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Cantor reiterated its ‘Overweight’ rating and $122 target, implying a 127% upside from current levels.

Rocket Lab Corporation (RKLB) closed the most recent trading day at $53.82, moving +2.32% from the previous trading session.

It is not objectively good news, but Rocket Lab found a defect before risking catastrophic failure on the launchpad.

Rocket Lab has shed a quarter of its value in months, yet a growing chorus of Wall Street analysts sees a path to returns that would dwarf those losses. The catch involves one unproven rocket and a deadline Rocket Lab already missed once.

Rocket Lab's stock has cratered nearly 30% in a month, yet its backlog just surged 137% year over year and analysts see over 100% upside from here. The question is whether a cracked rocket tank just derailed the whole story.

Rocket Lab has shifted its Neutron rocket launch from 2026 to 2027.

Rocket Lab's Neutron delay has the stock sliding, but Redwire is building a broader space and defense business. Profits remain its real test.

Iridium's good earnings news is even better news for Rocket Lab stock.

Oil prices recently climbed above $113 as investors rushed into bonds and sold AI stocks, which pushed money toward safer and clearer themes. Space infrastructure sits squarely in that camp, with launch providers, satellite operators, and defence contractors all tied to long term government and commercial demand. This piece breaks down three stocks from a global space race basket that help you tap into that story with focus and discipline. The three companies highlighted below are only a...

Rocket Lab (NasdaqGS: RKLB) launched an Electron mission for HawkEye 360 on 23 October 2026, placing three satellites into orbit. The flight extended Rocket Lab's commercial relationship with HawkEye 360, adding another cluster to the radio frequency analytics operator's constellation. The successful Electron mission followed recent delays to the Neutron launch vehicle program, helping keep Rocket Lab's small-satellite launch cadence active. This HawkEye 360 Electron launch comes against a...
Rocket Lab launches 98th Electron mission for HawkEye 360 amid stock pressure and Neutron delays. Get full launch and RKLB analysis.

MAHIA, New Zealand, Oct. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today launched its Electron rocket to deliver a dedicated mission to space for HawkEye 360, a signals intelligence data and analytics company. The ‘We're Not Hawking Around’ mission launched from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 8:11 p.m. NZDT on 23 October 2026, to deliver three HAWK satellites to a 520km low Earth orbit. Operating in tr
SpaceX reportedly passed on three military satellite launches, with no rival bids, highlighting the Pentagon’s limited launch options.

Intuitive Machines is growing faster and trades at a much lower valuation.

High-flying tech stocks are sliding on a risk-off turn, and space names are falling hardest. SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX) stock is leading the drop just days after the company posted its first profitable quarter. Shares of SpaceX are down 6% to $150.23 Thursday morning, a decline that gives back much of the rally that followed SpaceX’s results. […]

Brown Advisory, an investment management company, released its “Mid-Cap Growth Strategy” Q3 2026 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The strategy outperformed its benchmark in the third quarter of 2026, as sharp market volatility and a reversal in investor sentiment toward artificial intelligence infrastructure created opportunities for active stock selection. […]
Rocket Lab has had a rough stretch on the screen this year, yet over a three year horizon the stock is still up a very large amount, which puts a spotlight on whether the current share price lines up with the revenue story. After a high profile delay to its Neutron rocket program and a sharp pullback, the live question is how much investors are paying for Rocket Lab’s existing sales base versus the growth they hope will arrive later. Over the past three years, Rocket Lab has delivered a very...

Cathie Wood is buying more Rocket Lab despite its Neutron launch delay while trimming stake in Alphabet.
The growing space company suffered two significant setbacks.

The mission will test commercial satellite communications services for low Earth orbit operations as NASA prepares to retire its existing Tracking and Data Relay Satellite fleet.

SpaceX stock is surging after a blowout quarter, but the earnings call just ignited a far bigger conversation about combining two of Elon Musk's most valuable companies into something the market has never seen before.

The flagship rocket is late, but the business behind it is moving in the right direction.

The NASA mission is expected to reach Mars in September next year to study how solar wind strips away its upper atmosphere.

Rocket Lab shares rise 3.04% after hours as investors look ahead to the company's third-quarter earnings report.

LONG BEACH, Calif., Oct. 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced that it will release its financial results for the third quarter 2026 following the close of the U.S. markets on Monday November 9th, 2026. Rocket Lab will host a corresponding conference call at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time (5:00 p.m. Eastern Time). A live webcast and replay of the conference call will be available on the Company’s Investor

SpaceX beat Q3 revenue and earnings estimates, fueled by surging AI and Starlink growth, while space-sector peers saw muted gains.
Rocket Lab (RKLB) stock analysis: Q2 revenue up 62%, backlog $2.36B, and Neutron launch delayed to 2027.

Rocket Lab is manufacturing a replacement forward dome for Neutron’s first-stage propellant tank.

Rocket Lab disclosed another major delay to its Neutron medium lift rocket after finding manufacturing and structural issues in key tanks, pushing the first launch to 2027 and requiring a redesign of the first stage and propellant systems. The setback pushes out a core part of Rocket Lab’s move into larger, higher value payloads, while its Electron launch contracts and growing mission backlog now shoulder more of the operational and cash flow burden. We examine how Rocket Lab's investment...

Rocket Lab Corporation (RKLB) concluded the recent trading session at $51.36, signifying a +1.02% move from its prior day's close.
The company now projects that Neutron's inaugural launch will take place next year.

Rocket Lab's Neutron delay exposes costly manufacturing hurdles. Strong revenue growth, a record backlog, and ample cash support its ambitions, but investors still face a longer wait for launch revenue.

Rocket Lab stock broke below a key support level and fell to its lowest point since December 9 after it delayed its Neutron product.

Rocket Lab shares fell nearly 7% after the company delayed Neutron rocket's debut to 2027, breaking key technical support as analysts trimmed price targets but mostly kept bullish ratings.

Rocket Lab disclosed that inspections revealed a flaw that requires a full redesign and process change.

Rocket Lab churns out "biggest ever" contracts like clockwork. Here's the latest.

Rocket Lab (RKLB) Neutron delay to 2027, dilution risks, and Iridium dealâyet strong margins, FCF growth, and defense tailwinds. See more here.

BWX trades at a 29x forward P/E with stable cash flow, while Rocket Lab burns cash but grows revenue 38% annually, a stark contrast in financial health.

Rocket Lab's Neutron rocket just slipped past a key deadline, and Wall Street is starting to reprice how long investors will wait for the launch revenue that underpins the entire bull case.

Rocket Lab has shed nearly a fifth of its value in one week while sitting on a record backlog and a wall of analyst buy ratings. Something in that contradiction deserves a closer look.

According to the Fly, Citizens said Neutron’s launch delay followed air pockets in its carbon-composite forward dome that failed to meet safety margins, prompting a manufacturing fix and a rebuild.

Space ETFs may offer an attractive entry point after recent selloffs, with a $686 billion global space economy and diversified exposure to long-term growth opportunities.

Rocket Lab Corporation (RKLB) reached $73.02 at the closing of the latest trading day, reflecting a -1.22% change compared to its last close.

Elon Musk just dropped a loaded rebrand on SpaceX's AI unit, and Wall Street responded with a reiterated target that dwarfs the current share price. Whether the rename signals a real strategic shift or just a terminology swap is the question now driving the stock.







Europe's four biggest wireless carriers just signed on to explore a joint satellite spectrum bid, and one space stock is surging while its biggest rival watches from the sidelines.
