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title: "Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. Stock Underperforms Friday When Compared To Competitors"
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# Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. Stock Underperforms Friday When Compared To Competitors

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Shares of Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. (SPCE) slipped 1.16% to $2.56 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index falling 1.40% to 25,520.24 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.77% to 52,146.42.

This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses.

Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. closed 71.24% short of its 52-week high of $8.90, which the company reached on June 1st.

The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as RTX Corp. (RTX) fell 0.44% to $193.51, Boeing Co. (BA) fell 0.14% to $214.03, and Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) fell 0.92% to $508.77.

Trading volume (13.4 M) remained 23.7 million below its 50-day average volume of 37.1 M.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled July 17, 2026.

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