Virgin Galactic: Another One Bites The Dust

seekingalpha2021-04-25

Summary Virgin Galactic went from one of the hottest SPACs on the market to one of the worst-performing stocks in recent months. The recent delay of Virgin Galactic’s test flight signals that the ...

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BullPumper
2021-04-26
BullPumper
只有傻子纔會相信空頭寫得消極文章
Chimmy
2021-04-25
Chimmy
Used to hold SPCE at $20+ then when it shot up to the moon (pun intended) to $50+, Iquickly sold awayNow I am not surprised still no test flights.I would love to go back in if it drops down to below $15
Jeffrey159
2021-04-25
Jeffrey159
Very nice news
Pixiestars
2021-04-25
Pixiestars
Surprised that the share price hasn't collapsed more with the SPAC crash
- Chifield:
  pre revenue company.
HH浩
2021-04-25
HH浩
Addressable market is not as huge but storyline is sexy enough. Agreed with the conclusion by writer that, at this time, at best it is a gambling stock.
AntDee
2021-04-25
AntDee
Good

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The datashowsthat in the last 12 months Virgin Galactic insiders purchased only $239,260 worth of the company's shares, while at the same time they sold over $772 million worth of shares. Just recently it was announced that Virgin Galactic's founder and CEO Richard Branson alonesold$150 million worth of shares at an average price of over $25 per share, while the company's other major backer Chamath Palihapitiyasoldhis personal stake in the business as well. In addition, Cathie Wood has beentrimmingher Virgin Galactic stake from her ARK Space ETF(BATS:ARKX)and the company currently has only 1% weight in the ETF's portfolio.\nConsidering all of this, we stick to our opinion that Virgin Galactic is nothing more than a gambling stock at this time. The company already trades at a significant premium to the overall space tourism industry even though it doesn't make any revenues at all. As a result, it's safe to assume that the cash burn will continue, and if the company once again delays its test flight in May, it might be forced to push its commercialization plans for a later date. In addition, as the company's major backers are trimming their stakes in the business, we find it hard to justify buying Virgin Galactic's shares, especially at the current overvalued price. Also, since the stock currently has a short interest ofonly16%, it's very unlikely that we'll see another short squeeze happening anytime soon, as the momentum is not there anymore and short-sellers are not shorting a significant number of shares. 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Agreed with the conclusion by writer that, at this time, at best it is a gambling stock.&nbsp;","listText":"Addressable market is not as huge but storyline is sexy enough. Agreed with the conclusion by writer that, at this time, at best it is a gambling stock.&nbsp;","text":"Addressable market is not as huge but storyline is sexy enough. Agreed with the conclusion by writer that, at this time, at best it is a gambling stock.","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/375840208","repostId":1197861709,"repostType":4,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":375830239,"gmtCreate":1619321338421,"gmtModify":1704722421800,"author":{"id":"3578284906044989","authorId":"3578284906044989","name":"AntDee","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/f7139567429f2f675e83ee1c73bbc319","vip":1,"crmLevel":4,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"Good","listText":"Good","text":"Good","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/375830239","repostId":1197861709,"repostType":2,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"}],"isCommentEnd":false,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":38,"commentSize":13,"repostSize":0,"favoriteSize":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false},"APP":{"userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)","isDev":false,"isTTM":true,"deviceId":"web-server-community-laohu8-v3","version":"4.24.2","shortVersion":"4.24.2","platform":"web","vendor":"web","appName":"ttm","isIOS":false,"isAndroid":false,"isTiger":false,"isTHS":false,"isWeiXin":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"isWeiBo":false,"isQQ":false,"isBaiduSwan":false,"isBaiduBox":false,"isDingTalk":false,"isToutiao":false,"isOnePlus":false,"isHuaWei":false,"isXiaomi":false,"isXiaomiWebView":false,"isOppo":false,"isVivo":false,"isSamsung":false,"isMobile":false},"href":"/m/news/1197861709"}