Growth Metrics

Rocket Lab (RKLB) Tax Rate (2020 - 2026)

Rocket Lab's quarterly Tax Rate came in at 3.83% in Q1 2026, up 250.0% year-on-year from 1.09% in Q1 2025, and up 114.13% quarter-over-quarter from 27.08% in Q4 2025.

Rocket Lab has reported Tax Rate for 7 years, with the latest figure at 3.83% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Tax Rate rose 250.0% year-over-year to 3.83%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 13.57% (up 1354.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 12.26%, up 1266.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate for Q1 2026 stood at 3.83%, up from 27.08% 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 0.34%, with a median of 1.69% recorded in 2023.
  • Year-over-year, Tax Rate sank 19290 bps in 2022 and jumped 7109 bps in 2025.
  • Tracing RKLB's Tax Rate over 5 years: 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 jumped by 114 bps to 3.83% in 2026.
  • The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 3.83% (Q1 2026), 27.08% (Q4 2025), and 69.24% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 General Electric 316.77 Bn 306.03 Bn 9.11 Bn 11.46
2 Rtx 238.61 Bn 233.51 Bn 9.08 Bn 14.40
3 Boeing 172.59 Bn 151.68 Bn 2.55 Bn 126.92
4 Lockheed Martin 122.59 Bn 120.70 Bn 2.08 Bn 16.12
5 Howmet Aerospace 102.88 Bn 100.44 Bn 854.00 Mn 18.08
6 General Dynamics 92.64 Bn 88.99 Bn 9.09 Bn 17.82
7 Rocket Lab 82.19 Bn 80.92 Bn 76.49 Mn 3.83
8 Northrop Grumman 78.95 Bn 76.86 Bn 3.45 Bn 15.05
9 TransDigm 70.63 Bn 66.75 Bn 1.51 Bn 23.43
10 Cae 60.63 Bn 60.14 Bn -496.95 Mn 21.62

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 3.83
Mar 31, 2026 3.83
Dec 31, 2025 -27.08
Dec 31, 2025 -27.08
Sep 30, 2025 69.24
Sep 30, 2025 69.24
Jun 30, 2025 -4.63
Jun 30, 2025 -4.63
Mar 31, 2025 1.32
Mar 31, 2025 1.32
Dec 31, 2024 -1.31
Dec 31, 2024 -1.31
Sep 30, 2024 -1.85
Sep 30, 2024 -1.85
Jun 30, 2024 2.02
Jun 30, 2024 2.02
Mar 31, 2024 -0.01
Mar 31, 2024 -0.01
Dec 31, 2023 -2.04
Dec 31, 2023 -2.04
Sep 30, 2023 -3.45
Sep 30, 2023 -3.45
Jun 30, 2023 -1.69
Jun 30, 2023 -1.69
Mar 31, 2023 -1.17
Mar 31, 2023 -1.17
Dec 31, 2022 2.64
Dec 31, 2022 2.64
Sep 30, 2022 -5.14
Sep 30, 2022 -5.14
Jun 30, 2022 -5.25
Jun 30, 2022 -5.25
Mar 31, 2022 -19.66
Mar 31, 2022 -19.66
Dec 31, 2021 195.55
Dec 31, 2021 195.55
Sep 30, 2021 1.88
Sep 30, 2021 1.88
Jun 30, 2021 -2.71
Jun 30, 2021 -2.71
Mar 31, 2021 -1.69
Mar 31, 2021 -1.69
Dec 31, 2020 1.88
Dec 31, 2020 1.88
Sep 30, 2020 7.35
Sep 30, 2020 7.35