From: WealthCoachMak
π¨ $RKLB DROPS A RECORD QUARTER β NEUTRON WAIT GETS LONGER
THE TOP LINE β Revenue $268M, up 73% year over year β Beat its own $250M to $265M guide β Beat the ~$257M Street number β Best revenue quarter in company history
BACKLOG IS THE STORY β Backlog hit a record $3.57B β Up 52% in a single quarter β About $1B in new launch contracts signed β Record 117 launches now in backlog
GUIDANCE β Q4 revenue guided to $270M to $290M β Adjusted EBITDA loss of $18M landed inside the guided range
THE SOFT SPOTS β GAAP loss of $0.12 a share vs $0.07 expected β Neutron first launch now no earlier than 2027 β $515M+ in new Neutron contracts help, but the rocket still has to fly
THE TAPE β Stock ran +10.9% into the print β Down about 5% after hours on the wider loss and the Neutron timeline
Record revenue, record backlog, real guide higher
The business is executing β the stock now waits on Neutron β


