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Rocket LabRKLB

Aerospace & Defense
Solid businessNo profits yet
$54.73−7.39%After hours: $55.06 (+0.60%)At the close, 30 Oct · Prices from CNBC, may be delayed
▼ 17.3% over 1 year
Rocket Lab over 1 yearDaily close, $, to 30 Oct 2026
$100$150Nov2026MarMayJulSep$54.73$100$150NovMarJul$54.73
Source: Nasdaq daily closes
Market value$32.75B
Price to earnings–
Forward P/E–
Dividend yield–
Year to date−21.5%
One year−17.3%
Next earningsMon 9 Nov, after the close
SectorIndustrials
52-week range (closes)
$39.48$150.23

Quality and valuation

How Rocket Lab compares with other industrials stocks. A description, not a recommendation.

Rocket Lab and 7 aerospace & defense peers. Across: valuation (P/E) against the sector. Up: business quality against the sector. Hover or tap a logo for its numbers.

Business quality: about averageValuation: no profits to value

An average business among industrials companies, with no profits yet to value.

Rocket Lab has no positive earnings to put a price-to-earnings multiple on. The quality score blends where it ranks on revenue growth, gross margin, operating margin and free-cash-flow margin (net margin for banks and insurers) over the last 12 months, from SEC filings.

  • Revenue grew faster than the sector median: +52.5% vs +8.2%
  • Keeps less of each sale (gross margin): 37.3% vs 38.1%
  • Less profitable (operating margin): −29.1% vs 17.5%
  • Turns less of its sales into cash: −48.3% vs 13.1%

Financials

From Rocket Lab's SEC filings, through the quarter ending 30 Jun 2026. Hover or tap a bar for its value.

Revenue grew 62.0% from a year earlierQuarterly revenue, $m, latest Q2 ’26
$0m$100m$200mQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$234mQ2 ’26$0m$100m$200mQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$234mQ2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Growth slowed to +62.0% last quarterRevenue growth, year on year, %
0%50%100%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’2562.0%Q2 ’260%50%100%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’2562.0%Q2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Operating margin was -24.6% last quarterOperating income as a share of revenue, %
−40%−20%0%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25−24.6%Q2 ’26−40%−20%0%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25−24.6%Q2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Free cash flow was −$371 million over 12 monthsQuarterly free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex), $m
−$100m−$50m$0mQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25−$110mQ2 ’26−$100m−$50m$0mQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25−$110mQ2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Last 12 monthsRKLBSector median
Revenue growth+52.5%+8.2%
Gross margin37.3%38.1%
Operating margin−29.1%17.5%
Free cash flow margin−48.3%13.1%

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