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

Rocket Lab (RKLB) posted quarterly Retained Earnings of -$3.0 million for Q1 2026, down 25.32% year-over-year from -$4.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 99.71% on a QoQ basis from -$1.0 billion in Q4 2025.

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

Rocket Lab (RKLB) has reported Retained Earnings for 7 consecutive years, with -$3.0 million the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Retained Earnings fell 25.32% year-over-year to -$3.0 million; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$3.0 million (down 25.32% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was -$1.0 billion, down 24.36% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings came in at -$3.0 million for Q1 2026 at Rocket Lab, up from -$1.0 billion in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Retained Earnings was $2.3 million in Q3 2024, with the low at -$1.0 billion in Q4 2025.
  • Average Retained Earnings over 5 years is -$355.2 million, with a median of -$369.1 million recorded in 2022.
  • The largest YoY upside for Retained Earnings was 100.4% in 2024 against a maximum downside of 118083.39% in 2024.
  • Year by year, Retained Earnings stood at $1.1 million in 2022, then slumped by 54987.85% to -$623.5 million in 2023, then tumbled by 30.5% to -$813.7 million in 2024, then fell by 24.36% to -$1.0 billion in 2025, then jumped by 99.71% to -$3.0 million in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Retained Earnings over the past three periods registered -$3.0 million, -$1.0 billion, and -$2.1 million for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 Boeing 1,106.33 Bn 1,085.43 Bn 2.55 Bn -10.27 Bn
2 Rtx 258.51 Bn 253.40 Bn 9.08 Bn -2.95 Bn
3 General Dynamics 174.86 Bn 171.21 Bn 9.09 Bn -557.00 Mn
4 Lockheed Martin 119.99 Bn 118.10 Bn 2.08 Bn -7.50 Bn
5 Howmet Aerospace 107.26 Bn 104.82 Bn 854.00 Mn 4.63 Bn
6 TransDigm 76.18 Bn 72.30 Bn 1.51 Bn -9.64 Bn
7 Northrop Grumman 73.88 Bn 71.79 Bn 3.45 Bn 17.10 Bn
8 Rocket Lab 60.59 Bn 59.31 Bn 76.49 Mn -2.97 Mn
9 L3Harris Technologies 54.60 Bn 54.60 Bn 1.40 Bn 98.00 Mn
10 Heico 50.20 Bn 50.07 Bn 569.53 Mn 4.03 Bn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -2.97 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -1.01 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 -2.06 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 705,000.00
Mar 31, 2025 -2.37 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -813.70 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 2.31 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -709.42 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -667.79 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -623.53 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -573.03 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -532.46 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 566,000.00
Dec 31, 2022 1.14 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -403.75 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 -369.14 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 -331.72 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -305.01 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 1.12 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 -59.36 Mn