SPCE (Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc) stock is in for a key growth catalyst

Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc (NYSE: SPCE) closed the day trading at $1.65 down -1.20% from the previous closing price of $1.67. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.0200 from its previous closing price. On the day, 9208524 shares were traded. SPCE stock price reached its highest trading level at $1.7300 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $1.6100.

Ratios:

For a better understanding of SPCE, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 5.88 and its Current Ratio is at 5.97. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.82 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.81.

Upgrades & Downgrades

In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, Truist on January 10, 2024, Upgraded its rating to Hold and sets its target price to $3 from $1 previously.

On November 22, 2023, Morgan Stanley Downgraded its rating to Underweight which previously was Equal-Weight and also lowered its target price recommendation from $4 to $1.75.

Alembic Global Advisors Upgraded its Underweight to Neutral on June 14, 2023, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $4.75.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, SPCE now has a Market Capitalization of 659.53M and an Enterprise Value of 79.79M. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 135.70 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.10. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 16.42 whereas that against EBITDA is -0.15.

Stock Price History:

Over the past 52 weeks, SPCE has reached a high of $6.17, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $1.38. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 2.0992, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 2.7148.

Shares Statistics:

Over the past 3-months, SPCE traded about 10.17M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, SPCE traded about 8.37M shares per day. A total of 399.71M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 364.59M. Insiders hold about 8.79% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 39.01% stake in the company. Shares short for SPCE as of Jan 31, 2024 were 79.98M with a Short Ratio of 7.87, compared to 81.72M on Dec 29, 2023. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 20.01% and a Short% of Float of 21.80%.

Earnings Estimates

Current recommendations for the stock of the company come from 9 analysts. On average, analysts expect EPS of -$0.3 for the current quarter, with a high estimate of -$0.26 and a low estimate of -$0.33, while EPS last year was -$0.55. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is -$0.28, with high estimates of -$0.21 and low estimates of -$0.33.

Analysts are recommending an EPS of between -$1.54 and -$1.64 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of -$1.57. EPS for the following year is -$0.99, with 9 analysts recommending between -$0.65 and -$1.36.

Revenue Estimates

8 analysts predict $2.97M in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $3M to a low estimate of $2.9M. As of the current estimate, Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc’s year-ago sales were $869k, an estimated increase of 241.80% from the year-ago figure. For the next quarter, 5 analysts are estimating revenue of $4.08M, an increase of 251.70% over than the figure of $241.80% in the same quarter last year. There is a high estimate of $13.5M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $800k.

A total of 9 analysts have provided revenue estimates for SPCE’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $7.03M, while the lowest revenue estimate was $6.8M, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $6.96M. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $2.31M, up 201.00% from the average estimate. Based on 9 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $11.19M in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $52M and the low estimate is $2.5M. The average revenue growth estimate for next year is up 60.80% from the average revenue estimate for this year.

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