Firefly Aerospace vs Rocket Lab
FLY and RKLB side by side, both in transportation equipment. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How FLY and RKLB compare
Rocket Lab is the larger company, worth 11 times as much as Firefly Aerospace ($32.7B against $3.0B).
Firefly Aerospace grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (179% versus 52.5% for Rocket Lab).
Rocket Lab keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of −21.5% compared with −127% at Firefly Aerospace.
Rocket Lab scores higher on the StockData Score (8 against 4 for Firefly Aerospace), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | FLY | RKLB |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $3.0B | $32.7B |
| Share price | $17.93 | $54.73 |
| Change, 1 year | −28.4% | −17.3% |
| Change, 5 years | 27.7% | 253% |
| Beta (5Y) | 3.65 | 2.39 |
| Employees | 1,409 | 2,600 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 4 | 8 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | 10.5× (better) | 42.6× |
| P/B | – | 9.4× |
| FCF yield | −10.9% | −1.1% (better) |
| Fair value | – | $19.05 |
| Margin of safety | – | −187% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 179% (better) | 52.5% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | – | 76.5% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 22.9% | 37.3% (better) |
| Operating margin | −118% | −29.1% (better) |
| Net margin | −127% | −21.5% (better) |
| FCF margin | −114% | −48.3% (better) |
| Return on equity | – | −7.9% |
| Return on invested capital | – | −28.1% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.00 |
| Interest coverage | −41.2× | – |
| Current ratio | 2.73 | 5.48 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 3.16 | 28.58 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | – | −7.0% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% (better) | −7.0% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 56.7% | 53.9% |
| Held by insiders | 87.7% | 16.3% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$384M (better) | −$673M |
| Short interest, % of float | 58.1% | 8.9% |
Go deeper
- FLY stock overview
- FLY income statement
- FLY valuation and score
- RKLB stock overview
- RKLB income statement
- RKLB valuation and score
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