• Recent Tranche of Spaceflight Expeditions Booked Out Ahead of Schedule and Oversubscribed at $750,000 Price Point, Representing an Addition of Over $50 Million to Expected Future Spaceflight Revenue
• First Commercial Spaceflight Moves to February 2027 to Complete Systems Installations; Positive Quarterly Cash Flow Expected Within 2027
• Upcoming Milestones: Commencement of Flight Test Phase with Spaceship Captive Carry Flight (October 2026); Start of Rocket Production (Q4 2026)

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) (“Virgin Galactic” or the “Company”) today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026 and provided a business update.

CEO Michael Colglazier said, “Our tranche of spaceflight expeditions priced at $750,000 was oversubscribed and booked out ahead of schedule, demonstrating strong demand from a wide range of customers. We expect to release a new tranche of spaceflight expeditions at higher price points this fall. Our first ship is now expected to enter commercial service in February 2027 rather than the fourth quarter of 2026, allowing additional time to complete avionics and systems installations. We expect to commence the flight test phase with this vehicle in October, and with our second spaceship planned to join the fleet in March 2027, we expect to deliver positive quarterly cash flow within 2027.”

Second Quarter 2026 Financial Highlights

• Cash position remains strong, with cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $286 million as of June 30, 2026.

• Revenue of $0.1 million, compared to $0.4 million in the second quarter of 2025, attributable to access fees related to future astronauts.

• GAAP total operating expenses of $65 million, compared to $70 million in the second quarter of 2025. Non-GAAP total operating expenses of $54 million in the second quarter of 2026, compared to $58 million in the second quarter of 2025.

• Net loss of $56 million, compared to a $67 million net loss in the second quarter of 2025, with the improvement primarily driven by a gain on extinguishment of debt and lower operating expenses in 2026.

• Adjusted EBITDA totaled $(52) million, consistent with the second quarter of 2025.

• Net cash used in operating activities totaled $50 million, compared to $55 million in the second quarter of 2025.

• Cash paid for capital expenditures totaled $41 million, compared to $58 million in the second quarter of 2025.

• Free cash flow totaled $(91) million, compared to $(114) million in the second quarter of 2025.

• Generated $134 million in gross proceeds through the issuance of 41 million shares of common stock as part of the Company's at-the-market offering program.

Business Updates

• The Company substantially completed its at-the-market equity offering program, generating $134 million in gross proceeds during the second quarter of 2026.
• For the notes due December 2028, the Company has no mandatory principal payments due until March 2028 following the principal reduction of $40.5 million during the second quarter of 2026.
• For the notes due February 2027, the Company reduced the outstanding principal balance by $52.5 million during the second quarter of 2026 to $17.9 million.

Financial Guidance
The following forward-looking statements reflect our expectations for the third quarter of 2026 as of August 12, 2026 and are subject to substantial uncertainty. Our results are based on assumptions that we believe to be reasonable as of this date, but may be materially affected by many factors, as discussed below in “Forward-Looking Statements.”

• Free cash flow for the third quarter of 2026 is expected to be in the range of $(95) million to $(100) million.
• Free cash flow for the fourth quarter of 2026 is expected to improve from the third quarter and be in the range of $(80) million to $(90) million.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to the Company’s results prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP), the Company is also providing certain non-GAAP financial measures. A discussion regarding the use of non-GAAP financial measures and a reconciliation of such measures to the most directly comparable GAAP information is presented later in this press release.

Conference Call Information
Virgin Galactic will host a conference call to discuss the results at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time (5:00 p.m. Eastern Time) today. To access the conference call, parties should dial +1 800-715-9871 or +1 646-307-1963 and enter the conference ID number 8165984. The live audio webcast along with supplemental information will be accessible on the Company’s Investor Relations website at https://investors.virgingalactic.com/events-and-presentations/. A recording of the webcast will also be available following the conference call.

About Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic is an aerospace and space travel company that enables safe, repeatable commercial human spaceflight and high-altitude scientific discovery. With its advanced air-launch vehicles and industry-leading cost structure, the company is preparing to take humans to space at an unprecedented rate, creating transformative personal experiences and supporting advanced suborbital study and strategic government initiatives. Discover how Virgin Galactic is driving innovation and scaling its business at https://www.virgingalactic.com/.

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). All statements contained in this press release other than statements of historical fact, including, without limitation, statements regarding our spaceflight systems, development, production and design of our SpaceShips and planned timeline for assembly, testing and commercial service using such Spaceships, our plans to release a new tranche of spaceflights at higher price points and the timing thereof, our plans for rocket motor production and the timing thereof, our plans to take humans to space at an unprecedented rate, to create transformative personal experiences and support advanced suborbital study and strategic government initiatives, our anticipated future cash flow and our objectives for future operations, growth plans and the Company’s financial forecasts, including our expectation to deliver positive quarterly cash flow within 2027 and expected free cash flow in the third and fourth quarters of 2026, are forward-looking statements. The words “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “potential,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “expect,” “strategy,” “future,” “could,” “would,” “project,” “plan,” “target,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, though not all forward-looking statements use these words or expressions. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including but not limited to any delay in future commercial flights of our spaceflight fleet, our ability to successfully develop and test our next generation vehicles, and the time and costs associated with doing so, our expected capital requirements and the availability of additional financing, and the other factors, risks and uncertainties included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as such factors may be updated from time to time in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and the Investor Relations section of our website at www.virgingalactic.com, which could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements made in this press release. Any such forward-looking statements represent management’s estimates as of the date of this press release. While we may elect to update such forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we disclaim any obligation to do so, even if subsequent events cause our views to change.

Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This press release references certain financial measures that are not prepared in accordance with GAAP, including non-GAAP total operating expenses, Adjusted EBITDA, free cash flow and cash flow. The Company defines non-GAAP total operating expenses as total operating expenses other than stock-based compensation, depreciation and amortization, and legal settlement expense. The Company defines Adjusted EBITDA as earnings before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation, legal settlement expense, and gain on extinguishment of debt. The Company defines free cash flow as net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures. The Company defines cash flow as net change in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities. None of these non-GAAP financial measures is a substitute for or superior to measures prepared in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to any other measures derived in accordance with GAAP.

The Company believes that presenting these non-GAAP financial measures provides useful supplemental information to investors about the Company in understanding and evaluating its operating results, enhancing the overall understanding of its past performance and future prospects, and allowing for greater transparency with respect to key financial metrics used by its management in financial and operational-decision making. However, there are a number of limitations related to the use of non-GAAP measures and their nearest GAAP equivalents. For example, other companies may calculate non-GAAP measures differently or may use other measures to calculate their financial performance, and therefore any non-GAAP measures the Company uses may not be directly comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies.

A reconciliation of total operating expenses to non-GAAP total operating expenses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively, is set forth below (in thousands):

A reconciliation of net loss to Adjusted EBITDA for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively, is set forth below (in thousands):

The following table reconciles net cash used in operating activities to free cash flow for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively (in thousands):

The Company has not provided a reconciliation of forward-looking free cash flow and cash flow to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures because such a reconciliation is not available without unreasonable efforts, due to the variability of these items and/or the fact that there is substantial uncertainty associated with predicting any future adjustments that the Company may make to its GAAP financial measures in calculating such non-GAAP financial measures. 

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Source: Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc.