Rocket Lab USA Ownership | Who Owns Rocket Lab USA?

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Rocket Lab USA Ownership Summary

Rocket Lab USA is owned by 40.96% institutional investors, 1.77% insiders, and 57.27% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 8.97% of RKLB shares. Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund, with 3.32% of its assets in Rocket Lab USA shares.

RKLB Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Rocket Lab USA	40.96%	1.77%	57.27%
Sector	Industrials Stocks	47.66%	12.56%	39.78%
Industry	Defense Stocks	48.36%	10.81%	40.83%
Idea	Space Stocks List	39.15%	5.04%	55.82%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	47.42M	8.97%	$3.31B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	33.08M	6.26%	$2.31B
Blackrock	27.18M	5.55%	$130.48M
Baillie gifford	17.85M	3.38%	$1.25B
Capital world investors	16.20M	3.06%	$1.13B
State street	12.40M	2.41%	$594.06M
Jpmorgan chase	9.69M	1.83%	$676.32M
Geode capital management	9.00M	1.70%	$626.60M
D. e. shaw	8.39M	1.69%	$213.68M
Vk services	8.32M	1.62%	$398.78M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Vk services	8.32M	98.64%	$398.78M
Once capital management	556.00K	7.96%	$38.79M
Firsthand capital management	70.00K	5.63%	$3.35M
Morgens waterfall vintiadis	150.00K	4.93%	$7.19M
O'neil global advisors	200.22K	4.81%	$13.97M
Tb alternative assets	359.20K	4.79%	$23.07M
Berkshire capital	207.36K	4.79%	$14.47M
Darden wealth group	107.08K	3.62%	$7.47M
Unicom systems	502.90K	3.43%	$35.08M
Sharpepoint	81.41K	3.40%	$5.68M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Baillie gifford	17.85M	1.03%	5.73M
Vanguard group	47.42M	0.05%	5.61M
Norges bank	4.89M	0.04%	4.89M
Jpmorgan chase	9.69M	0.04%	4.12M
Toroso investments	3.85M	0.37%	3.81M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Vk services	8.32M	98.64%	-13.00M
Vector capital management	-	-	-9.62M
Deer management	-	-	-8.17M
Kingstone capital partners texas	-	-	-5.39M
Morgan stanley	4.20M	0.02%	-2.93M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	4.89M	0.04%	4.89M	$341.04M
Cantor fitzgerald, l. p.	1.92M	0.81%	1.92M	$91.81M
Renaissance	915.10K	0.10%	915.10K	$63.84M
Frontier capital management	830.20K	0.36%	830.20K	$39.77M
National pension service	643.17K	0.03%	643.17K	$44.87M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Bellwether advisors	-4.00
Atlas capital advisors	-10.00
Psi advisors	-10.00
Breakwater investment management	-10.00
Raleigh capital management	-14.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2025	638	-12.36%	216,560,085	-19.63%	40	1.50%	395	-12.61%	145	-11.59%
Sep 30, 2025	688	26.47%	268,340,891	4.68%	52	2.10%	426	26.41%	156	27.87%
Jun 30, 2025	543	21.48%	272,573,218	9.49%	53	2.22%	329	27.03%	126	17.76%
Mar 31, 2025	444	0.45%	248,865,912	2.09%	49	2.05%	256	-11.72%	108	21.35%
Dec 31, 2024	326	4.49%	151,513,014	-41.05%	30	1.14%	212	26.19%	71	-1.39%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	18.03M	3.32%	1.13M
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	12.09M	2.67%	1.62M
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	8.85M	1.92%	-
Capital Group Growth Fnd of Amer Comp	8.59M	1.58%	-1.57M
American Funds Growth Fund of Amer A	8.59M	1.58%	-1.57M
Vanguard Small Cap Index	6.55M	1.21%	-5.58M
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional	6.13M	1.13%	6.13M
Vanguard Institutional Extnd Mkt Idx Tr	5.25M	0.97%	131.28K
SPDR® S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF	4.64M	0.96%	-
iShares US Aerospace & Defense ETF	5.30M	0.93%	-43.33K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Mar 06, 2026	Saintil Merline	-	Sell	$1.36M
Mar 02, 2026	Spice Adam C.	Chief Financial Officer	Sell	$299.99K
Mar 02, 2026	Spice Adam C.	Chief Financial Officer	Sell	$796.62K
Mar 02, 2026	Spice Adam C.	Chief Financial Officer	Sell	$214.97K
Mar 02, 2026	Spice Adam C.	Chief Financial Officer	Sell	$2.57M

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q1	-	59
2025 Q4	-	57
2025 Q3	-	41
2025 Q2	-	17
2025 Q1	-	5

RKLB Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Rocket Lab USA?

Rocket Lab USA shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 40.96%, followed by 1.77% insiders and 57.27% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Rocket Lab USA's industry, Defense Stocks, is 48.36%, which Rocket Lab USA falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Rocket Lab USA?

Rocket Lab USA’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (47.42M shares, 8.97%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (33.08M shares, 6.26%), and Blackrock (27.18M shares, 5.55%). Together, they hold 20.77% of Rocket Lab USA’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Rocket Lab USA?

Yes, BlackRock owns 5.55% of Rocket Lab USA, totaling 27.18M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.00% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 130.48M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 3.27M shares, a 13.68% change.

Who is Rocket Lab USA’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Vk services is Rocket Lab USA’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 98.64% of its assets in 8.32M Rocket Lab USA shares, valued at 398.78M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Rocket Lab USA shares?

Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund holder of Rocket Lab USA shares, with 3.32% of its total shares outstanding invested in 18.03M Rocket Lab USA shares.

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