Rocket Lab USA (RKLB) – Research Analysts’ Recent Ratings Updates

A number of firms have modified their ratings and price targets on shares of Rocket Lab USA (NASDAQ: RKLB) recently:

• 3/3/2025 – Rocket Lab USA had its price target lowered by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $22.00 to $21.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 2/28/2025 – Rocket Lab USA had its price target lowered by analysts at KeyCorp from $32.00 to $28.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 2/28/2025 – Rocket Lab USA had its price target lowered by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $35.00 to $33.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 2/24/2025 – Rocket Lab USA was upgraded by analysts at TD Cowen to a “strong-buy” rating.
• 1/29/2025 – Rocket Lab USA had its price target raised by analysts at KeyCorp from $27.00 to $32.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 1/21/2025 – Rocket Lab USA had its price target raised by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $22.00 to $35.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/16/2025 – Rocket Lab USA had its price target raised by analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from $12.00 to $13.50. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 1/8/2025 – Rocket Lab USA had its price target raised by analysts at Stifel Nicolaus from $26.00 to $31.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.

Rocket Lab USA Stock Performance

NASDAQ:RKLB opened at $19.00 on Wednesday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $26.42 and its 200 day simple moving average is $18.17. The company has a current ratio of 2.58, a quick ratio of 2.16 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.97. Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has a twelve month low of $3.47 and a twelve month high of $33.34. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.50 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -51.35 and a beta of 1.99.

Rocket Lab USA (NASDAQ:RKLB) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 27th. The rocket manufacturer reported ($0.10) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.09) by ($0.01). Rocket Lab USA had a negative return on equity of 39.47% and a negative net margin of 51.76%. The company had revenue of $132.39 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $130.58 million. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Rocket Lab USA, Inc. will post -0.38 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Rocket Lab USA

In other Rocket Lab USA news, Director Nina Armagno sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $23.63, for a total value of $236,300.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 132,294 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,126,107.22. This represents a 7.03 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. 13.70% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. FMR LLC grew its stake in Rocket Lab USA by 30,853.3% during the 4th quarter. FMR LLC now owns 3,696,136 shares of the rocket manufacturer’s stock valued at $94,141,000 after purchasing an additional 3,684,195 shares in the last quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP purchased a new position in shares of Rocket Lab USA during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $72,623,000. BNP Paribas Financial Markets acquired a new stake in shares of Rocket Lab USA during the fourth quarter worth approximately $56,977,000. Two Sigma Investments LP bought a new stake in shares of Rocket Lab USA in the fourth quarter worth $47,074,000. Finally, Renaissance Technologies LLC raised its holdings in Rocket Lab USA by 1,765.4% in the fourth quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 1,818,800 shares of the rocket manufacturer’s stock valued at $46,325,000 after acquiring an additional 1,721,300 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.78% of the company’s stock.

Rocket Lab USA, Inc, a space company, provides launch services and space systems solutions for the space and defense industries. The company provides launch services, spacecraft design services, spacecraft components, spacecraft manufacturing, and other spacecraft and on-orbit management solutions; and constellation management services, as well as designs and manufactures small and medium-class rockets.