Rocket Lab (RKLB) Tax Rate (2020 - 2026)
Rocket Lab (RKLB) posted Tax Rate of 12.13% for Q2 2026, down 416.77% on a QoQ basis from 3.83% in Q1 2026, and down 750.0% year-over-year from 1.87% in Q2 2025.
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Rocket Lab (RKLB) Tax Rate (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Rocket Lab has reported Tax Rate for 7 years, with the latest figure at 12.13% in Q2 2026.
- On a quarterly basis, Tax Rate fell 750.0% year-over-year to 12.13% in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 13.71%, a 1535.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 12.26%, up 1266.0% from the prior year.
- Tax Rate was 12.13% for Q2 2026 at Rocket Lab, down from 3.83% in the prior quarter.
- The five-year high for Tax Rate was 69.24% in Q3 2025, with the low at 27.08% in Q4 2025.
- Average Tax Rate over 5 years is 0.35%, with a median of 1.77% recorded in 2023.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Tax Rate plunged 5634 bps in 2022, then soared 7109 bps in 2025.
- Over 5 years, Tax Rate stood at 2.64% in 2022, then sank by 177 bps to 2.04% in 2023, then soared by 36 bps to 1.31% in 2024, then tumbled by 1973 bps to 27.08% in 2025, then surged by 55 bps to 12.13% in 2026.
- The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 12.13% (Q2 2026), 3.83% (Q1 2026), and 27.08% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rocket Lab | 38.44 Bn | 36.14 Bn | 84.58 Mn | -12.13% |
| 2 | Firefly Aerospace | 3.60 Bn | 2.79 Bn | 23.88 Mn | 0.04% |
| 3 | Intuitive Machines | 3.34 Bn | 4.15 Bn | 35.87 Mn | -0.01% |
| 4 | Redwire | 2.62 Bn | 2.07 Bn | 32.54 Mn | -4.76% |
| 5 | Virgin Galactic Holdings | 336.70 Mn | 336.70 Mn | -28.05 Mn | -0.05% |
| 6 | Sidus Space | 209.29 Mn | 42.77 Mn | -629,723.00 | - |
| 7 | Starfighters Space | 153.64 Mn | 153.64 Mn | - | - |
| 8 | Momentus | 49.69 Mn | -58.02 Mn | 25,000.00 | - |
| 9 | Helio | 40.14 Mn | 39.67 Mn | 122,607.00 | - |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | -12.13% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 3.83% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -27.08% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 69.24% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -4.63% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.32% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -1.31% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -1.85% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 2.02% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -0.01% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -2.04% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -3.45% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -1.69% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -1.17% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 2.64% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -5.14% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -5.25% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -19.66% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 58.98% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.88% |