Branson et al. , Case No. 1:22-cv-7551 (E.D.N.Y.). A final settlement hearing to consider the proposed settlement is…
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities. As previously announced, Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a notice of redemption on April 30, 2026 to redeem up to $10,000,000 of its 9.80% First Lien Notes due 2028 (the “First Lien Notes”), plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, on May 18, 2026 (the “Redemption Date”) at a redemption price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the First Lien Notes to be redeemed on the Redemption Date, together with accrued and un…