Rocket Lab Corporation (RKLB) Stock Analysis
Industrials · Aerospace & Defense
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $104.38: Quality below floor (2.4 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.0/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality.
Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company providing orbital launch services via Electron (75 successful launches, second most frequently launched orbital rocket in 2025), spacecraft components, and full spacecraft solutions. Revenue of $601.8M in 2025 is split between Launch... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $104.38: Quality below floor (2.4 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.0/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 5.0/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/9 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, news events none recent, earnings proximity 54d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-06-14Recent Developments — Rocket Lab Corporation
Latest news
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Generated 2026-06-15T18:11:47Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- MEDIUMCustomertop-5 customers49%10-K Item 1A: 'our top five customers accounted for approximately 49% of our revenues and our top five backlog customers accounted for approximately 77% of our backlog in the aggregate as of December 31, 2025'
- MEDIUMCustomerU.S. government, U.S. prime contractors47%10-K Item 1A: 'approximately 47%, 33%, and 31%, respectively, of our total annual revenues were derived from contracts with the U.S. government, U.S. prime contractors and its agencies'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-03-30Item 5.02LOWCEO Sir Peter Beck voluntarily reduced annual base salary to $1.00 and cancelled all unvested RSUs (392,155 shares) on March 30, 2026 to focus on long-term shareholder value rather than short-term incentives. No departure.SEC filing →
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Rating Breakdown
2 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit
Unprofitable operations — net margin -26.9%. Quality floor flags this regardless of sector context.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $104.38: Quality below floor (2.4 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.0/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $96.62. Score 5.0/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $147.98 (+44.5% upside). Prior stop was $96.62. Stop-loss: $96.62.
Target reached (-7.5% upside); Quality below floor (2.4 < 4.0).
Rocket Lab Corporation trades at a P/E of N/A (forward -14083.9). TrendMatrix value score: 4.0/10. Verdict: Sell.
27 analysts cover RKLB with a consensus score of 4.1/5. Average price target: $105.
What does Rocket Lab Corporation do?Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company providing orbital launch services via Electron (75 successful launches,...
Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company providing orbital launch services via Electron (75 successful launches, second most frequently launched orbital rocket in 2025), spacecraft components, and full spacecraft solutions. Revenue of $601.8M in 2025 is split between Launch Services and Space Systems; ~47% from U.S. government and prime contractor contracts.