The stock price of Rocket Lab USA Inc (NASDAQ: RKLB) has jumped by 2.29 compared to previous close of 21.88. Despite this, the company has seen a gain of 13.37% in its stock price over the last five trading days. businesswire.com reported 2025-04-27 that NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds investors that a shareholder filed a class action on behalf of purchasers of securities of Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (NASDAQ: RKLB) between November 12, 2024 and February 25, 2025. Rocket Lab describes itself as a “space company which provides launch services, spacecraft design services, spacecraft components, spacecraft manufacturing and other spacecraft and on-orbit management solutions.” For more information, su.
Is It Worth Investing in Rocket Lab USA Inc (NASDAQ: RKLB) Right Now?
The stock has a 36-month beta value of 2.01. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 7 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 3 as “overweight,” 5 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for RKLB is 371.30M, and at present, short sellers hold a 15.96% of that float. On April 28, 2025, the average trading volume of RKLB was 17.87M shares.
RKLB’s Market Performance
RKLB stock saw an increase of 13.37% in the past week, with a monthly gain of 15.12% and a quarterly increase of -26.28%. The volatility ratio for the week is 6.69%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 9.90% for Rocket Lab USA Inc (RKLB). The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 16.27% for RKLB’s stock, with a simple moving average of 36.89% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of RKLB
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for RKLB stocks, with Needham repeating the rating for RKLB by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for RKLB in the upcoming period, according to Needham is $28 based on the research report published on April 25, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Morgan Stanley gave a rating of “Equal-Weight” to RKLB, setting the target price at $6 in the report published on July 15th of the previous year.
RKLB Trading at 11.34% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought RKLB to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -32.87% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 9.90%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 6.69%, as shares surge +21.50% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -18.97% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, RKLB rose by +13.37%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +340.55% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $19.25. In addition, Rocket Lab USA Inc saw -12.13% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at RKLB starting from Klein Frank, who sale 44,553 shares at the price of $18.18 back on Mar 14 ’25. After this action, Klein Frank now owns 1,419,479 shares of Rocket Lab USA Inc, valued at $810,036 using the latest closing price.
Klein Frank, the Chief Operations Officer of Rocket Lab USA Inc, sale 1,835 shares at $19.93 during a trade that took place back on Mar 17 ’25, which means that Klein Frank is holding 1,417,644 shares at $36,572 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for RKLB
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.44 for the present operating margin
- 0.25 for the gross margin
The net margin for Rocket Lab USA Inc stands at -0.44. The total capital return value is set at -0.22. Equity return is now at value -40.59, with -17.89 for asset returns.
Based on Rocket Lab USA Inc (RKLB), the company’s capital structure generated 0.53 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -0.12. The debt to equity ratio resting at 1.11. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -48.0.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -151.8 million with net debt to EBITDA at -1.0. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 23.62. The receivables turnover for the company is 3.91for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.37. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 2.04.
Conclusion
To sum up, Rocket Lab USA Inc (RKLB) has seen a mixed performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
