Rocket Lab Corporation (RKLB)Industrials | Aerospace & Defense | Long Beach, United States | NasdaqGS
59.18 USD
-5.04
(-7.848%) ⇩
(Oct. 14, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 53.30 -5.88 (-5.881%) ⇩ (Oct. 14, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 10:50 a.m. EDT
Rocket Lab presents a compelling dichotomy: a fundamentally superior company currently punished by short-term technical weakness. The long-term outlook is exceptionally strong, driven by a 357% cumulative gain over the last four years and a recent 584% surge in annual returns, indicating the market has rapidly recognized the company's dominance in the launch sector. Despite negative earnings and high valuations typical of high-growth aerospace plays, the balance sheet remains robust with minimal debt and significant cash reserves, supporting a solid 'buy' rating for patient investors. However, the short-term picture is murky. The stock is trapped below its 50-day moving average, and the statistical forecasting model offers no directional edge, reflecting the noise inherent in such volatile, high-beta trades. While options flow is overwhelmingly bullish, hinting at a potential catalyst or continuation of the trend, the lack of immediate earnings clarity and the wide confidence intervals in predictive models suggest caution for swing traders. This is a high-conviction long-term hold rather than a tactical short-term play. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.096053 |
| MSTL | 0.100391 |
| AutoTheta | 0.313843 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.483821 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 38% |
| H-stat | 0.20 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.254 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.04 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 3.828 |
| Revenue per Share | 1.316 |
| Market Cap | 37,840,343,040 |
| Forward P/E | 910.60 |
| Beta | 2.94 |
| Profit Margins | -21.51% |
| Previous Name | Rocket Lab USA, Inc. |
| Website | https://rocketlabcorp.com |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 10:50 a.m. EDT: Speculators are heavily positioning for upside, evidenced by massive open interest walls at strikes like $80, $90, and $100 across multiple expirations. Call volume significantly exceeds put volume, particularly in the near term, while implied volatility remains elevated relative to historical norms, suggesting a consensus expectation of continued appreciation despite the stock trading below its 50-day moving average.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.04149252 |
| Address1 | 3,881 McGowen Street |
| All Time High | 151.0 |
| All Time Low | 3.47 |
| Ask | 68.47 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 7 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.6 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 20,730,380 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 19,298,038 |
| Average Volume | 19,298,038 |
| Average Volume10Days | 20,730,380 |
| Beta | 2.938 |
| Bid | 70.7 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 9 |
| Book Value | 5.838 |
| City | Long Beach |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 9 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 59.18 |
| Current Ratio | 5.482 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 63.56 |
| Day Low | 58.84 |
| Debt To Equity | 3.828 |
| Display Name | Rocket Lab |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,786,395,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,786,395,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,786,392,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,794,254,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,794,254,400 |
| Ebitda | -150,520,992 |
| Ebitda Margins | -0.19569999 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -220.846 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 43.219 |
| Enterprise Value | 33,241,890,816 |
| Eps Current Year | -0.04589 |
| Eps Forward | 0.06499 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.27 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 15 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 70.4232 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -11.243202 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.15965196 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -4.149252 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 151.0 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -91.82 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.6080795 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 37.57 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 21.61 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.575193 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 37.57 - 151.0 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,606,228,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 556,860,860 |
| Forward Eps | 0.06499 |
| Forward P E | 910.6016 |
| Free Cashflow | -251,963,632 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 2,600 |
| Fullday Change | -8.720001 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -13.578326 |
| Fullday Price | 59.18 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,790,812,800 |
| Gross Margins | 0.37264 |
| Gross Profits | 286,615,008 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.00795 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.61983 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 639,410,989 |
| Industry | Aerospace & Defense |
| Industry Disp | Aerospace & Defense |
| Industry Key | aerospace-defense |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Rocket Lab Corporation, a space company, provides launch services and space systems solutions in the United States, Canada, Japan, and internationally. The company operates through launch services and space systems segments. The company provides launch services, spacecraft design services, spacecraft components, spacecraft manufacturing, optical systems, and other spacecraft and on-orbit management solutions and constellation management services, as well as designs and manufactures small and medium-class rockets and develops flight and ground software. It also designs, manufactures, and sells Electron, an orbital small launch vehicle for small spacecraft launch services, as well as develops Neutron launch vehicles for large constellation deployments, interplanetary missions, and potentially for human spaceflight. In addition, the company designs and manufactures a range of components and subsystems for its launch vehicles and spacecraft. It serves commercial, aerospace prime contractors, and government customers. Rocket Lab Corporation was formerly known as Rocket Lab USA, Inc. and changed its name to Rocket Lab Corporation in August 2021. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Long Beach, California. |
| Long Name | Rocket Lab Corporation |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 37,840,343,040 |
| Market State | PREPRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_533835000 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Name Change Date | 2,026-10-15 |
| Net Income To Common | -165,459,008 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 44,956,986,636 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 19 |
| Open | 62.835 |
| Operating Cashflow | -222,460,992 |
| Operating Margins | -0.24572 |
| Overall Risk | 9 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 714 465 5737 |
| Post Market Change | -5.881401 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -9.938157 |
| Post Market Price | 53.2986 |
| Post Market Time | 1,792,022,395 |
| Prev Name | Rocket Lab USA, Inc. |
| Previous Close | 64.22 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -1,289.6056 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 10.137033 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 49.19787 |
| Profit Margins | -0.21511999 |
| Quick Ratio | 4.805 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.59091 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -5.04 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -7.84802 |
| Regular Market Day High | 63.56 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 58.84 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 58.84 - 63.56 |
| Regular Market Open | 62.835 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 64.22 |
| Regular Market Price | 59.18 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,792,008,000 |
| Regular Market Volume | 24,121,394 |
| Return On Assets | -0.046230003 |
| Return On Equity | -0.07915 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.62 |
| Revenue Per Share | 1.316 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.1570785 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 8 |
| Shares Outstanding | 598,459,739 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0695 |
| Shares Short | 44,443,783 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 45,378,891 |
| Short Name | Rocket Lab Corporation |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0747 |
| Short Ratio | 2.22 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | RKLB |
| Target High Price | 150.0 |
| Target Low Price | 64.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 105.05263 |
| Target Median Price | 105.0 |
| Total Cash | 2,302,184,960 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 3.848 |
| Total Debt | 133,691,000 |
| Total Revenue | 769,145,984 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.27 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 81.48765 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -22.307648 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.27375495 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 24,121,394 |
| Website | https://rocketlabcorp.com |
| Zip | 90,808 |