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Company Dossier · Industrials

Rocket Lab

RKLBNasdaqAerospace & DefenseWILMINGTON, US-DE, USLarge cap
  • Nasdaq-100
  • Russell 1000

What Rocket Lab is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.

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The latest read

Computed from the data on Oct 23, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.

  • Revenue over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $0.77 billion, up 54% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: −$0.37 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Capital expenditure over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $0.15 billion, up 67% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Latest earnings call or results release (August 10, 2026): sentiment 0.80 on a −1 to +1 scale (confident, opportunity-framed), confidence 0.90 of 1.Palanor Discourse
  • Latest annual report (filed February 26, 2026): 2 risk factors added, 1 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
  • Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $303 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
  • 1,128 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+250 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
  • H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 5 (3 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
  • Headlines in the last 30 days: 11, of which 3 read positive and 1 negative.Palanor headline tone

Company Posture

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Credit

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Charts

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Cash flow

Business

Rocket Lab: free cash flow, trailing twelve months

Operating cash flow minus capital expenditure, $ billions, from SEC filings

−$0.37BData to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Rocket Lab: operating cash flow and capital expenditure

Trailing twelve months, $ billions, from SEC filings

Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Rocket Lab: revenue, trailing twelve months

$ billions, from SEC filings

$0.77BData to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Capital returned and raised

Business

Rocket Lab: debt due within a year and cash

At each balance-sheet date, $ billions, from SEC filings

Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Rocket Lab: interest coverage

Operating income ÷ interest expense, trailing twelve months, from SEC filings

−14.3Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

What the company says

Business

Rocket Lab: earnings call sentiment

Palanor Discourse score per call, −1 to +1

0.80Data to Aug 2026
ImageDataPalanor calculation
Business

Rocket Lab: earnings call confidence

Palanor Discourse score per call, 0 to 1

0.90Data to Aug 2026
ImageDataPalanor calculation
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Rocket Lab: risk factors added per annual report

New Item 1A risk factors in each 10-K

2.0Data to Feb 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Hiring and ownership

Business

Rocket Lab: H-1B filings certified

Labor Condition Applications by quarter received

5.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data, dol.gov
Business

Rocket Lab: insider net buying

Open-market purchases minus sales by officers and directors, $ millions, by quarter

−$303.5MData 23 days ago
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Rocket Lab: institutional holders

Managers reporting a position on Form 13F, by quarter

1,128Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

News

Business

Rocket Lab: headline tone

Net share of positive headlines, trailing 28 days, −1 to +1

0.18Data 6 days ago
ImagePalanor calculation from news headlines (tone words only)

In the news

Headlines that name Rocket Lab, with the publisher and a link. The tone is read from each headline’s own words, never from a summary of the article.

30 days
11 headlines
27% positive · 9% negative
90 days
11 headlines
27% positive · 9% negative

Filings and records

The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.

  1. Oct 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (ROCKET LAB USA, INC.)third_quarter 2026 · $0.3 million
  2. Oct 19, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (VENTURE GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES, LLC (FKA HOBART HALLAWAY & QUAYLE VENTURES, LLC))third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  3. Oct 19, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (DLA PIPER LLP (US))third_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
  4. Oct 19, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (J.SULLIVAN ADVOCACY)third_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
  5. Sep 29, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: MULTIJUNCTION METAMORPHIC SOLAR CELLSUS 12751095
  6. Aug 25, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: MULTIJUNCTION SOLAR CELLUS 12720875
  7. Jul 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (ROCKET LAB USA, INC.)second_quarter 2026 · $0.3 million
  8. Jul 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (J.SULLIVAN ADVOCACY)second_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
  9. Jul 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (DLA PIPER LLP (US))second_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
  10. Jul 19, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (GUIDEPOSTSTRATEGIES, LLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  11. Jun 29, 20268-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  12. Jun 5, 20268-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  13. May 21, 20268-K
    Shareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
  14. Mar 31, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: MULTIJUNCTION SOLAR CELLUS 12593515
  15. Mar 30, 20268-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  16. Feb 26, 202610-K
    Annual report (10-K)2 risk factors added, 1 removed
  17. Jan 27, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: MULTIJUNCTION SOLAR CELLUS 12538588
  18. Dec 16, 2025Patent
    Patent granted: METHOD OF FABRICATING METAMORPHIC MULTIJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS FOR SPACE APPLICATIONSUS 12501736
  19. Nov 10, 20258-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  20. Aug 29, 20258-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  21. Aug 29, 20258-K
    Shareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
  22. May 27, 20258-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  23. Feb 27, 202510-K
    Annual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 2 removed
  24. Dec 5, 20248-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  25. Dec 5, 20248-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  26. Feb 28, 202410-K
    Annual report (10-K)6 risk factors added, 2 removed

Peers

Companies in the same industry in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.

CompanyRevenueFree cash flowThrough
Loar Holdings LOAR$0.6B—Jun 30, 2026
AeroVironment AVAV$2.0B−$0.0BAug 1, 2026
Hexcel HXL$2.0B$0.2BSep 30, 2026
Axon Enterprise AXON$3.2B$0.1BJun 30, 2026
Curtiss-Wright CW$3.6B$0.6BJun 30, 2026
Leonardo DRS DRS$3.8B$0.4BJun 30, 2026
ATI Inc. ATI$4.7B$0.5BJun 28, 2026
HEICO (Common) HEI$5.2B$1.0BJul 31, 2026

Identity

SEC CIK
1819994
LEI
254900LNRW7906KUMM93
Wikidata
Q140994560

Built from SEC EDGAR filings (public domain), the Guidance and KPI Ledgers, Palanor Discourse, U.S. Department of Labor filings, USPTO, USAspending and Senate lobbying records, and rights-checked news headlines. Updated nightly; this page was built Oct 23, 2026. How the Dossier is built

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