Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for RKLB in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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Rocket Lab (RKLB) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Nov 4 close
$52.37−2.06 (−3.8%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryNov 4 closeRocket Lab heads into its Q3 report, due on 9 November, with coverage split between its growth story and its valuation. Several pieces highlight record backlog and surging revenue alongside a stock that sits near its 52-week low, with one noting a 27.3% decline and pointing to margin pressure and premium valuation as open questions. Shares also moved on sector-wide pressure tied to the 10-year Treasury easing to 4.9%, which weighed on Rocket Lab alongside peers Oklo and Archer Aviation, while separate coverage noted Rocket Lab climbing 5% alongside gains for Intuitive Machines and SpaceX on NASA-related news. A Form 13F filing showed D.A. Davidson and CO. increasing its stake during the third quarter.
The stock closed at $52.37, down 3.8%, and sits below both its 50-day average of $63.25 and 200-day average of $79.25, with the 50-day also below the 200-day. The one-month return stands at -30.2% and the three-month return at -30.8%. The GekkoIndex reads 66.1, placing the stock in the Accumulation zone, up 5 points recently. The gap to Gekko Fair Value of $78.01 stands at -32.9%.
Earnings arrive after the close on 9 November, four days out, falling inside a typical 20-trading-day holding window; the prior report showed an EPS beat with a -3.4% reaction. Over the last 30 days, 3 unusual options signals appeared, with call premium of $4.6 million against put premium of $378,264. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days have averaged +9.1% over 5 years, rising in just 1 of them.
Written by AI from the Nov 4, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Rocket Lab price vs fair value
Close $52.37200-day averageGekko Fair Value $78.01
Rocket Lab quick facts
- Market cap
- $31.34B
- P/E ratio
- —
- Forward P/E
- 909.1
- EPS, TTM
- −$0.26
- Revenue, TTM
- $769.1M
- Profit margin
- -21.5%
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 3.18
- Volume
- 18.64M avg 18.37M
- 1-year return
- −14.6%
- Typical daily move
- ±7.2%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±15.2%
- 50-day average
- $63.25
- 200-day average
- $79.25
- Next earnings
- Nov 9 after close
- Shares outstanding
- 598.5M
Rocket Lab swing-trade checklist
Rocket Lab scores 3 supportive, 1 mixed and 2 headwinds across the 6 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive1 mixed2 headwinds
- Trendheadwind
Below 50 and 200-day
Close $52.37 is below the 50-day ($63.25) and 200-day ($79.25) averages, and the 50-day is below the 200-day.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
66.1, Accumulation
Reading 66.1 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
32.9% below
Price is 32.9% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
See fair value - Smart moneysupportive
Leans bullish
Last 30 days: 3 unusual options signals.
See smart money - Earnings riskheadwind
Reports in 4 days
Reports on Nov 9, 2026, 4 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitymixed
+9.1% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +9.1% over 5 years, rising in 1 of them.
See seasonality
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Rocket Lab stock chart and price history
Rocket Lab closed at $52.37 on Nov 4, 2026, −14.6% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $37.57 to $151.00.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −30.2%
- 3 months
- −30.8%
- 6 months
- −38.1%
- 1 year
- −14.6%
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About Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab designs and builds vehicles and hardware for reaching and operating in space, serving customers in the space and defense fields. It is recognized for the Electron small launch vehicle and the Photon satellite platform, both of which it designs, manufactures and sells, and it is also developing the larger Neutron launch vehicle, built to carry payloads of up to eight tons.
Its work extends beyond building rockets and satellites. The company runs launches remotely, engineers and assembles spacecraft components and subsystems for its own Photon line as well as for other commercial spacecraft, and offers on-orbit services such as managing entire satellite constellations. Its customers include commercial businesses, large aerospace contractors, and government agencies.
Rocket Lab is based in Long Beach, California, and traces its founding to 2006. Its shares are listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker RKLB.
- Listed
- NASDAQ
- Sector
- Electronic technology
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Website
- rocketlabcorp.com
Rocket Lab GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Rocket Lab’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 66.1, in the Accumulation zone, up 5 points over five sessions.
66.1Accumulation
Up 5 points over five sessions.
Reading for Nov 4, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 32 | +3.1% | +18.6% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 191 | −0.7% | +2.7% | ||
| Neutral | 400 | +3.4% | +14.5% | ||
| Distribution | 71 | +5.8% | +14.4% | ||
| Selling | 3 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average RKLB share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.0% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →
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Is Rocket Lab stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Rocket Lab trades 32.9% below Gekko Fair Value of $78.01, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Rocket Lab shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$78.01
Gekko Fair Value, Nov 4, 2026
32.9% Undervalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 36.3% below the estimate.
Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
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Rocket Lab insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Rocket Lab, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in RKLB were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Rocket Lab has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Sep 30, 2021
- $30.36M
- As a share of market cap
- 0.10%
From company filings.
Unusual options activity last 30 days
3signals, 92% of the flagged premium in calls.
Latest: Bullish flow on Oct 30, $901K in unusual premium.
Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30
1of the funds Gekko tracks holds RKLB.
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Rocket Lab earnings: next date and track record
Rocket Lab reports on Nov 9, 2026, after the close (4 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 4 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Nov 9, 2026
Expected after the close, 4 days away
- EPS estimate
- −$0.07
- Revenue estimate
- $257.2M
4 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±8.8%average move across the report
3 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Aug 10, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Rocket Lab reported record Q2 2026 revenue of $234 million, up 62% year-over-year and $34 million above the prior quarter record. The company signed over $1 billion in new contracts including a record $266 million Space Force contract for 18 suborbital missions. Backlog reached $2.36 billion. Strategic acquisitions of Mynaric and Motiv closed, and Rocket Lab announced plans to acquire Iridium Communications to enter the space applications market.
- Guidance
- The Iridium acquisition, once closed, will add a 66-satellite constellation with 2.5 million subscribers and approximately $870 million in annual revenue. Management targets expansion into IoT, direct-to-device, PNT defense, and aviation markets.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | −$0.06 est −$0.07 | $234.1M est $231.6M | −3.4% |
| May 7, 2026 | −$0.02 est −$0.07 | $200.3M est $189.6M | +24.6% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | −$0.09 est −$0.10 | $179.7M est $176.8M | −1.6% |
| Nov 10, 2025 | $0.01 est −$0.10 | $155.0M est $151.8M | −0.8% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | −$0.10 est −$0.10 | $144.5M est $135.4M | +1.3% |
| May 8, 2025 | −$0.12 est −$0.11 | $122.6M est $121.4M | −8.0% |
| Feb 27, 2025 | −$0.10 est −$0.09 | $132.4M est $130.6M | −3.6% |
| Nov 12, 2024 | −$0.10 est −$0.09 | $104.8M est $102.3M | +27.4% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Rocket Lab stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Rocket Lab is $102.15, +95.1% from the last close, from 18 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$102.15consensus 12-month target, +95.1% from the last close
Now $52.37Avg $102.15
Low $67High $132
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 18 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4 | Citizens JMP | $90 | +71.9% |
| Nov 4 | Cantor Fitzgerald | $122 | +133.0% |
| Oct 19 | Cantor Fitzgerald | — | — |
| Oct 19 | Morgan Stanley | $105 | +100.5% |
| Oct 16 | Needham | $120 | +129.1% |
+2.7%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+9.1%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±7.2%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Rocket Lab seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Nov 4, Rocket Lab averaged +9.1% across the last 5 years, rising in 1 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +3.2% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +5.1% | 1 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +11.5% | 1 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +9.1% | 1 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +16.0% | 1 of 5 |
For scale, RKLB’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 15.2%.
Rocket Lab market cap and key statistics
Rocket Lab’s market cap is $31.34B and revenue of $769.1M over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $31.34B
- Forward P/E
- 909.1
- EPS, TTM
- −$0.26
- Gekko Fair Value
- $78.01
Trading
- Volume
- 18.64M
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 18.37M
- 52-week high
- $151.00
- 52-week low
- $37.57
- Shares outstanding
- 598.5M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $769.1M
- Profit margin
- -21.5%
- Return on equity
- -7.9%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- 0.0%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 3.18
- Typical daily move
- ±7.2%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±15.2%
Rocket Lab stock news this week
Coverage of Rocket Lab this week reads neutral: 3 positive, 4 neutral and 1 negative headlines.
- Rocket Lab to Report Q3 Earnings: Should Investors Hold or Fold?Zacks Investment Research, Nov 4
- Rocket Lab Corporation (RKLB) Q3 Earnings on the Horizon: Analysts' Insights on Key Performance MeasuresZacks Investment Research, Nov 4
- Rocket Lab Corporation $RKLB Stock: Yousif Capital Management LLC Cuts HoldingsMarketBeat, Nov 4
- Prediction: Rocket Lab Could Be Building the Space Company of the Future24/7 Wall Street, Nov 4
- Rocket Lab Corporation $RKLB Stock Purchased by D.A. Davidson & CO.Defense World, Nov 4
- Rocket Lab Stock Has Crashed Even Harder Before. Here's How Long the Last Comeback Took.The Motley Fool, Nov 4
Rocket Lab peers
Rocket Lab’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| GEGE Aerospace | Neutral | 9.8% above |
| RTXRTX | Neutral | 7.7% below |
| BABoeing | Accumulation | 16.1% below |
| LMTLockheed Martin | Neutral | 12.7% below |
| GDGeneral Dynamics | Neutral | 3.3% below |
| HWMHowmet Aerospace | Neutral | 2.4% above |
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Rocket Lab stock FAQ
What is Rocket Lab’s market cap?
Rocket Lab’s market cap is $31.34B at the Nov 4, 2026 close of $52.37, with 598.5M shares outstanding.
What is the Rocket Lab stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Rocket Lab is $102.15, +95.1% from the last close. Of the 18 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 15 rate it a buy, 3 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Rocket Lab stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Rocket Lab is undervalued: the Nov 4, 2026 close of $52.37 is 32.9% below Gekko Fair Value of $78.01. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Rocket Lab report earnings next?
Rocket Lab is expected to report on Nov 9, 2026, after the market closes (4 days away). Analysts expect earnings of −$0.07 per share on revenue of $257.2M. Rocket Lab beat the earnings estimate in 4 of its last 8 reports, moving 8.8% on average across the report.
What is Rocket Lab’s 52-week high and low?
Rocket Lab’s 52-week high is $151.00 and its 52-week low is $37.57; it closed at $52.37 on Nov 4, 2026, −14.6% over the past year.
Is Rocket Lab stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 6 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value and smart money), 1 as mixed (seasonality) and 2 as headwinds (trend and earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
Is there unusual options activity in Rocket Lab?
Gekko flagged 3 unusual options signals in Rocket Lab over the last 30 days, with $4.57M of flagged premium in calls and $378K in puts. The latest, bullish flow, was on Oct 30, 2026 with $901K in unusual premium. The signal-by-signal table is in Gekko.
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