Rocket Lab Announces Date of Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Financial Results
Rhea-AI Summary
Rocket Lab (Nasdaq: RKLB) announced it will release fourth quarter and full year 2025 financial results following the close of U.S. markets on Thursday, February 26, 2026. The company will host a conference call at 2:00 p.m. Pacific / 5:00 p.m. Eastern the same day. A live webcast and replay will be available on Rocket Lab's Investor Relations website at www.investors.rocketlabcorp.com. Contact information for investor and media inquiries was provided.
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News Market Reaction
On the day this news was published, RKLB declined 9.47%, reflecting a notable negative market reaction. Argus tracked a peak move of +8.0% during that session. Our momentum scanner triggered 90 alerts that day, indicating high trading interest and price volatility. This price movement removed approximately $4.86B from the company's valuation, bringing the market cap to $46.47B at that time.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus on the day of publication.
Key Figures
Market Reality Check
Peers on Argus
RKLB was up 1.05% while key Aerospace & Defense peers showed mixed, mostly modest moves (ESLT, BWXT, TXT slightly down; CW flat; WWD up), with no momentum-clustered sector move flagged.
Historical Context
| Date | Event | Sentiment | Move | Catalyst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22 | Launch success | Positive | +0.2% | Successful first 2026 launch placing two Open Cosmos satellites into orbit. |
| Jan 21 | Development setback | Negative | -1.5% | Neutron Stage 1 tank rupture during qualification test and schedule review. |
| Dec 21 | Operational milestone | Positive | +10.0% | 21st Electron launch of 2025 with 100% mission success for iQPS. |
| Dec 19 | Major contract win | Positive | +17.7% | Award of $816M SDA contract for 18 missile-defense tracking satellites. |
| Dec 18 | Government launch | Positive | +11.1% | On-time STP-S30 mission for U.S. defense customer to low Earth orbit. |
Recent news, especially contract wins and successful launches, has generally seen share price reactions align directionally with the underlying news tone.
Over the last few months, RKLB news has focused on launch execution and major government contracts. Successful missions on Dec 18 and Dec 21, 2025 and an $816M U.S. Space Development Agency award on Dec 19, 2025 were followed by double-digit positive moves. A Neutron Stage 1 test tank rupture update on Jan 21, 2026 saw a negative reaction. The latest launch success for Open Cosmos on Jan 22, 2026 drew a small positive move, suggesting investors have recently rewarded execution and contract wins while marking down development setbacks.
Market Pulse Summary
The stock moved -9.5% in the session following this news. A negative reaction despite this being only an earnings date announcement would contrast with past patterns where price moves tended to track the tone of substantive news. Shares at 80.45, well above the 46.5 200-day MA, suggest prior optimism, so a pullback could reflect position-trimming before Q4/FY25 details. Earlier Neutron test issues and ongoing insider sales from recent Form 4 filings underscore execution and ownership dynamics that could weigh on sentiment.
AI-generated analysis. Not financial advice.
LONG BEACH, Calif., Jan. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced that it will release its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2025 following the close of the U.S. markets on Thursday February 26, 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 Relations website at www.investors.rocketlabcorp.com.
Rocket Lab Investor Relations Contact
Patrick Vorenkamp
investors@rocketlabusa.com
Rocket Lab Media Contact
Morgan Connaughton
media@rocketlabusa.com
About Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab is a leading space company that provides launch services, spacecraft, payloads, and satellite components serving commercial, government, and national security markets. Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket is the world’s most frequently launched orbital small rocket; its HASTE rocket provides hypersonic test launch capability for the U.S. government and allied nations; and its Neutron launch vehicle in development will unlock medium launch for constellation deployment, national security and exploration missions. Rocket Lab’s spacecraft and satellite components have enabled more than 1,700 missions spanning commercial, defense and national security missions including GPS, constellations, and exploration missions to the Moon, Mars, and Venus. Rocket Lab is a publicly listed company on the Nasdaq stock exchange (RKLB). Learn more at www.rocketlabcorp.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward looking statements contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). All statements contained in this press release other than statements of historical fact, including, without limitation, statements regarding our launch and space systems operations, launch schedule and window, safe and repeatable access to space, Neutron development, operational expansion and business strategy are forward-looking statements. The words “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “potential,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “expect,” “strategy,” “future,” “could,” “would,” “project,” “plan,” “target,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, though not all forward-looking statements use these words or expressions. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including but not limited to the factors, risks and uncertainties included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, as such factors may be updated from time to time in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and the Investor Relations section of our website at www.rocketlabcorp.com, which could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements made in this press release. Any such forward-looking statements represent management’s estimates as of the date of this press release. While we may elect to update such forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we disclaim any obligation to do so, even if subsequent events cause our views to change.
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