RKLB’s short interest reaches 56.88 million shares on 2025-08-15

The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Rocket Lab Corp shares valued at $212,051 were sold by Saintil Merline on Jun 24 ’25. At $33.38 per share, Saintil Merline sold 6,353 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 419,569 shares worth approximately $19.41 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Saintil Merline sold 6,353 shares, netting a total of over 186,844 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $29.41 each, the insider now holds 425,922 shares.

Before that, MERLINE SAINTIL had added 12,706 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $353,862, the Director bought Rocket Lab Corp shares for $27.85 each.

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] plunged -3.91% to $46.25. The stock’s lowest price that day was $45.82, but it reached a high of $48.74 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 13.66%. Over the course of the year, Rocket Lab Corp shares have jumped approximately 564.51%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $53.44 on 07/17/25 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 45.13, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 44.02. In the upper region, resistance lies at 48.05. The next price resistance is at 49.86. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 56.89 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 2025-08-15 jumping by 0.96 million shares to 56.88 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-15 was 55.92 million shares. A jump of 1.68% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.72 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 2.72.

Which companies own the most shares of Rocket Lab Corp (RKLB)?

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 -27.28% from the previous closing price of $48.13. 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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