Adversity is less terrifying than hope: Rocket Lab USA Inc (RKLB)

With 7.58 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 17.1 million shares. The 52-week range on RKLB shows that it touched its highest point at $33.34 and its lowest point at $3.65 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $25.03. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.05.

Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of RKLB was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -0.13%, but this was up by 36.65% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -22.00% while six-month performance rose 109.07%. The stock gained 466.33% in the past year, while it has lost -12.17% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for RKLB yields -0.38 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.06. For the next quarter, that number is -0.11. This implies an EPS growth rate of 16.49% for this year and 81.38% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 504.45 million RKLB shares are outstanding with a float of 377.76 million shares on hand for trading.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for RKLB since 9 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 4 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.

EPS: Estimates vs Actual

It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of -$0.17301 being high and -$0.35513 being low. For RKLB, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.3096.