TTM
-23.9%
YoY change
+8.97pp
Trough year (2021)
-146.5%
Peak year (2025)
-25.8%
Latest annual
-25.8%
EBITDA Margin history chart for Rocket Lab USA (RKLB) from 2019 to 2025
Latest: -25.8%
EBITDA Margin change chart for Rocket Lab USA (RKLB) from 2019 to 2025
Latest: +8.97pp
EBITDA Margin history table for Rocket Lab USA (RKLB) from 2019 to 2025
| 2025 | -25.8% | +8.97pp | ||
| 2024 | -34.8% | +24.45pp | ||
| 2023 | -59.3% | -14.13pp | ||
| 2022 | -45.1% | +101.42pp | ||
| 2021 | -146.5% | -16.81pp | ||
| 2020 | -129.7% | -71.83pp | ||
| 2019 | -57.9% | — |
- 2025-25.8%+8.97pp
- 2024-34.8%+24.45pp
- 2023-59.3%-14.13pp
- 2022-45.1%+101.42pp
- 2021-146.5%-16.81pp
- 2020-129.7%-71.83pp
- 2019-57.9%—
EBITDA Margin values are taken from Rocket Lab USA's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About EBITDA Margin at Rocket Lab USA (RKLB)
According to Rocket Lab USA's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported EBITDA margin is -23.9%. EBITDA margin is EBITDA divided by revenue — earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization as a percentage of sales. By stripping out non-cash charges and capital-structure effects, it approximates operating cash profitability and is widely used to compare companies with different asset bases and leverage.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
The 2025 reading of Rocket Lab USA (RKLB) EBITDA margin is -25.83% – expanded 9.0 percentage points year-over-year.
2025 marks the peak EBITDA margin at -25.83%, with the historical low of -146.54% recorded in 2021.
Rocket Lab USA EBITDA Margin by Year
Rocket Lab USA EBITDA Margin 2025: -25.8%
2025's EBITDA margin for Rocket Lab USA came in at -25.83%, expanded 9.0 percentage points from 2024. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
Rocket Lab USA EBITDA Margin 2024: -34.8%
Rocket Lab USA posted EBITDA margin of -34.80% in 2024, expanded 24.5 percentage points from 2023.
Rocket Lab USA EBITDA Margin 2023: -59.3%
In 2023, Rocket Lab USA reported EBITDA margin of -59.25%, contracted 14.1 percentage points from 2022.
Rocket Lab USA EBITDA Margin 2022: -45.1%
Rocket Lab USA EBITDA margin in 2022 was -45.12%, expanded 101.4 percentage points from 2021.
Rocket Lab USA EBITDA Margin 2021: -146.5%
Rocket Lab USA EBITDA margin in 2021 was -146.54%.
See more financial history for Rocket Lab USA (RKLB).
Sector peers by EBITDA Margin
Industrials peers of Rocket Lab USA (RKLB), ranked by their latest EBITDA margin
| 52.5% | |
| 22.8% | |
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| 21.6% | |
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| 17.1% | |
| 7.9% |
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