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Rocket Lab USA (RKLB) Competitors

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$24.87 +1.65 (+7.11%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:45 PM ET)

RKLB vs. XPO, EXPD, CHRW, HUBG, ATSG, FWRD, PKOH, UPS, FDX, and KTOS

Should you be buying Rocket Lab USA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rocket Lab USA include XPO (XPO), Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD), C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW), Hub Group (HUBG), Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), Forward Air (FWRD), Park-Ohio (PKOH), United Parcel Service (UPS), FedEx (FDX), and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS).

Rocket Lab USA vs.

Rocket Lab USA (NASDAQ:RKLB) and XPO (NYSE:XPO) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

In the previous week, Rocket Lab USA had 12 more articles in the media than XPO. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Rocket Lab USA and 13 mentions for XPO. XPO's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Rocket Lab USA's score of 0.64 indicating that XPO is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Rocket Lab USA
10 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
XPO
7 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

XPO received 1125 more outperform votes than Rocket Lab USA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.85% of users gave XPO an outperform vote while only 53.85% of users gave Rocket Lab USA an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Rocket Lab USAOutperform Votes
42
53.85%
Underperform Votes
36
46.15%
XPOOutperform Votes
1167
77.85%
Underperform Votes
332
22.15%

Rocket Lab USA presently has a consensus price target of $17.44, suggesting a potential downside of 29.86%. XPO has a consensus price target of $147.31, suggesting a potential upside of 8.92%. Given XPO's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe XPO is more favorable than Rocket Lab USA.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Rocket Lab USA
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
XPO
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88

71.8% of Rocket Lab USA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.7% of XPO shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.7% of Rocket Lab USA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of XPO shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Rocket Lab USA has a beta of 1.96, suggesting that its share price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XPO has a beta of 2.08, suggesting that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.

XPO has a net margin of 4.57% compared to Rocket Lab USA's net margin of -51.76%. XPO's return on equity of 31.16% beat Rocket Lab USA's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Rocket Lab USA-51.76% -39.47% -16.87%
XPO 4.57%31.16%5.82%

XPO has higher revenue and earnings than Rocket Lab USA. Rocket Lab USA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than XPO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Rocket Lab USA$363.82M34.17-$182.57M-$0.37-67.22
XPO$8.09B1.95$189M$3.0943.77

Summary

XPO beats Rocket Lab USA on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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RKLB vs. The Competition

MetricRocket Lab USAGuided missiles & space vehicles & parts IndustryAerospace SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$12.43B$26.64B$17.88B$9.08B
Dividend YieldN/A2.73%1.29%4.21%
P/E Ratio-67.2192.1436.9117.15
Price / Sales34.179.6619.38116.80
Price / CashN/A30.5330.2937.88
Price / Book2.196.095.724.78
Net Income-$182.57M$1.33B$463.64M$225.60M
7 Day Performance1.84%8.69%3.24%-1.21%
1 Month Performance11.18%2.81%6.33%3.09%
1 Year Performance461.40%159.96%38.63%16.48%

Rocket Lab USA Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RKLB
Rocket Lab USA
2.5987 of 5 stars
$24.87
+7.1%
$17.44
-29.9%
+463.9%$12.43B$363.82M-67.211,650Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
XPO
XPO
3.7213 of 5 stars
$156.41
+0.1%
$147.31
-5.8%
+56.0%$18.21B$7.74B50.5838,000
EXPD
Expeditors International of Washington
1.7689 of 5 stars
$118.37
-0.1%
$118.44
+0.1%
-11.1%$16.57B$9.92B23.1018,000Positive News
CHRW
C.H. Robinson Worldwide
4.1236 of 5 stars
$111.31
-0.1%
$112.88
+1.4%
+22.4%$13.16B$17.76B38.5415,246
HUBG
Hub Group
3.2401 of 5 stars
$49.02
-0.2%
$46.83
-4.5%
-2.9%$3.01B$4.20B27.915,950News Coverage
ATSG
Air Transport Services Group
2.384 of 5 stars
$21.94
+0.2%
$20.60
-6.1%
+31.7%$1.44B$2.07B-547.365,095
FWRD
Forward Air
1.5931 of 5 stars
$33.16
+1.0%
$39.25
+18.4%
-54.5%$960.12M$2.18B-1.384,251Positive News
PKOH
Park-Ohio
2.7594 of 5 stars
$29.69
-0.2%
N/A+0.4%$416.85M$1.66B23.806,300
UPS
United Parcel Service
4.9176 of 5 stars
$129.47
+0.6%
$151.29
+16.9%
-19.9%$110.49B$90.69B19.58500,000
FDX
FedEx
4.7939 of 5 stars
$284.92
+0.5%
$316.68
+11.1%
+12.0%$69.61B$87.59B17.48430,000Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Options Volume
News Coverage
Gap Up
KTOS
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
3.3902 of 5 stars
$28.10
+4.7%
$26.40
-6.0%
+29.3%$4.25B$1.13B268.403,900Insider Trade
Positive News
Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:RKLB) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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