Virgin Galactic Holdings (SPCE) Operating Expenses (2017 - 2025)

Virgin Galactic Holdings' (SPCE) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $61.1 million in Q4 2025, down 25.83% year-on-year from $82.4 million in Q4 2024, and down 8.16% quarter-over-quarter from $66.5 million in Q3 2025.

Virgin Galactic Holdings (SPCE) Operating Expenses (2017 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Virgin Galactic Holdings has disclosed Operating Expenses across 9 years of filings, most recently posting $61.1 million for Q4 2025.

  • Operating Expenses for Q4 2025 came in at $61.1 million, down 25.83% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was $286.9 million (down 25.22% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $286.9 million, down 25.22% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses came in at $61.1 million for Q4 2025 at Virgin Galactic Holdings, down from $66.5 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $163.8 million in Q1 2023 to a low of $61.1 million in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $90.3 million (2022), against an average of $101.7 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses surged 89.36% in 2022 and plunged 33.64% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Virgin Galactic Holdings' Operating Expenses stood at $81.4 million in 2021, then soared by 89.36% to $154.2 million in 2022, then decreased by 24.07% to $117.1 million in 2023, then retreated by 29.63% to $82.4 million in 2024, then dropped by 25.83% to $61.1 million in 2025.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $61.1 million (Q4 2025), $66.5 million (Q3 2025), and $70.3 million (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 DEFSEC Technologies 5,720.56 Bn 5,720.56 Bn 456,459.43 1.85 Mn
2 General Electric 359.38 Bn 348.64 Bn 9.11 Bn 10.18 Bn
3 Rtx 248.80 Bn 243.70 Bn 9.08 Bn 19.59 Bn
4 Boeing 180.64 Bn 159.74 Bn 2.55 Bn 2.10 Bn
5 Lockheed Martin 121.64 Bn 119.74 Bn 2.08 Bn -
6 Howmet Aerospace 108.46 Bn 106.03 Bn 854.00 Mn 120.00 Mn
7 General Dynamics 96.96 Bn 93.31 Bn 9.09 Bn 12.06 Bn
8 Embraer 95.73 Bn 93.11 Bn - -
9 Northrop Grumman 77.30 Bn 75.21 Bn 3.45 Bn 8.89 Bn
10 Virgin Galactic Holdings 181.91 Mn 181.91 Mn -17.93 Mn 61.10 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 61.10 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 66.53 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 70.35 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 88.91 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 82.38 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 82.13 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 106.01 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 113.14 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 117.07 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 116.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 141.44 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 163.80 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 154.18 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 146.33 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 110.08 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 91.71 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 81.42 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 85.66 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 74.47 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 81.28 Mn