Rocket Lab (RKLB) Retained Earnings (2020 - 2026)

Rocket Lab's (RKLB) quarterly Retained Earnings came in at -$1.1 billion in Q1 2026, down 44496.29% year-on-year from N/an in Q1 2025, and down 138.64% quarter-over-quarter from $2.7 billion in Q4 2025.

Rocket Lab (RKLB) Retained Earnings (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Rocket Lab's Retained Earnings history runs 7 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$1.1 billion for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Retained Earnings fell 44496.29% year-over-year to -$1.1 billion in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was -$1.1 billion, a 44496.29% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at $2.7 billion, up 128.18% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings eased to -$1.1 billion in Q1 2026 per RKLB's latest filing, from $2.7 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Retained Earnings topped out at $2.7 billion in Q4 2025 and bottomed at -$1.1 billion in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Retained Earnings is -$403.7 million (2022), against an average of $91.6 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Retained Earnings jumped 2496.74% in 2022 and slumped 44496.29% in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Retained Earnings stood at $1.1 billion in 2022, then advanced by 5.71% to $1.2 billion in 2023, then gained by 1.91% to $1.2 billion in 2024, then jumped by 128.18% to $2.7 billion in 2025, then sank by 138.64% to -$1.1 billion in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest RKLB Retained Earnings figures stand at -$1.1 billion (Q1 2026), $2.7 billion (Q4 2025), and -$959.0 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 General Electric 373.55 Bn 364.20 Bn -3.10 Bn -4.95 Bn
2 Rtx 288.17 Bn 279.87 Bn 9.91 Bn 58.02 Bn
3 Boeing 167.58 Bn 147.56 Bn 2.41 Bn 21.95 Bn
4 Lockheed Martin 132.01 Bn 128.22 Bn 2.45 Bn 15.76 Bn
5 Howmet Aerospace 113.06 Bn 110.62 Bn 854.00 Mn -1.69 Bn
6 General Dynamics 102.38 Bn 98.05 Bn 6.76 Bn 45.50 Bn
7 Northrop Grumman 75.82 Bn 73.51 Bn 3.72 Bn -134.00 Mn
8 TransDigm 72.83 Bn 68.95 Bn 1.51 Bn -9.64 Bn
9 L3Harris Technologies 50.90 Bn 50.31 Bn 1.40 Bn 4.42 Bn
10 Rocket Lab 39.00 Bn 37.72 Bn 76.49 Mn -1.06 Bn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 -1.06 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 2.74 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 -958.99 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -940.73 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -2.37 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 1.20 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 -761.36 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -709.42 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -667.79 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 1.18 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 1.16 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 -532.46 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 -486.57 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 1.11 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 -403.75 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 -369.14 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 1.06 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 -305.01 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 -308.21 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 40.90 Mn