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Virgin Galactic Holdings

SPCE
26
Aerospace & Defense · Industrials
Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Winston Score
26
Winston is worried
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Mixed
Valuation
Data not available

Winston Score History

The full picture

Virgin Galactic builds and operates spacecraft designed to carry paying passengers to the edge of space, known as suborbital flight. Its main product is a spaceplane called the Delta class vehicle, and its customers are wealthy individuals and researchers who pay for a few minutes of weightlessness and a view of Earth from space. The company is one of the very few private businesses that has actually flown paying tourists to space.

Virgin Galactic makes money by selling tickets for spaceflights, which cost around $450,000 per seat, and through research payload contracts with organizations like NASA. It operates primarily from Spaceport America in New Mexico and is a small company with a market cap around $500 million. The biggest risk the business faces is that it burns through far more cash than it earns — its deeply negative margins show it spends enormously more than it brings in — and it must successfully scale flight frequency to have any chance of becoming financially sustainable.

Growth Profile

When traditional metrics don't capture the full picture, these are the signals growth stock investors use instead.

Revenue Growth

-67.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+66.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

22.1%ownership

Rising

Insiders increasing their stake — aligned with shareholders

Cash Runway

~8 months

$255M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Virgin Galactic Holdings has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
-20931.3%
Thin — -20931.3% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-48452.2%
Losing money on operations — -48452.2%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-41.5%
Weak — -41.5% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-38.9%
Shrinking sales (-38.9% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
8/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-37231.3%
Burning cash (-37231.3%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.55
Conservative — low debt load (0.55)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
no trend
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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