维珍银河的期权交易量异常高（纽约证券交易所代码：SPCE）_新浪财经

Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:SPCE – Get Rating) was the target of unusually large options trading on Thursday. Traders bought 50,551 call options on the stock. This represents an increase of approximately 133% compared to the average daily volume of 21,654 call options.

Virgin Galactic Stock Up 12.8 %

Virgin Galactic stock opened at $6.34 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68, a current ratio of 6.37 and a quick ratio of 6.23. Virgin Galactic has a fifty-two week low of $3.24 and a fifty-two week high of $11.25. The company's 50 day simple moving average is $4.53 and its 200 day simple moving average is $5.31. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -3.90 and a beta of 1.13.

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Virgin Galactic (NYSE:SPCE – Get Rating) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November 3rd. The company reported ($0.55) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.40) by ($0.15). Virgin Galactic had a negative net margin of 27,154.61% and a negative return on equity of 59.12%. The company had revenue of $0.77 million during the quarter. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Virgin Galactic will post -1.88 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms recently commented on SPCE. The Goldman Sachs Group cut their target price on Virgin Galactic from $12.00 to $6.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, January 18th. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price objective on Virgin Galactic from $3.25 to $3.00 and set an "underweight" rating for the company in a research report on Monday, November 7th. Jefferies Financial Group cut their price objective on Virgin Galactic from $14.00 to $11.00 in a research report on Monday, November 7th. Wolfe Research initiated coverage on Virgin Galactic in a research report on Monday, October 10th. They issued an "underperform" rating and a $4.00 price objective for the company. Finally, Morgan Stanley initiated coverage on shares of Virgin Galactic in a research note on Tuesday, January 10th. They issued an "equal weight" rating and a $4.00 target price on the stock. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and seven have given a hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $7.00.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of SPCE. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Virgin Galactic in the first quarter valued at approximately $231,000. Raymond James & Associates raised its holdings in shares of Virgin Galactic by 33.0% in the first quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 25,295 shares of the company's stock valued at $250,000 after purchasing an additional 6,282 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Virgin Galactic by 12.2% in the first quarter. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. now owns 86,729 shares of the company's stock valued at $857,000 after purchasing an additional 9,403 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its holdings in shares of Virgin Galactic by 2.1% in the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 579,028 shares of the company's stock valued at $5,720,000 after purchasing an additional 11,972 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Virgin Galactic by 11.4% in the first quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. now owns 79,645 shares of the company's stock valued at $787,000 after purchasing an additional 8,154 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 32.12% of the company's stock.

About Virgin Galactic

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Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc focuses on the development, manufacture, and operation of spaceships and related technologies for conducting commercial human spaceflight and flying commercial research and development payloads into space. It is also involved in the ground and flight testing, and post-flight maintenance of its spaceflight system vehicles.