Rocket Lab (RKLB) Short term Debt (2021 - 2025)
Rocket Lab (RKLB) reported Short term Debt of $17.09 million for Q3 2025, up 45.3% from $11.76 million a year earlier and up 3.6% from the prior quarter.
Rocket Lab (RKLB) Short term Debt (2021 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2024, Rocket Lab posted Short term Debt of $12.05 million, down 32.2% from FY2023.
- Short term Debt has a three-year compound annual growth rate of 62.1% (FY2021 to FY2024).
- By year, Short term Debt came in at $17.76 million in FY2023 (+511.3%), $2.91 million in FY2022 (+2.8%) and $2.83 million in FY2021.
- Five-year quarterly Short term Debt spans a low of $2.81 million in Q3 2021 and a high of $105.12 million in Q3 2023.
- Year over year, Short term Debt has now increased in each of the last three quarters, with growth averaging 94.1% over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Short term Debt in five years was Q4 2023 (growth of 511.3%); the low point was Q2 2024 (a decline of 89.1%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q3 2025 came in at $16.5 million (Q2 2025), $20.49 million (Q1 2025) and $12.05 million (Q4 2024).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Electric | 324.09 Bn | 278.09 Bn | 4.68 Bn |
| 2 | Rtx | 250.22 Bn | 223.44 Bn | 5.13 Bn |
| 3 | Boeing | 147.08 Bn | 53.78 Bn | 2.41 Bn |
| 4 | Lockheed Martin | 117.51 Bn | 104.24 Bn | 2.45 Bn |
| 5 | Howmet Aerospace | 90.46 Bn | 86.07 Bn | 951.00 Mn |
| 6 | General Dynamics | 89.77 Bn | 76.88 Bn | 2.18 Bn |
| 7 | Motorola Solutions | 73.88 Bn | 70.24 Bn | 1.68 Bn |
| 8 | Northrop Grumman | 68.68 Bn | 57.92 Bn | 2.12 Bn |
| 9 | Honeywell International | 66.86 Bn | 19.30 Bn | 3.65 Bn |
| 10 | Rocket Lab | 41.68 Bn | 36.00 Bn | 84.58 Mn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2025 | 17.09 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 16.50 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 20.49 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 12.05 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 11.76 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 11.35 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 11.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 17.76 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 105.12 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 104.38 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 2.93 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 2.91 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 2.89 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 2.87 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 2.85 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 2.83 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 2.81 Mn |
Rocket Lab Short term Debt API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=short-term-debt&ticker=RKLB&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "short-term-debt", "ticker": "RKLB", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=short-term-debt&ticker=RKLB&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();