Rocket Lab (RKLB -7.96%) stock stumbled 8.2% through 11:30 a.m. ET Wednesday, giving back some of its mammoth 30% gain from Tuesday, a gain arising from investor enthusiasm over newly inaugurated President Trump's own excitement about using U.S. companies to send astronauts to Mars.Why investors are selling Rocket Lab todayBut why are investors selling Rocket Lab today? The answer may lie in an interview that Rocket Lab CEO Sir Peter Beck did on the Leading Indicator podcast last night. SPB caught up with L ...

Company Overview - Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB) was initially a pure launch-services company before going public [1] - The company has evolved significantly over the past seven years since its initial coverage in 2018 [1] Industry Analysis - The aerospace, defense, and airline industry presents significant growth prospects [1] - Complex industry developments require data-informed analysis to identify investment opportunities [1] Analyst Perspective - The Aerospace Forum focuses on discovering investment opportunities in the aerospace, defense, and airline sectors [1] - Analysis is driven by a background in aerospace engineering and data analytics [1]

Shares of Rocket Lab USA (RKLB 27.81%) are flying on Tuesday. The stock is up 28.3% as of 2 p.m. ET but was up as much as 31.8% earlier in the day. The leap comes as the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite gained 0.9% and 0.6%, respectively.Rocket Lab is benefiting from several catalysts at once, but chief among them was President Donald Trump's announcement Monday that he will prioritize a mission to Mars.A new space raceIn his inauguration speech, Trump announced his intention to put Americans on Mars, sayin ...

Rocket Lab just might be the first space company to figure out how to compete with SpaceX on price.SpaceX wrapped up 2024 with a record 138 rocket launches, including test flights of its Starship mega-rocket. Although SpaceX lost its second stage this time, in the company's first test flight of 2025, Starship's Super Heavy booster successfully launched and then returned for a chopsticks "landing" at SpaceX's Mechazilla launch-and-landing tower.In 2024, SpaceX launched as many rockets as the entire rest of t ...

Investment Opportunity - Rocket Lab USA Inc (NASDAQ: RKLB) presents a compelling long-term investment opportunity due to its robust business model and faster path to profitability compared to SpaceX [1] Analyst Background - The analyst has a strong IT background and seven years of experience managing a family portfolio in the US stock market [1] - The analyst specializes in fundamental analysis of public companies and has a deep understanding of risk-reward dynamics [1] - The analyst focuses on technology stocks but also explores opportunities across diverse sectors [1] Disclosure - The analyst has no current positions in Rocket Lab USA Inc but may initiate a long position within the next 72 hours [2]

America has a new low-cost space services provider.NASA wants to go to Mars again -- and this time, bring back rocks.With a plan that America's premier space agency describes as its "most ambitious, multi-mission campaign," it intends to send a spacecraft into orbit around the Red Planet, from which it would drop a retrieval craft to the surface to collect soil and air samples collected previously by the Perseverance Rover. The retrieval craft would then transfer its treasures to a smaller rocket, which wou ...

Had Rocket Lab (RKLB -1.65%) stock provided a similar performance to the 47% climb it logged in 2023, investors probably would've been pretty happy. Turns out, however, that shares of the launch services provider fared considerably better and soared into the stratosphere, leaving shareholders downright ecstatic with its performance.According to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence, Rocket Lab stock soared 360.6% in 2024.The fuel for Rocket Lab's riseThrough the first seven months of 2024, shares of Rock ...

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (RKLB) closed the latest trading day at $26.91, indicating a -1.64% change from the previous session's end. This change lagged the S&P 500's daily loss of 1.54%. On the other hand, the Dow registered a loss of 1.63%, and the technology-centric Nasdaq decreased by 1.63%.Prior to today's trading, shares of the company had gained 21.17% over the past month. This has outpaced the Aerospace sector's loss of 1.99% and the S&P 500's loss of 2.2% in that time.Investors will be eagerly watching ...

Rocket Lab USA (RKLB) has lately been in the headlines for its multiple achievements in the space industry over the past month. Notably, in January, the company announced its selection by Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, for a five-year contract, for the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed (MACH-TB) 2. Earlier in December, the company successfully completed its 16th launch for the year by deploying a satellite for Japanese Earth-observation constellation operator -Synspective.In the sa ...

The last coverage on Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB ) was on its $1B backlog and business performance in Q3-24. Since then, the stock has derived ~ a 22% price return against the S&P 500’s -2% and outperformed the market decisively. Now, theYiannis Zourmpanos, founder of Yiazou IQ, an AI-driven stock research platform providing all-in-one stock reports. Experience: Previously worked at Deloitte and KPMG in external/internal auditing and consulting. Education: Chartered Certified Accountant, Fellow Member of ACCA ...