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Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (SPCE) Stock Sinks As Market Gains: What You Should Know

Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (SPCE) closed at $19.25 in the latest trading session, marking a -1.08% move from the prior day. This change lagged the S&P 500's daily gain of 1.05%. Meanwhile, the Dow gained 1.44%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, added 0.66%.

Prior to today's trading, shares of the company had gained 34.58% over the past month. This has outpaced the Aerospace sector's loss of 18.52% and the S&P 500's loss of 1.56% in that time.

SPCE will be looking to display strength as it nears its next earnings release, which is expected to be August 3, 2020. In that report, analysts expect SPCE to post earnings of -$0.28 per share. This would mark a year-over-year decline of 133.33%.

For the full year, our Zacks Consensus Estimates are projecting earnings of -$1.05 per share and revenue of $1.82 million, which would represent changes of +3.67% and +244.05%, respectively, from the prior year.

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Investors might also notice recent changes to analyst estimates for SPCE. Recent revisions tend to reflect the latest near-term business trends. As a result, we can interpret positive estimate revisions as a good sign for the company's business outlook.

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The Aerospace - Defense industry is part of the Aerospace sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 217, putting it in the bottom 15% of all 250+ industries.

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