DJ Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. Stock Underperforms Tuesday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. $(SPCE)$ slipped 2.78% to $2.45 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index rising 1.03% to 25,326.13 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.73% to 49,298.25.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses.
Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. closed 63.10% short of its 52-week high of $6.64, which the company achieved on May 16th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as RTX Corp. $(RTX)$ fell 0.02% to $172.87, Boeing Co. $(BA)$ rose 1.39% to $224.38, and Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) fell 1.78% to $508.93.
Trading volume (4.5 M) remained 1.8 million below its 50-day average volume of 6.2 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled May 5, 2026.
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