Rocket Lab (RKLB) Return on Invested Capital (2021 - 2026)

Rocket Lab's (RKLB) quarterly Return on Invested Capital came in at 0.03% in Q1 2026, little changed year-on-year from 0.03% in Q1 2025, and down 14.26% quarter-over-quarter from 0.03% in Q4 2025.

Rocket Lab (RKLB) Return on Invested Capital (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Rocket Lab's Return on Invested Capital history runs 6 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.03% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.03% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.03%, a 0.0% change from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.13%, down 2.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital slipped to 0.03% in Q1 2026 per RKLB's latest filing, from 0.03% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.01% in Q1 2024 and bottomed at 0.09% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.03% (2025), against an average of 0.03%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Invested Capital increased 22 bps in 2022 and decreased 3 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.03% in 2022, then soared by 71 bps to 0.01% in 2023, then tumbled by 362 bps to 0.04% in 2024, then increased by 23 bps to 0.03% in 2025, then fell by 14 bps to 0.03% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest RKLB Return on Invested Capital figures stand at 0.03% (Q1 2026), 0.03% (Q4 2025), and 0.03% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 General Electric 375.41 Bn 366.07 Bn -3.10 Bn 0.01%
2 Rtx 290.06 Bn 281.75 Bn 9.91 Bn 0.01%
3 Boeing 170.03 Bn 150.01 Bn 2.41 Bn 0.00%
4 Lockheed Martin 133.42 Bn 129.63 Bn 2.45 Bn 0.02%
5 Howmet Aerospace 113.88 Bn 111.45 Bn 854.00 Mn 0.07%
6 General Dynamics 103.35 Bn 99.02 Bn 6.76 Bn 0.01%
7 Northrop Grumman 77.03 Bn 74.73 Bn 3.72 Bn -
8 TransDigm 73.36 Bn 69.48 Bn 1.51 Bn 0.08%
9 L3Harris Technologies 51.91 Bn 51.32 Bn 1.40 Bn 0.02%
10 Rocket Lab 39.37 Bn 38.09 Bn 76.49 Mn -0.03%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -0.03%
Dec 31, 2025 -0.03%
Sep 30, 2025 -0.03%
Jun 30, 2025 -0.04%
Mar 31, 2025 -0.04%
Dec 31, 2024 -0.04%
Sep 30, 2024 -0.02%
Jun 30, 2024 -0.01%
Mar 31, 2024 -0.01%
Dec 31, 2023 -0.01%
Sep 30, 2023 -0.01%
Jun 30, 2023 -0.02%
Mar 31, 2023 -0.03%
Dec 31, 2022 -0.03%
Sep 30, 2022 -0.03%
Jun 30, 2022 -0.05%
Mar 31, 2022 -0.09%
Dec 31, 2021 -0.25%