ATMU
Atmus Filtration Technologies Inc.
ATMU has the edge over RKLB overall, supported by lower modeled downside and stronger fundamentals.
RKLB
Rocket Lab USA, Inc.
RKLB offers stronger valuation, but that advantage does not outweigh its weaker overall profile.
ATMU Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Healthy | |
| Healthy | |
| Stable |
ATMU's revenue, profitability and cash flow are currently healthy, and its balance sheet is stable.
RKLB Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Under pressure | |
| Weak | |
| Unavailable |
RKLB's revenue is currently strong, but its profitability and cash flow are under pressure. There isn't enough data to rate its balance sheet.
ATMU PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 14x | $38.96 | -30% |
| Forward | 17x | $55.82 | — |
| Fair | 18x | $47.60 | -15% |
| Expensive | 21x | $55.50 | -0.6% |
| Current | 21x | $55.82 | — |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
ATMU's PE is in its expensive range at 21x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 17x next year's earnings, in its fair range.
RKLB PE Valuation
RKLB has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
ATMU Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Improving | |
| Growth | |
| Growth | |
| Improving | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for ATMU, with profitability improving.
RKLB Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses shrinking | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect RKLB's losses to shrink, with revenue growing. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
ATMU Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $3.27 | +21% |
| Q3 2026 | $2.69 | +12% |
| Q2 2026 | $2.61 | +15% |
| Q1 2026 | $2.55 | +15% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.50 | +13% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.41 | +12% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.27 | +9.1% |
| Q1 2025 | $2.22 | +13% |
| Q4 2024 | $2.22 | +8.3% |
ATMU has the edge over RKLB on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
RKLB Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$0.36 | +$0.03 |
| Q2 2026 | -$0.27 | +$0.19 |
| Q1 2026 | -$0.32 | +$0.09 |
| Q4 2025 | -$0.37 | +$0.01 |
| Q3 2025 | -$0.39 | -$0.02 |
| Q2 2025 | -$0.46 | -$0.11 |
| Q1 2025 | -$0.41 | -$0.04 |
| Q4 2024 | -$0.38 | $0.00 |
RKLB is still losing money, but less than at its worst: $0.36 per share over the past year, against $0.46 at its worst in mid-2025.
ATMU Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $510M | +14% |
| Q2 2026 | $527.9M | +16% |
| Q1 2026 | $477.5M | +15% |
| Q4 2025 | $446.6M | +9.8% |
| Q3 2025 | $447.7M | +11% |
| Q2 2025 | $453.5M | +4.8% |
| Q1 2025 | $416.5M | -2.4% |
| Q4 2024 | $406.7M | +1.8% |
ATMU's revenue has grown year over year for six quarters in a row: $510M last quarter, up 14% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 18% | -0.5 points |
| Q2 2026 | 18% | +0.4 points |
| Q1 2026 | 16% | +0.4 points |
| Q4 2025 | 16% | +2.4 points |
| Q3 2025 | 18% | +2.6 points |
| Q2 2025 | 18% | -0.4 points |
| Q1 2025 | 16% | -0.5 points |
| Q4 2024 | 13% | -0.6 points |
ATMU has the edge over RKLB on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
RKLB Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $267.8M | +73% |
| Q2 2026 | $234.1M | +62% |
| Q1 2026 | $200.3M | +63% |
| Q4 2025 | $179.7M | +36% |
| Q3 2025 | $155.1M | +48% |
| Q2 2025 | $144.5M | +36% |
| Q1 2025 | $122.6M | +32% |
| Q4 2024 | $132.4M | +121% |
RKLB has the edge over ATMU on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -30% | +8.5 points |
| Q2 2026 | -25% | +17 points |
| Q1 2026 | -28% | +20 points |
| Q4 2025 | -28% | +11 points |
| Q3 2025 | -38% | +12 points |
| Q2 2025 | -41% | -0.5 points |
| Q1 2025 | -48% | -1.9 points |
| Q4 2024 | -39% | +41 points |
RKLB's operating margin was −30% last quarter, up 8.5 points from the same quarter a year ago.
ATMU Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $87.2M | +27% |
| Q2 2026 | $64.8M | +100% |
| Q1 2026 | $25.5M | +56% |
| Q4 2025 | $31.2M | +212% |
| Q3 2025 | $68.9M | +27% |
| Q2 2025 | $32.4M | +187% |
| Q1 2025 | $16.3M | +$35.1M |
| Q4 2024 | $10M | -61% |
ATMU has the edge over RKLB on cash generation, producing positive trailing cash flow while its opponent burns cash.
RKLB Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$23.9M | +$45.5M |
| Q2 2026 | -$110.1M | -$54.8M |
| Q1 2026 | -$77.4M | +$5.5M |
| Q4 2025 | -$114.2M | -$90.2M |
| Q3 2025 | -$69.4M | -$27.5M |
| Q2 2025 | -$55.3M | -$26.9M |
| Q1 2025 | -$82.9M | -$61.1M |
| Q4 2024 | -$23.9M | +$28.7M |
RKLB has burned cash in almost every quarter: −$326M over the past year, against −$232M the year before.
ATMU Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -0.1% | -100K shares |
| 1 year | -1% | -800K shares |
| 3 years | -1.8% | -1.5M shares |
ATMU has the edge over RKLB on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $20.1M |
| Q2 2026 | $13M |
| Q1 2026 | $7.3M |
| Q4 2025 | $900,000 |
| Q3 2025 | $29.7M |
| Q2 2025 | $20.1M |
| Q1 2025 | $10M |
| Q4 2024 | $10M |
ATMU spent $41M buying back its own shares over the past year, down 41% from the year before.
RKLB Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +3.6% | +22.6M shares |
| 1 year | +23% | +124M shares |
| 3 years | +35% | +168M shares |
| 5 years | +46% | +204M shares |
RKLB has 652M diluted shares, up 23% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2020 | — |
| Q2 2020 | — |
| Q1 2020 | — |
ATMU Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 1.8x | Healthy |
| Q2 2026 | 2.0x | Moderate |
| Q1 2026 | 2.3x | Moderate |
| Q4 2025 | 1.0x | Healthy |
| Q3 2025 | 1.2x | Healthy |
| Q2 2025 | 1.4x | Healthy |
| Q1 2025 | 1.4x | Healthy |
| Q4 2024 | 1.4x | Healthy |
ATMU's net debt is about 1.8 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), up from 1.1 years a year ago.
RKLB Net Leverage
RKLB's operating earnings (EBITDA) were negative over the past year, so its debt can't be measured against them.
ATMU Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 61.9 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 63.6 | Neutral |
ATMU's weekly RSI is 62 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 64 (neutral).
RKLB Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 46.8 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 27.6 | Neutral |
RKLB's weekly RSI is 47 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 28 (neutral).
ATMU PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | ATMU | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 21x | 24x | 14% below |
| PE % | 85 | 58 | 27 pts above |
ATMU is trading at 21x earnings, a 14% discount to the Industrials sector's median of 24x.
RKLB PE vs Industrials Sector
RKLB has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
ATMU Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $46.8 | 19% above |
| 20 week MA | $48.4 | 15% above |
| 50 week MA | $52.9 | 5.5% above |
| 100 week MA | $46.6 | 20% above |
ATMU has stronger trend alignment. ATMU is above 4 of 4 weekly averages versus RKLB above 3 of 5.
RKLB Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $61.4 | 4.3% above |
| 20 week MA | $68.1 | 5.9% below |
| 50 week MA | $77.6 | 17% below |
| 100 week MA | $56.5 | 13% above |
| 200 week MA | $31.4 | 104% above |
RKLB's trend is mixed: it's above three of its five weekly moving averages, and 104% above its 200-week average.
ATMU Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $21.7 | $23.5 | +8.5% |
| 2024 | $23.5 | $38.7 | +65% |
| 2025 | $38.7 | $53.4 | +38% |
| 2026 YTD | $53.4 | $55.8 | +4.5% |
ATMU has the edge over RKLB on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
RKLB Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $9.82 | $10.3 | +4.9% |
| 2021 | $10.3 | $12.0 | +17% |
| 2022 | $12.0 | $3.77 | -69% |
| 2023 | $3.77 | $5.53 | +47% |
| 2024 | $5.53 | $27.2 | +392% |
| 2025 | $27.2 | $70.7 | +160% |
| 2026 YTD | $70.7 | $64.1 | -9.3% |
RKLB's yearly returns have swung widely, from +392% in 2024 to −69% in 2022. It's down 9.3% so far in 2026.