The Week Ahead: Are Investors Really Too Optimistic About Rocket Lab USA Inc (NASDAQ: RKLB)

Rocket Lab USA Inc (NASDAQ:RKLB) currently has a daily average trading volume of 19.45M but it saw 19775253 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 11.96B USD, the company’s current market price of $23.92 came rising about 3.50 while comparing to the previous closing price of $23.11. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $28.10 and as low as $3.47. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $22.66 while lowest mark touched by it was $24.52.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Rocket Lab USA Inc (RKLB) gives us an average price of $20.69, while its current price level is -14.88% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 589.34% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $14.56 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $7.31. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 9.97% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 10.43%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 67.29 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Morgan Stanley downgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Equal-Weight” from “Overweight” on July 15, 2024 while assigning a price target range of $8-$6.

Over the week, RKLB’s stock price is moving -6.82% down while it is 102.54% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 332.55% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 437.53%.

Currently, Rocket Lab USA Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 499.70M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at -21.44% and return on equity (ROE) at -37.45%. Stock’s beta reads 1.97. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 28.47 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 32.87. Its return on asset (ROA) is -17.91% on average.