Rocket Lab Corporation (RKLB) Stock Analysis
Industrials · Aerospace & Defense
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $109.03: Quality below floor (2.4 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.8/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Rich valuation; Negative price momentum.
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 $109.03: Quality below floor (2.4 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.8/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Rich valuation; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 4.8/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 5/8 gates (clean insider activity, news events none recent, earnings proximity 52d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-06-15Recent 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
4 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit
Unprofitable operations — net margin -26.9%. Quality floor flags this regardless of sector context.static
Priced at a premium — multiples above sector norms. Needs delivery on growth + margins to justify.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
Momentum below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $109.03: Quality below floor (2.4 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.8/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Rich valuation; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $101.67. Score 4.8/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $147.98 (+35.4% upside). Prior stop was $101.67. Stop-loss: $101.67.
Target reached (-13.3% 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: 3.0/10. 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.