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RKLB

Rocket Lab USA Inc.

NASDAQ: RKLB · INDUSTRIALS · AEROSPACE & DEFENSE

$77.02
-2.00% today

Updated 2026-04-29

Market cap
$46.06B
P/E ratio
—
P/S ratio
76.53x
EPS (TTM)
$-0.37
Dividend yield
—
52W range
$20 – $100
Volume
22.1M
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Rocket Lab USA Inc. (RKLB) Financial Forecast & Price Target 2030

Research-backed projections from analyst consensus, management guidance, and sector analysis.

Price target summary

Current
$77.02
Consensus
$69.92
-9.22%
2030 Target
$72,078.27
+93483.84%
DCF
—
—
15 analysts:
9 Buy6 Hold0 Sell

Management guidance

CEO Peter Beck has not publicly stated specific revenue targets for 2026-2030 in the provided materials. However, recent company actions (voluntary pay cut to $1, RSU forfeitures) and aggressive contract wins ($190M HASTE contract, $1.3B SDA prime contract, $1.85B total backlog as of Q4 2025) indicate management confidence in sustained high-growth trajectory. Company projected profitability by early 2027 based on revenue momentum and backlog conversion.

Sources: Management guidance, analyst consensus, sector analysishigh confidence

Revenue & price projection

Actual revenue Projected revenue Base case Bull to bear range
Bull case (2030)
$120,125.93
$3420.0B Rev × 20x P/S
Base case (2030)
$72,078.27
$3420.0B Rev × 12x P/S
Bear case (2030)
$48,047.66
$3420.0B Rev × 8x P/S

Financial forecast — research-backed

Metric2023202420252026 (E)2027 (E)2028 (E)2029 (E)2030 (E)
Revenue$0.2B$0.4B$0.6B$869.6B$1210.0B$1680.0B$2380.0B$3420.0B
Revenue growth—78.3%38.0%44.5%39.3%38.8%41.7%43.8%
EPS$-0.38$-0.37$-0.32$-0.21$0.08$0.35$0.78$1.42
P/S ratio———12.0x12.0x12.0x12.0x12.0x
Implied price———$18,327.74$25,500.35$35,402.47$50,154.07$72,078.27

Catalysts & risks

Growth catalysts
+ Mynaric acquisition closing (April 2026) - vertical integration into laser communications, enables $1.3B SDA contract execution, European defense opportunities
+ Neutron rocket development and first operational flights - opens larger payload market, increases addressable TAM significantly
+ Space Development Agency (SDA) constellation contracts - 36 satellites program worth $1.3B+ provides multi-year contracted revenue stream
+ NASA Artemis/Ignition moon base program ($20B) - Neutron rocket positioned for lunar cargo missions
+ European Space Agency partnership expansion - first dedicated ESA launch completed, multiple future missions in pipeline
+ U.S. defense spending increase - Trump administration $1.5T defense budget supports hypersonic testing (HASTE) and national security space programs
+ SpaceX IPO speculation - rising tide lifts space sector valuations
Key risks
- Neutron rocket development delays - critical to TAM expansion; any further delays compress long-term growth assumptions
- Government contract execution risk - national security contracts subject to geopolitical changes, budget cuts, program prioritization shifts
- Supply chain constraints - Mynaric acquisition intended to solve laser communication bottleneck; integration execution risk remains
- Competitive intensity - SpaceX, Blue Origin, Axiom Space, AST SpaceMobile increasing competition for government and commercial launch/spacecraft work
- Revenue deceleration risk - current 76.5% 5Y CAGR unlikely to persist; normalized growth rates will moderate significantly post-2027
- Profitability timing - company remains unprofitable (TTM -32.9% margin); path to sustained profitability execution risk
- Valuation risk - $38.57B market cap on $602M TTM revenue (P/S 64x) leaves limited margin for error; stock highly vulnerable to growth deceleration

Methodology

Rocket Lab USA Inc.'s forward estimates are derived from AI-powered research synthesis combining analyst consensus from 15 Wall Street analysts, management guidance from the latest earnings call, and sector growth forecasts from industry research. Revenue and EPS projections use analyst consensus where available and conservative extrapolation with growth deceleration for outer years. Price targets are calculated using a tiered Price-to-Sales (P/S) methodology, where the P/S multiple is determined by the projected revenue growth rate.

WallStSmart proprietary research model · Not financial advice · Past performance is not indicative of future results · Last researched: April 7, 2026.