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

Virgin Galactic Holdings' (SPCE) quarterly Research & Development came in at $12.1 million in Q4 2025, down 57.21% year-on-year from $28.2 million in Q4 2024, and down 19.19% quarter-over-quarter from $15.0 million in Q3 2025.

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

Virgin Galactic Holdings has disclosed Research & Development across 7 years of filings, most recently posting $12.1 million for Q4 2025.

  • Research & Development for Q4 2025 came in at $12.1 million, down 57.21% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was $80.5 million (down 47.3% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $80.5 million, down 47.3% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development came in at $12.1 million for Q4 2025 at Virgin Galactic Holdings, down 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.
  • The 5-year median for Research & Development is $40.9 million (2021), against an average of $49.3 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Research & Development soared 184.09% in 2022 and slumped 57.21% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Virgin Galactic Holdings' Research & Development stood at $40.2 million in 2021, then soared by 155.05% to $102.6 million in 2022, then slumped by 47.51% to $53.8 million in 2023, then tumbled by 47.56% to $28.2 million in 2024, then plunged by 57.21% to $12.1 million in 2025.
  • The last three Research & Development figures came in at $12.1 million (Q4 2025), $15.0 million (Q3 2025), and $20.1 million (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 DEFSEC Technologies 5,720.56 Bn 5,720.56 Bn 456,459.43 406,069.86
2 General Electric 359.38 Bn 348.64 Bn 9.11 Bn 440.00 Mn
3 Rtx 248.80 Bn 243.70 Bn 9.08 Bn 627.00 Mn
4 Boeing 180.64 Bn 159.74 Bn 2.55 Bn 903.00 Mn
5 Lockheed Martin 121.64 Bn 119.74 Bn 2.08 Bn -
6 Howmet Aerospace 108.46 Bn 106.03 Bn 854.00 Mn 9.00 Mn
7 General Dynamics 96.96 Bn 93.31 Bn 9.09 Bn -
8 Embraer 95.73 Bn 93.11 Bn - -
9 Northrop Grumman 77.30 Bn 75.21 Bn 3.45 Bn -
10 Virgin Galactic Holdings 181.91 Mn 181.91 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