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Rocket Lab USA, Inc. RKLB Return on equity

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$200.3M+63.5%
Gross profit$76.5M+117%
Operating income-$56.0M+5.4%
Net income-$45.0M+25.7%
EPS (diluted)-$0.07+41.7%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$1.2B+293%
Total debt$101.8M-29.2%
Total equity$2.3B+425%
Total assets$2.8B+125%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow-$50.3M+7.2%
CapEx$27.1M-5.6%
Free cash flow-$77.4M+6.6%

Valuation

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Market cap$67.47B+351%
Enterprise value$66.36B+346%
P/S99.3×+67.2×

Profitability

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Gross margin36.6%+9.3pp
Operating margin-33.2%-6.6pp
Net margin-26.9%-7.6pp

Returns & leverage

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Debt / equity-0.3×
Current ratio4.5×+2.4×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Rocket Lab USA, Inc.’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Rocket Lab USA, Inc.’s 10-Q, filed May 7, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Rocket Lab USA, Inc.'s return on equity?
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (RKLB) reported return on equity of -13.5% in Q1 2026.
How has Rocket Lab USA, Inc.'s return on equity changed year-over-year?
Rocket Lab USA, Inc.'s return on equity increased by 70.1% year-over-year, from -45.4% to -13.5%.
What is the long-term trend for Rocket Lab USA, Inc.'s return on equity?
Over 2 years (2023 to 2025), Rocket Lab USA, Inc.'s return on equity has grown at a 11.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from -103.5% to -127.9%.
What does return on equity mean?
How much profit the company earns on the money shareholders have invested.
How do you interpret return on equity?
Higher is better, but very high ROE can be manufactured by leverage — a thin equity base inflates the ratio. Read it next to debt-to-equity and ROIC to tell genuine returns from balance-sheet engineering.
How does return on equity compare across companies?
Comparable across peers, with the leverage caveat. Negative or near-zero equity makes ROE meaningless, so it is suppressed there.