RKLB short interest surges, indicating growing pessimism among investors

Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Rocket Lab Corp shares valued at $41,985,316 were sold by Spice Adam C. on Sep 19 ’25. At $48.01 per share, Spice Adam C. sold 874,588 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 2,057,889 shares worth approximately $98.72 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, ADAM C SPICE purchased 874,588 shares, netting a total of over 41,985,297 in proceeds.

Before that, Ocko Matthew had sold 1,873,097 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $90,280,095, the Director traded Rocket Lab Corp shares for $48.20 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 1,873,097 shares, worth approximately $25.98 million.

As published in their initiating research note from Craig Hallum on July 28, 2025, Rocket Lab Corp [RKLB] has been a Hold and the price target has been revised to $51. As of April 25, 2025, Needham has initiated its “Buy” rating for RKLB. Earlier on September 12, 2024, JMP Securities initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Mkt perform” for RKLB stock.

Analyzing RKLB Stock Performance

On last trading session, Rocket Lab Corp [NASDAQ: RKLB] rose 0.13% to $47.97. The stock’s lowest price that day was $47.12, but it reached a high of $49.42 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -1.48%. Over the course of the year, Rocket Lab Corp shares have jumped approximately 390.49%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $55.17 on 09/15/25 and a 52-week low of $14.71 on 04/07/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Rocket Lab Corp (RKLB)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 46.92, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 45.87. In the upper region, resistance lies at 49.22. The next price resistance is at 50.47. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 51.27 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Rocket Lab Corp subject to short interest?

Stocks of Rocket Lab Corp saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-09-15 jumping by 3.43 million shares to 60.31 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-08-15 was 56.88 million shares. A jump of 5.69% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.83 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 2.83.

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In terms of Rocket Lab Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 35 in the next 12 months, down nearly -26.95% from the previous closing price of $47.91. Analysts anticipate Rocket Lab Corp stock to reach 35 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 35. In spite of this, 9 analysts ranked Rocket Lab Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On July 15, 2024, Morgan Stanley assigned a price target of “an Equal-weight” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $6.

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