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RKLB

US7731211089

Aerospace & Defense

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02-03	US space stocks rise after Musk's SpaceX merges with xAI at $1.25 trillion valuation	RE
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Published financial data: ROCKET LAB CORPORATION

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Fiscal Period: December	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Revenues	35.16M	62.24M	211M	245M	436M
Total Revenues	35.16M	62.24M	211M	245M	436M
Cost of Goods Sold, Total	46.98M	64.13M	192M	193M	320M
Gross Profit	-11.82M	-1.89M	18.99M	51.41M	116M
Selling General & Admin Expenses, Total	22.97M	57.87M	88.6M	110M	132M
R&D Expenses	19.14M	41.76M	65.17M	119M	174M
Other Operating Expenses, Total	42.11M	99.64M	154M	229M	306M
Operating Income	-53.93M	-102M	-135M	-178M	-190M
Interest Expense, Total	-	-6.13M	-7.8M	-4.25M	-3.95M
Interest And Investment Income	224K	-	-	-	-
Net Interest Expenses	224K	-6.13M	-7.8M	-4.25M	-3.95M
Currency Exchange Gains (Loss)	2.42M	-567K	-4.44M	-470K	-87K
Other Non Operating Income (Expenses)	-2.23M	-16.09M	14.49M	-856K	-1.3M
EBT, Excl. Unusual Items	-53.51M	-124M	-133M	-183M	-195M
Merger & Related Restructuring Charges	-1.03M	-522K	-427K	-	-
Gain (Loss) On Sale Of Investments	-	-	-	4.57M	2.9M
Gain (Loss) On Sale Of Assets	-	-	-	-	2.82M
EBT, Incl. Unusual Items	-54.54M	-125M	-133M	-179M	-189M
Income Tax Expense	467K	-7.52M	3M	3.65M	764K
Earnings From Continuing Operations	-55M	-117M	-136M	-183M	-190M
Net Income to Company	-55M	-117M	-136M	-183M	-190M
Net Income - (IS)	-55M	-117M	-136M	-183M	-190M
Net Income to Common Incl Extra Items	-55M	-117M	-136M	-183M	-190M
Net Income to Common Excl. Extra Items	-55M	-117M	-136M	-183M	-190M
Per Share Items
Net EPS - Basic	-6.61	-0.56	-0.29	-0.38	-0.38
Basic EPS - Continuing Operations	-6.61	-0.56	-0.29	-0.38	-0.38
Basic Weighted Average Shares Outstanding	8.32M	210M	466M	482M	496M
Net EPS - Diluted	-6.61	-0.56	-0.29	-0.38	-0.38
Diluted EPS - Continuing Operations	-6.61	-0.56	-0.29	-0.38	-0.38
Diluted Weighted Average Shares Outstanding	8.32M	210M	466M	482M	496M
Normalized Basic EPS	-4.02	-0.37	-0.18	-0.24	-0.25
Normalized Diluted EPS	-4.02	-0.37	-0.18	-0.24	-0.25
Supplemental Items
EBITDA	-44.59M	-90.68M	-105M	-149M	-157M
EBITA	-51.7M	-98.21M	-122M	-165M	-178M
EBIT	-53.93M	-102M	-135M	-178M	-190M
EBITDAR	-42.04M	-87.32M	-99.72M	-142M	-148M
Total Revenues (As Reported)	-	-	-	-	436M
Effective Tax Rate - (Ratio)	-0.86	6.02	-2.26	-2.04	-0.4
Current Domestic Taxes	-	2K	-39K	-18K	14K
Current Foreign Taxes	1.41M	2.38M	3.8M	3.27M	-299K
Total Current Taxes	1.41M	2.38M	3.76M	3.25M	-285K
Deferred Domestic Taxes	-	-6.3M	-2.25M	566K	446K
Deferred Foreign Taxes	-943K	-3.6M	1.48M	-168K	603K
Total Deferred Taxes	-943K	-9.9M	-765K	398K	1.05M
Normalized Net Income	-33.44M	-77.7M	-82.82M	-115M	-122M
Interest on Long-Term Debt	95K	-	900K	967K	949K
Supplemental Operating Expense Items
Research And Development Expense From Footnotes	19.14M	41.76M	65.17M	119M	174M
Net Rental Expense, Total	2.55M	3.36M	5.11M	7.16M	9.76M
Imputed Operating Lease Interest Expense	-	2.06M	2.22M	1.44M	940K
Imputed Operating Lease Depreciation	-	1.3M	2.89M	5.73M	8.82M
Stock-Based Comp., COGS (Total)	1.4M	11M	17.95M	12.52M	16.66M
Stock-Based Comp., R&D Exp. (Total)	1.18M	9.97M	21.13M	21.72M	15.63M
Stock-Based Comp., SG&A Exp. (Total)	1.64M	11.59M	16.57M	19.22M	24.53M
Total Stock-Based Compensation	4.22M	32.56M	55.65M	53.46M	56.82M

Fiscal Period: December	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Assets
Cash And Equivalents	52.79M	691M	243M	163M	271M
Short Term Investments	-	-	229M	82.26M	148M
Total Cash And Short Term Investments	52.79M	691M	472M	245M	419M
Accounts Receivable, Total	4.78M	16.45M	46.02M	51.86M	104M
Other Receivables	5.87M	2.56M	1.44M	9.94M	7.78M
Total Receivables	10.64M	19.01M	47.47M	61.8M	112M
Inventory	26.14M	47.9M	92.28M	108M	119M
Prepaid Expenses	2.63M	14.79M	43.13M	48.03M	38.04M
Other Current Assets, Total	914K	2.1M	7.63M	14.26M	4.98M
Total Current Assets	93.11M	775M	662M	477M	693M
Gross Property Plant And Equipment	92.58M	116M	189M	269M	328M
Accumulated Depreciation	-15.85M	-22.19M	-36.39M	-49.11M	-65.58M
Net Property Plant And Equipment	76.73M	93.76M	152M	220M	263M
Long-term Investments	-	-	9.19M	79.25M	60.69M
Goodwill	3.13M	43.31M	71.02M	71.02M	71.02M
Other Intangibles, Total	11.35M	57.49M	79.69M	68.09M	58.64M
Deferred Tax Assets Long-Term	2.4M	5.86M	3.9M	3.5M	3.01M
Other Long-Term Assets, Total	1.14M	5.67M	10.66M	22.83M	35.47M
Total Assets	188M	981M	989M	941M	1.18B
Liabilities
Accounts Payable, Total	3.37M	3.49M	12.08M	29.3M	53.06M
Accrued Expenses, Total	11.15M	19.24M	17.36M	21.93M	40.31M
Current Portion of Long-Term Debt	-	2.83M	2.91M	17.76M	12.04M
Current Portion of Leases	1.67M	2.38M	3.72M	5.6M	6.44M
Unearned Revenue Current, Total	26.13M	59.75M	108M	139M	216M
Other Current Liabilities	6.1M	8.62M	18.52M	9.43M	11.52M
Total Current Liabilities	48.42M	96.31M	163M	223M	340M
Long-Term Debt	-	97.3M	100M	87.59M	389M
Long-Term Leases	27.3M	28.3M	49.83M	71.34M	66.94M
Deferred Tax Liability Non Current	-	466K	95K	426K	891K
Other Non Current Liabilities	-	60.03M	3M	3.94M	5.1M
Total Liabilities	75.72M	282M	316M	387M	802M
Preferred Stock Convertible	275M	-	-	-	-
Preferred Stock - Others	3.9M	-	-	-	-
Total Preferred Equity	279M	-	-	-	-
Common Stock, Total	-	45K	48K	49K	50K
Additional Paid In Capital	19.93M	1B	1.11B	1.18B	1.2B
Retained Earnings	-188M	-305M	-441M	-624M	-814M
Comprehensive Income and Other	1.06M	1.31M	1.14M	1.54M	-2.8M
Total Common Equity	-167M	698M	673M	555M	382M
Total Equity	112M	698M	673M	555M	382M
Total Liabilities And Equity	188M	981M	989M	941M	1.18B
Supplemental Items
ECS Total Shares Outstanding on Filing Date	8.72M	465M	478M	489M	454M
ECS Total Common Shares Outstanding	8.65M	450M	475M	489M	504M
Book Value / Share	-19.26	1.55	1.42	1.13	0.76
Tangible Book Value	-181M	598M	522M	415M	253M
Tangible Book Value Per Share	-20.94	1.33	1.1	0.85	0.5
Total Debt	28.97M	131M	157M	182M	475M
Net Debt	-23.82M	-560M	-324M	-142M	-4.82M
Debt Equivalent Oper. Leases	20.42M	26.85M	40.86M	57.31M	78.1M
Account Code - Inventory Valuation	3	3	-	3	3
Inventories - Raw Materials, Total	14.02M	21.52M	33.38M	45.06M	50.65M
Inventories - Work In Process, Total	12.11M	24.17M	50.66M	53.63M	60.46M
Inventories - Finished Goods, Total	-	2.22M	8.24M	9.17M	7.96M
Buildings, Total	20.33M	25.08M	36.49M	59.73M	68.63M
Machinery, Total	27.59M	30.46M	61.82M	94.6M	144M
Full Time Employees	531	758	1.4K	1.65K	2.1K
Order Backlog	127M	242M	504M	1.05B	1.07B

Fiscal Period: December	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Net Income	-55M	-117M	-136M	-183M	-190M
Depreciation & Amortization - CF	7.12M	7.53M	16.72M	16.64M	21.59M
Amortization of Goodwill and Intangible Assets - (CF)	2.22M	3.32M	13.23M	13.1M	12.07M
Depreciation & Amortization, Total	9.34M	10.85M	29.95M	29.74M	33.66M
Amortization of Deferred Charges, Total - (CF)	-	1.55M	2.83M	2.9M	3.09M
(Gain) Loss From Sale Of Asset	1.47M	156K	923K	-111K	-2.83M
(Gain) Loss on Sale of Investments - (CF)	-	-	-1.4M	-4.57M	-2.9M
Stock-Based Compensation (CF)	4.22M	32.56M	55.65M	53.46M	56.82M
Other Operating Activities, Total	3.44M	8.44M	-10.86M	9.57M	7.66M
Change In Accounts Receivable	4.5M	-5.97M	-16.98M	-2.05M	-51.59M
Change In Inventories	-11.26M	-12.69M	-25.96M	-15.56M	-12.4M
Change In Accounts Payable	-5.33M	-4.52M	-2.13M	15.58M	24.8M
Change in Unearned Revenues	15.92M	28.06M	22.66M	30.99M	76.86M
Change in Other Net Operating Assets	-53K	-12.9M	-25.28M	-36.26M	8.11M
Cash from Operations	-32.76M	-71.79M	-107M	-98.87M	-48.89M
Capital Expenditure	-20.14M	-25.7M	-42.41M	-54.71M	-67.09M
Sale of Property, Plant, and Equipment	27K	-	-	3.66M	12.54M
Cash Acquisitions	-12.21M	-66.44M	-65.82M	-18.97M	-
Investment in Marketable and Equity Securities, Total	-	-	-238M	82.03M	-43.78M
Cash from Investing	-32.32M	-92.13M	-346M	12.02M	-98.33M
Long-Term Debt Issued, Total	-	114M	-	110M	355M
Total Debt Issued	-	114M	-	110M	355M
Long-Term Debt Repaid, Total	-	-15M	-271K	-108M	-52.05M
Total Debt Repaid	-	-15M	-271K	-108M	-52.05M
Issuance of Common Stock	978K	731M	39.42M	23.43M	44.44M
Repurchase of Common Stock	-	-30.36M	-31.61M	-15.72M	-35.34M
Issuance of Preferred Stock	20.5M	-	-	-	-
Other Financing Activities, Total	-	-	-5.5M	-2.43M	-55.37M
Cash from Financing	21.48M	800M	2.04M	7.37M	257M
Foreign Exchange Rate Adjustments	-153K	2.13M	4.37M	43K	-597K
Net Change in Cash	-43.76M	638M	-446M	-79.44M	109M
Supplemental Items
Cash Interest Paid	-	3.99M	10.75M	15.55M	16.29M
Cash Income Tax Paid (Refund)	-300K	1.84M	2.67M	769K	269K
Levered Free Cash Flow	-33.81M	-47.17M	-84.58M	-80.2M	-15.27M
Unlevered Free Cash Flow	-33.81M	-44.88M	-82.54M	-80.45M	-15.89M
Change In Net Working Capital	-6.48M	-865K	41.48M	-2.25M	-79.36M
Net Debt Issued / Repaid	-	98.9M	-271K	2.09M	303M

Fiscal Period: December	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Profitability
Return on Assets	-17.6	-10.86	-8.55	-11.52	-11.16
Return on Total Capital	-21.91	-13.08	-10.16	-14.2	-14.88
Return On Equity %	-44.12	-28.95	-19.82	-29.74	-40.59
Return on Common Equity	38.57	-44.13	-19.82	-29.74	-40.59
Margin Analysis
Gross Profit Margin %	-33.61	-3.04	9	21.02	26.63
SG&A Margin	65.32	92.99	41.99	45.08	30.16
EBITDA Margin %	-126.81	-145.7	-49.68	-60.83	-36.08
EBITA Margin %	-147.05	-157.8	-57.61	-67.38	-40.74
EBIT Margin %	-153.37	-163.14	-63.88	-72.74	-43.51
Income From Continuing Operations Margin %	-156.44	-188.51	-64.43	-74.64	-43.6
Net Income Margin %	-156.44	-188.51	-64.43	-74.64	-43.6
Net Avail. For Common Margin %	-156.44	-188.51	-64.43	-74.64	-43.6
Normalized Net Income Margin	-95.12	-124.84	-39.25	-46.89	-27.96
Levered Free Cash Flow Margin	-96.15	-75.79	-40.09	-32.79	-3.5
Unlevered Free Cash Flow Margin	-96.15	-72.12	-39.12	-32.89	-3.64
Asset Turnover
Asset Turnover	0.18	0.11	0.21	0.25	0.41
Fixed Assets Turnover	0.49	0.73	1.71	1.31	1.81
Receivables Turnover (Average Receivables)	5.4	5.87	6.76	5	5.61
Inventory Turnover (Average Inventory)	2.33	1.73	2.74	1.93	2.82
Short Term Liquidity
Current Ratio	1.92	8.04	4.06	2.13	2.04
Quick Ratio	1.31	7.37	3.19	1.37	1.56
Operating Cash Flow to Current Liabilities	-0.68	-0.75	-0.65	-0.44	-0.14
Days Sales Outstanding (Average Receivables)	67.79	62.23	54.03	73.03	65.28
Days Outstanding Inventory (Average Inventory)	156.96	210.7	133.24	189.07	129.75
Average Days Payable Outstanding	30.51	14.57	12.02	36.18	45.5
Cash Conversion Cycle (Average Days)	194.24	258.36	175.25	225.92	149.53
Long Term Solvency
Total Debt/Equity	25.83	18.73	23.25	32.87	124.16
Total Debt / Total Capital	20.53	15.77	18.86	24.74	55.39
LT Debt/Equity	24.34	17.98	22.26	28.66	119.33
Long-Term Debt / Total Capital	19.34	15.15	18.06	21.57	53.23
Total Liabilities / Total Assets	40.3	28.79	31.94	41.08	67.71
EBIT / Interest Expense	-	-16.57	-17.28	-41.88	-48
EBITDA / Interest Expense	-	-14.25	-12.79	-33.34	-37.33
(EBITDA - Capex) / Interest Expense	-	-18.44	-18.22	-46.22	-54.3
Total Debt / EBITDA	-0.69	-1.5	-1.57	-1.29	-3.22
Net Debt / EBITDA	0.57	6.41	3.25	1	0.03
Total Debt / (EBITDA - Capex)	-0.47	-1.16	-1.1	-0.93	-2.21
Net Debt / (EBITDA - Capex)	0.38	4.96	2.28	0.72	0.02
Growth Over Prior Year
Total Revenues, 1 Yr. Growth %	-27.35	77.01	239.02	15.92	78.34
Gross Profit, 1 Yr. Growth %	998.23	-83.98	-1.1K	170.72	125.93
EBITDA, 1 Yr. Growth %	59.12	103.38	14.94	41.93	5.77
EBITA, 1 Yr. Growth %	60.84	89.95	23.11	35.6	7.84
EBIT, 1 Yr. Growth %	63.94	88.28	32.07	32.01	6.68
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 1 Yr. Growth %	81.18	113.29	15.87	34.3	4.16
Net Income, 1 Yr. Growth %	81.18	113.29	15.87	34.3	4.16
Normalized Net Income, 1 Yr. Growth %	78.34	132.32	6.15	37.02	5.72
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 1 Yr. Growth %	74.48	-23.37	-47.83	29.96	1.19
Accounts Receivable, 1 Yr. Growth %	-42.11	244.44	179.83	12.68	100.05
Inventory, 1 Yr. Growth %	84.61	83.29	92.63	16.88	10.4
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 1 Yr. Growth %	16.75	22.19	62.5	44.25	19.61
Total Assets, 1 Yr. Growth %	-3.75	422.09	0.84	-4.84	25.83
Tangible Book Value, 1 Yr. Growth %	51.17	-429.85	-12.58	-20.49	-39.15
Common Equity, 1 Yr. Growth %	40.65	-518.96	-3.61	-17.63	-31.03
Cash From Operations, 1 Yr. Growth %	51.64	158.64	48.4	-7.2	-50.55
Capital Expenditures, 1 Yr. Growth %	-17.16	2.3	65.03	28.99	22.64
Levered Free Cash Flow, 1 Yr. Growth %	-	21.61	78.1	-5.18	-80.96
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 1 Yr. Growth %	-	15.72	82.57	-2.52	-80.25
Compound Annual Growth Rate Over Two Years
Total Revenues, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-	13.4	144.97	98.24	43.78
Gross Profit, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-	32.64	26.77	421.13	147.31
EBITDA, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-	79.89	53.33	27.72	22.52
EBITA, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-	74.79	53.33	29.2	20.92
EBIT, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-	75.69	58.09	32.04	18.67
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-	96.58	57.21	24.75	18.28
Net Income, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-	96.58	57.21	24.75	18.28
Normalized Net Income, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-	103.55	57.37	21.24	20.71
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-	-61.58	-36.77	-17.66	14.68
Accounts Receivable, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-	41.2	210.46	77.57	50.14
Inventory, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-	83.95	87.91	50.05	13.59
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 2 Yr. CAGR %	-	19.44	40.91	53.11	31.36
Total Assets, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-	124.17	129.46	-2.04	9.42
Tangible Book Value, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-	123.3	69.81	-16.63	-30.44
Common Equity, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-	142.75	100.95	-10.9	-24.63
Cash From Operations, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-	82.29	95.91	17.35	-32.26
Capital Expenditures, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-	2.8	29.93	45.9	25.78
Levered Free Cash Flow, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	47.68	29.95	-57.51
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	45.88	33.4	-56.12
Compound Annual Growth Rate Over Three Years
Total Revenues, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	63.36	90.9	91.37
Gross Profit, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	160.36	63.25	294.42
EBITDA, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	55.24	49.43	19.94
EBITA, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	55.79	47.17	21.65
EBIT, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	60.02	48.87	22.98
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	64.82	49.17	17.47
Net Income, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	64.82	49.17	17.47
Normalized Net Income, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	64.07	50.8	16.05
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-57.46	-19.61	-11.8
Accounts Receivable, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	77.36	121.46	84.77
Inventory, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	86.8	60.4	35.46
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	32.35	42.02	41.01
Total Assets, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	71.76	71.11	6.49
Tangible Book Value, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	63.36	31.86	-24.93
Common Equity, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	78.42	49.28	-18.19
Cash From Operations, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	70.21	52.72	-12.02
Capital Expenditures, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	20.37	29.62	37.7
Levered Free Cash Flow, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	27.4	-31.49
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	27.53	-29.43
Compound Annual Growth Rate Over Five Years
Total Revenues, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	-	55.23
Gross Profit, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	-	155.06
EBITDA, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	-	41.22
EBITA, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	-	40.78
EBIT, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	-	41.98
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	-	44.33
Net Income, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	-	44.33
Normalized Net Income, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	-	45.42
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	-	-36.75
Accounts Receivable, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	-	65.93
Inventory, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	-	53.1
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	-	31.95
Total Assets, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	-	43.42
Tangible Book Value, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	-	16.1
Common Equity, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	-	26.4
Cash From Operations, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	-	17.74
Capital Expenditures, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	-	22.51