Rocket Lab USA Inc. [NASDAQ: RKLB] stock went on a downward path that fall over -1.96% on Tuesday, amounting to a one-week price decrease of less than -1.75%. The company report on February 28, 2023 that Rocket Lab Signs Multi-Launch Deal to Deploy Satellite Constellation for Capella Space.
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The deal will see Rocket Lab launch four dedicated Electron missions for satellite and Earth imaging company Capella Space, in addition to a standalone mission scheduled for launch this month.
Rocket Lab USA, Inc (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a leading launch and space systems company, today announced it has secured a multi-launch deal for a rapid succession of four Electron missions for Capella Space, an American space tech company and the world’s leading provider of commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery.
Over the last 12 months, RKLB stock dropped by -52.38%. The one-year Rocket Lab USA Inc. stock forecast points to a potential upside of 54.36. The average equity rating for RKLB stock is currently 2.00, trading closer to a bullish pattern in the stock market.
The market cap for the stock reached $2.18 billion, with 469.77 million shares outstanding and 372.96 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 3.66M shares, RKLB stock reached a trading volume of 4559137 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Guru’s Opinion on Rocket Lab USA Inc. [RKLB]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for RKLB shares is $9.86 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on RKLB stock is a recommendation set at 2.00. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Credit Suisse have made an estimate for Rocket Lab USA Inc. shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Underperform, with their previous recommendation back on October 12, 2022. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Cowen raised their target price from $6.50 to $8. The new note on the price target was released on August 31, 2022, representing the official price target for Rocket Lab USA Inc. stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $5, while Wells Fargo analysts kept a Equal Weight rating on RKLB stock.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Rocket Lab USA Inc. is set at 0.26, with the Price to Sales ratio for RKLB stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 11.66. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 3.06, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 1.04.
RKLB Stock Performance Analysis:
Rocket Lab USA Inc. [RKLB] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -1.75. With this latest performance, RKLB shares dropped by -8.91% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -15.09% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -52.38% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for RKLB stock in for the last two-week period is set at 44.08, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 40.26, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 46.59 for Rocket Lab USA Inc. [RKLB]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 4.54, while it was recorded at 4.54 for the last single week of trading, and 4.65 for the last 200 days.
Insight into Rocket Lab USA Inc. Fundamentals:
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Rocket Lab USA Inc. [RKLB] shares currently have an operating margin of -165.61 and a Gross Margin at -12.17. Rocket Lab USA Inc.’s Net Margin is presently recorded at -188.51.
Return on Equity for this stock declined to -23.85, with Return on Assets sitting at -18.02.
Rocket Lab USA Inc.’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 3.80 and a Current Ratio set at 4.30.
Rocket Lab USA Inc. [RKLB] Insider Position Details
There are presently around $1,193 million, or 60.50% of RKLB stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of RKLB stocks are: VK SERVICES, LLC with ownership of 74,753,119, which is approximately 0% of the company’s market cap and around 0.90% of the total institutional ownership; DEER MANAGEMENT CO. LLC, holding 57,023,508 shares of the stock with an approximate value of $256.61 million in RKLB stocks shares; and VANGUARD GROUP INC, currently with $109.0 million in RKLB stock with ownership of nearly 12.524% of the company’s market capitalization.
Positions in Rocket Lab USA Inc. stocks held by institutional investors increased at the end of Tuesday and at the time of the Tuesday reporting period, where 107 institutional holders increased their position in Rocket Lab USA Inc. [NASDAQ:RKLB] by around 13,002,695 shares. Additionally, 79 investors decreased positions by around 25,222,161 shares, while 38 investors held positions by with 226,845,724 shares. The mentioned changes placed institutional holdings at 265,070,580 shares, according to the latest SEC report filing. RKLB stock had 39 new institutional investments in for a total of 1,188,615 shares, while 37 institutional investors sold positions of 13,725,582 shares during the same period.