Rocket Lab (RKLB) EBITDA (2020 - 2026)

Rocket Lab's (RKLB) quarterly EBITDA came in at -$56.0 million in Q1 2026, up 5.44% year-on-year from -$53.1 million in Q1 2025, and down 9.65% quarter-over-quarter from -$51.0 million in Q4 2025.

Rocket Lab (RKLB) EBITDA (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Rocket Lab's EBITDA history runs 7 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$56.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, EBITDA rose 5.44% year-over-year to -$56.0 million in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was -$225.6 million, a 9.57% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at -$228.8 million, down 20.57% from the prior year.
  • EBITDA declined to -$56.0 million in Q1 2026 per RKLB's latest filing, from -$51.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBITDA topped out at -$32.0 million in Q3 2022 and bottomed at -$59.6 million in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for EBITDA is -$46.0 million (2023), against an average of -$46.3 million.
  • Biggest YoY gain for EBITDA was 38.8% in 2022; the steepest drop was 167.02% in 2022.
  • Year by year, EBITDA stood at -$37.2 million in 2022, then decreased by 28.64% to -$47.9 million in 2023, then declined by 7.66% to -$51.5 million in 2024, then advanced by 0.98% to -$51.0 million in 2025, then slipped by 9.65% to -$56.0 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest RKLB EBITDA figures stand at -$56.0 million (Q1 2026), -$51.0 million (Q4 2025), and -$59.0 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBITDA (Qtr)
1 General Electric 372.79 Bn 363.45 Bn -3.10 Bn -13.96 Bn
2 Rtx 287.75 Bn 279.45 Bn 9.91 Bn 2.81 Bn
3 Boeing 168.20 Bn 148.18 Bn 2.41 Bn 156.00 Mn
4 Lockheed Martin 132.24 Bn 128.45 Bn 2.45 Bn 2.48 Bn
5 Howmet Aerospace 112.64 Bn 110.21 Bn 854.00 Mn 753.00 Mn
6 General Dynamics 102.41 Bn 98.08 Bn 6.76 Bn 1.46 Bn
7 Northrop Grumman 75.82 Bn 73.52 Bn 3.72 Bn 1.10 Bn
8 TransDigm 72.64 Bn 68.76 Bn 1.51 Bn 1.18 Bn
9 L3Harris Technologies 50.81 Bn 50.22 Bn 1.40 Bn 652.00 Mn
10 Rocket Lab 39.08 Bn 37.80 Bn 76.49 Mn -55.97 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -55.97 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -51.04 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -58.97 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -59.64 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -59.19 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -51.55 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -51.90 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -43.27 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -43.08 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -47.88 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -38.86 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -45.16 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 -46.02 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -37.22 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -32.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 -33.16 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 -32.82 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -24.33 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 -52.30 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 -13.13 Mn