Virgin Galactic Holdings (SPCE) Research & Development (2019 - 2025)

Virgin Galactic Holdings (SPCE) reported Research & Development of $12.1 million for Q4 2025, down 57.21% on a YoY basis from $28.2 million in Q4 2024, and down 19.19% sequentially from $15.0 million in Q3 2025.

Virgin Galactic Holdings (SPCE) Research & Development (2019 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Virgin Galactic Holdings (SPCE) has 7 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported at $12.1 million in Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Research & Development fell 57.21% year-over-year to $12.1 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at $80.5 million (down 47.3% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $80.5 million, down 47.3% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development slipped to $12.1 million in Q4 2025, from $15.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Research & Development ranged from a high of $109.9 million in Q1 2023 to a low of $12.1 million in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of $49.3 million and a median of $40.9 million in 2021 frame the typical range for Research & Development.
  • Across the five-year window, Research & Development soared 184.09% in 2022 and plunged 57.21% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Tracing SPCE's Research & Development over 5 years: stood at $40.2 million in 2021, then surged by 155.05% to $102.6 million in 2022, then tumbled by 47.51% to $53.8 million in 2023, then plunged by 47.56% to $28.2 million in 2024, then sank by 57.21% to $12.1 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows SPCE's Research & Development at $12.1 million in Q4 2025, $15.0 million in Q3 2025, and $20.1 million in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 General Electric 372.79 Bn 363.45 Bn -3.10 Bn 460.00 Mn
2 Rtx 287.75 Bn 279.45 Bn 9.91 Bn 726.00 Mn
3 Boeing 168.20 Bn 148.18 Bn 2.41 Bn 921.00 Mn
4 Lockheed Martin 132.24 Bn 128.45 Bn 2.45 Bn -
5 Howmet Aerospace 112.64 Bn 110.21 Bn 854.00 Mn 9.00 Mn
6 General Dynamics 102.41 Bn 98.08 Bn 6.76 Bn -
7 Northrop Grumman 75.82 Bn 73.52 Bn 3.72 Bn -
8 TransDigm 72.64 Bn 68.76 Bn 1.51 Bn -
9 L3Harris Technologies 50.81 Bn 50.22 Bn 1.40 Bn -
10 Virgin Galactic Holdings 127.85 Mn 127.85 Mn -17.93 Mn 12.08 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 12.08 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 14.95 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 20.12 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 33.31 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 28.24 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 23.94 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 41.54 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 58.97 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 53.85 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 44.85 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 86.57 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 109.87 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 102.60 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 97.41 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 62.34 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 51.83 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 40.23 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 34.29 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 34.62 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 35.09 Mn