
维珍银河周一股价大幅下跌,早盘一度出发熔断。此前该公司宣布申请配售公司普通股,金额最高可达5亿美元。
截至收盘,维珍银河股价报40.69美元,跌幅17.3%,创去年12月14日以来最大单日跌幅。该股今年迄今已上涨超过 80%。
维珍银河拥有2.4亿股流通股,其中1.646亿股可供公众交易。据该公司上周五的收盘价49.20美元,5亿美元相当于近1020万股。
美国银行此前表示,维珍银河在周末成功试飞太空后,离太空旅游业务的拓展又近了一步;但由于估值问题,仍维持该股“减持”评级。
美国银行分析师Ronald Epstein称:“鉴于我们的概率加权基础,以及牛市和熊市的情况,我们认为风险回报更倾向于下行。此外,我们认为,目前的估值更多地反映了潜在的财务基本面,并让该公司在潜在增长方面获得了健康的多倍溢价。”
Canaccord Genuity股票分析师Ken Herbert表示:“我们认为布兰森(维珍银河创始人)的成就是维珍银河的一次大规模营销妙招,公众无法忽视。”Canaccord Genuity对维珍银河给予买入评级,但目标价设为35美元,低于其当前水平。
北京时间7月11日23时40分,维珍银河创始人、70岁的理查德-布兰森搭乘太空船二号成功从85.9公里高的轨道返回,成为首位登上太空的商业航天企业创始人,比蓝色起源创始人贝佐斯早9天,同时布兰森也成为年龄第二大的宇航员。

Virgin GalaxyShare prices fell sharply on Monday, with a circuit breaker at one point in early trading. Earlier, the company announced an application for a placement of up to $500 million in common shares.
Virgin Galactic shares closed down 17.3% at $40.69, the biggest one-day drop since December 14. The stock has risen more than 80 per cent so far this year.
Virgin Galactic has 240 million outstanding shares, of which 164.6 million are available for public trading. According to the company's closing price of $49.20 on Friday, $500m is equivalent to nearly 10.2 million shares.
Bank of America CorporationVirgin Galactic had previously said it was one step closer to expanding its space tourism business after a successful test flight in space over the weekend, but maintained its "underweight" rating because of valuation problems.
Bank of America Corporation analyst Ronald Epstein said: "given our probability-weighted basis, as well as the bull market and bear market situation, we believe that risk returns are more inclined to the downside. In addition, we believe that the current valuation reflects more of the potential financial fundamentals and gives the company a healthy multiple premium on potential growth. "
Ken Herbert, an equity analyst at Canaccord Genuity, said: "We think Branson [the founder of Virgin Galaxy] is a massive marketing tactic for Virgin Galaxy, which the public cannot ignore." Canaccord Genuity has a buy rating on Virgin Galactic, but the target price is set at $35, below its current level.
23:40 Beijing time on July 11thVirgin GalaxyFounder and 70-year-old Richard Branson successfully returned from an 85.9-kilometer orbit aboard SpaceShip2, becoming the first founder of a commercial aerospace company to go into space, nine days before the founder of Blue Origin Bezos. Branson also became the second oldest astronaut.