Why Rocket Lab Stock Plummeted 36.1% Last Month But Is Soaring in August
Rocket Lab stock has been highly volatile, but the company has kept securing new contract wins.
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Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB) stock got crushed in July's trading and fell 36.1% across the stretch, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. Over the same period, the S&P 500 was roughly flat, while the Nasdaq Composite declined 3.2%.
While there was little in the way of truly negative, business-specific news for Rocket Lab last month, the company's share price was caught up in a broader valuation pullback for space stocks. In addition to investors generally reducing exposure to the space industry, macroeconomic and geopolitical risk factors created an unfavorable backdrop for growth-dependent tech stocks.
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