DJ Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. $(SPCE)$ rose 2.00% to $2.55 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index falling 0.31% to 22,682.73 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.54% to 49,395.16.
Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. closed 61.60% short of its 52-week high of $6.64, which the company achieved on May 16th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as RTX Corp. $(RTX)$ rose 0.29% to $205.41, Boeing Co. $(BA)$ fell 2.18% to $233.71, and Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) rose 2.57% to $666.51.
Trading volume (1.5 M) remained 3.3 million below its 50-day average volume of 4.9 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled February 19, 2026.
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February 19, 2026 17:31 ET (22:31 GMT)
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