NASDAQ:RKLB 7 January 2026 - 17 January 2026

Shares of Rocket Lab USA jumped on Friday following Morgan Stanley’s upgrade to Overweight, with the price target boosted to $105 from $67. The stock closed 6.1% higher at $96.30 and ticked up another 0.5% to $96.77 in after-hours trading.

Rocket Lab shares jumped on Friday following a Morgan Stanley upgrade that also boosted the price target. The move adds fuel to what’s already been one of the market’s more volatile momentum plays.

Shares of Rocket Lab Corporation slipped Thursday following a downgrade from KeyBanc, halting a recent rally that had drawn attention to the space company’s valuation. The stock closed down 1.13% at $90.76 and later dipped another 0.53% to $90.28 in after-hours trading.

Rocket Lab shares slipped Thursday following a downgrade from KeyBanc Capital Markets, halting a recent surge that had lifted the stock to new highs this month. The stock dropped roughly 4.3% to $87.90 in early trading.

Rocket Lab shares edged up 0.1% to $87.98 by midday Tuesday, following Baird analyst Peter Arment’s upgrade of the price target to $100. He advised clients to “stay long RKLB,” according to StreetInsider. The stock fluctuated between $85.66 and $89.65 on volume of roughly 12 million shares, as the Nasdaq Composite dipped 0.1%.

Rocket Lab Corp shares rose 4.6% to $86.87 in late morning trading on Friday, bouncing after a dip a day earlier as investors weighed heavy insider selling disclosed in regulatory filings.

Rocket Lab Corp shares dipped in after-hours trading on Thursday after a regulatory filing showed Chief Financial Officer Adam C. Spice sold about $103 million of stock under a Rule 10b5-1 plan, which sets trades in advance. The stock closed down 1.2% at $83.08 and slipped to $82.98 after the bell, leaving the space company valued at about $44.4 billion. Spice sold 1,365,665 shares at weighted-average prices ranging from $71.49 to $78.24 and exercised options to buy 731,330 shares, the filing showed. SEC+1