Key Stats for Rocket Lab Stock
- Current Price: $68.40
- Street Target: ~$109
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What Happened?
Rocket Lab Corporation (RKLB) closed at $68.40 on October 8, down 4.89% on the day and 8.87% from its October 6 close of $75.06. The selling hit the whole group: SpaceX (SPCX) fell 6.60%, AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) 9.81%, and Planet Labs (PL) 7.43% over the same two sessions. No Rocket Lab-specific catalyst has been reported for either day, while a spike in crude oil and elevated Treasury yields weighed on growth stocks on October 8.
SpaceX’s news matters more to Rocket Lab’s thesis than the price action. On October 6, the Federal Communications Commission cleared SpaceX to deploy 15,000 Starlink Mobile satellites without a wireless-carrier spectrum lease. Late on October 8, SpaceX agreed to acquire Grain Management’s nationwide 800 MHz spectrum to pair with ground infrastructure. Wireless carriers are the primary targets. Rocket Lab’s exposure runs through Iridium Communications (IRDM), which it agreed to buy for about $8 billion. Founder and CEO Sir Peter Beck named direct-to-device as an Iridium growth area on the August 10 call, whose replay is in Rocket Lab’s investor relations materials.
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SpaceX Is Paying to Close the Indoor Gap Beck Called Iridium’s Edge
Beck described Iridium as having 66 satellites, more than 2.5 million subscribers, and more than $870 million in revenue over the past year. He credited its L-band spectrum with penetrating rain, weather and buildings, and said “it’s the wrong kind of spectrum for broadband.” Asked how the market could look by the mid-2030s, he agreed the landscape for direct to mobile “is going to change a lot,” but said he was less concerned, citing L-band’s strengths.
Indoor reach is the gap SpaceX is now paying to close. William Blair analyst Louie DiPalma said the Grain spectrum could help Starlink Mobile address indoor coverage. The deal still needs FCC approval, and its terms were not disclosed. Iridium’s own direct-to-device service, NTN Direct, is narrowband IoT over its global L-band network, slated for commercial availability to Deutsche Telekom IoT customers in the fourth quarter of 2026.
Iridium stockholders approved the deal on September 24, with closing expected in mid-2027 pending regulatory approvals. Rocket Lab raised $1.94 billion through an at-the-market stock sale to help fund it.
Neutron Pricing Is the Part Rocket Lab Controls
CFO Adam Spice said Neutron came to market at a $50 million to $55 million average selling price with no significant early discounting, and that the company sees more upside than downside from there. Beck said Rocket Lab has had “absolutely 0 issues in selling full price Neutrons pre-test flights.”
Spice tied adjusted EBITDA turning positive to the quarter after Neutron’s first successful launch, with positive cash flow probably 18 to 24 months later on a stand-alone basis. TIKR consensus, drawn from eight analysts, has EBITDA turning positive at around $9 million in the first quarter of 2027. Under Spice’s framework, that lines up with a first flight around the end of 2026. Until then, the burn continues: Rocket Lab used $110.12 million of free cash flow in the second quarter of 2026.
Barclays initiated coverage at Overweight with an $85 target on October 8. TD Cowen cut its target to $90 from $120 on October 9 and kept a Buy, calling the aerospace de-rating “disorderly.”
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Street and Consensus
- Current Price: $68.40
- Street Target (Mean, October 8): ~$109
- Newest Targets: $85 (Barclays, Overweight); $90 (TD Cowen, Buy)
- Q3 2026 Revenue Guidance: $250 million to $265 million
- Q3 2026 Revenue Consensus: ~$258 million
- EBITDA Consensus: $20 million (Q32026); ~-$10 million (Q4 2026); ~$9 million (Q1 2027)
- Free Cash Flow Consensus: ~-$220 million (2026); ~-$14 million (2027); ~$35 million (2028)
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Conclusion
Rocket Lab guided third-quarter revenue to $250 million to $265 million and an adjusted EBITDA loss of $17 million to $23 million; last year, it reported third-quarter results on November 10. Revenue under the ~$258 million consensus, paired with a Neutron pad delivery that slips past December 31, would put the first-quarter 2027 EBITDA turn at risk. A beat with the rocket at the pad keeps that path intact.
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