Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc
Close on Oct 19, 2026
- Market cap
- $259.17M
- P/E (TTM)
- –
- Dividend yield
- –
About Virgin Galactic
Transportation Services, SIC 4700
Virgin Galactic is an aerospace company that operates commercial human spaceflights. Its services include suborbital passenger flights and research missions that transport scientific payloads and researchers to space. The company designs, builds, and operates a flight system consisting of carrier aircraft, rocket-powered winged spaceships, and hybrid rocket propulsion motors. It also provides engineering and systems integration services to third parties. Its customers consist of private individuals, academic researchers, and government agencies.
The company maintains its corporate and engineering headquarters in Tustin, California, and its operational headquarters at Spaceport America in New Mexico. It also operates a spaceship assembly plant in Arizona and a testing facility in Mojave, California. Virgin Galactic conducts suborbital flights in the United States and has completed multiple commercial space missions carrying astronauts and scientific payloads. The company also partners internationally, including an agreement with Italian aviation authorities to evaluate operations in Italy.
Summary of the business section of Virgin Galactic's latest annual report, written by StockData.
Company profile
Company
- Legal name
- Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc
- Founded
- 2004
- Headquarters
- Tustin, CA
- Address
- 1700 Flight Way 92782
- Phone
- (575) 424-2100
- Website
- www.virgingalactic.com
- Employees
- 694, Dec 31, 2025
- Industry
- Transportation Services
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP, Wichita, Kansas
Stock & identifiers
- Ticker
- SPCE
- Exchange
- NYSE
- IPO date
- Sep 15, 2017
- Shares outstanding
- 152M, Aug 5, 2026
- Public float
- $147.60M, Jun 30, 2025
- Filer category
- Non-accelerated filer<br>Smaller reporting company
- Stock splits
- 1-for-20 reverse, Aug 7, 2024; 1-for-20 reverse, Jun 17, 2024; 29-for-3, Feb 28, 2020
- SEC CIK
- 1706946
- CUSIP
- 92766K403
- ISIN
- US92766K4031
- LEI
- 549300C631IMXCSMN048
- EIN
- 85-3608069
Executives and directors
Officers and directors who filed ownership reports (Forms 3, 4, 5) in the last two years
| Name | Position | Shares owned |
|---|---|---|
| Michael A. Colglazier | CEO and President, Director | 169,616 |
| Sarah E. Kim | EVP, CLO & Corporate Secretary | 33,757 |
| Douglas T. Ahrens | Chief Financial Officer | 87,904 |
| Aparna Chitale | CPO & EVP Astronaut Operations | 36,822 |
| Alistair Burns | SVP, Chief Information Officer | 38,918 |
| W. Gilbert West | Director | 71,950 |
| Raymond E. Mabus | Director | 84,371 |
| Wanda A. Sigur | Director | 72,082 |
| Allison Belzberg | Director | – |
| Diana S. Strandberg | Director | 92,746 |
| Henio R. Arcangeli Jr | Director | 71,997 |
| Tina W. Jonas | Director | 71,993 |
| Craig S. Kreeger | Director | 73,448 |
CEO pay and shareholder return
Pay versus performance table from the proxy statement
| Fiscal year | CEO total pay | CEO pay actually paid | Other executives (avg) | Value of $100 invested | Peer group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $10.75M | $9.56M | $2.59M | $1 | $30 |
| FY2025 PEO1 | $10.75M | $9.56M | $2.59M | $1 | $30 |
| FY2024 | $5.64M | -$124.15K | $2.06M | $1 | $24 |
| FY2024 PEO1 | $5.64M | -$124.15K | $2.06M | $1 | $24 |
| FY2024 PEO2 | $0 | $0 | $2.06M | $1 | $24 |
| FY2023 PEO1 | $7.73M | $3.87M | $2.07M | $10 | $23 |
“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.
Employees
Headcount reported in annual reports
“As of December 31, 2025, we had 694 employees across the globe.”
Corporate history
Events identified from SEC filings
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2024 | Listing notice | Notice of delisting or failure to satisfy a listing rule (8-K Item 3.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | Auditor change | Change in certifying accountant (8-K Item 4.01) |
| May 11, 2021 | Late filing | Notification of late filing |
| Apr 13, 2020 | Delisting | Notice of delisting from exchange (Form 25) |
| Nov 15, 2019 | Auditor change | Change in certifying accountant (8-K Item 4.01) |
| Oct 29, 2019 | Auditor change | Change in certifying accountant (8-K Item 4.01) |
| Oct 29, 2019 | Acquisition / sale | Completion of acquisition or disposition of assets (8-K Item 2.01) |
| Oct 23, 2019 | Name change | Name changed from Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. to Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc |
| Oct 10, 2019 | Merger vote | Definitive merger proxy statement |
| Aug 7, 2019 | Merger | Registration of securities for a merger or exchange offer (S-4) |
| Sep 15, 2017 | IPO | Initial public offering priced (424B4 prospectus) |
| Sep 12, 2017 | Listing | Registration of securities on an exchange (Form 8-A) |