ESOA
Energy Services of America Corporation
ESOA has the edge over RKLB overall, supported by lower modeled downside and stronger fundamentals.
RKLB
Rocket Lab USA, Inc.
RKLB's outlook is improving, though it still trails on the overall score.
ESOA Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Healthy | |
| Stable | |
| Strong |
ESOA's revenue, profitability and balance sheet are currently healthy, and its cash flow 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.
ESOA PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 6.3x | $3.84 | -56% |
| Forward | 10x | $8.78 | — |
| Fair | 13x | $8.01 | -8.8% |
| Current | 14x | $8.78 | — |
| Expensive | 31x | $18.69 | +113% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
ESOA's PE is in its fair range at 14x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 10x next year's earnings.
RKLB PE Valuation
RKLB has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
ESOA Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for ESOA, with profitability improving. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
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.
ESOA Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $0.84 | +38% |
| Q2 2026 | $0.61 | +281% |
| Q1 2026 | $0.55 | -50% |
| Q4 2025 | $0.13 | -91% |
| Q3 2025 | $0.02 | -99% |
| Q2 2025 | $0.16 | -89% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.10 | +86% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.44 | +162% |
| Q3 2024 | $1.51 | +243% |
ESOA 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.
ESOA Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $130M | +25% |
| Q1 2026 | $93.2M | +22% |
| Q4 2025 | $114.1M | +13% |
| Q3 2025 | $130.1M | +24% |
| Q2 2025 | $103.6M | +21% |
| Q1 2025 | $76.7M | +7.8% |
| Q4 2024 | $100.6M | +12% |
| Q3 2024 | $104.7M | -0.2% |
ESOA's revenue has grown year over year for seven quarters in a row: $130M last quarter, up 25% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 3.6% | +0.5 points |
| Q1 2026 | 1.1% | +12 points |
| Q4 2025 | 4.3% | +2.7 points |
| Q3 2025 | 5.8% | -2.6 points |
| Q2 2025 | 3.1% | -6.8 points |
| Q1 2025 | -11% | -9 points |
| Q4 2024 | 1.6% | -2.4 points |
| Q3 2024 | 8.4% | 0 points |
ESOA 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 ESOA 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.
ESOA Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | -$4.8M | -$4.2M |
| Q1 2026 | -$62.2K | +$1M |
| Q4 2025 | $16.8M | +180% |
| Q3 2025 | -$6.5M | -$3.6M |
| Q2 2025 | -$582K | -104% |
| Q1 2025 | -$1.1M | +$3.8M |
| Q4 2024 | $6M | +305% |
| Q3 2024 | -$2.9M | -135% |
ESOA 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.
ESOA Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +6.2% | +1.1M shares |
| 1 year | +12% | +2M shares |
| 3 years | +12% | +2.1M shares |
| 5 years | +9.2% | +1.6M shares |
| Available history | +7.4% | +1.3M shares |
ESOA has the edge over RKLB on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | — |
| Q1 2026 | $1,288 |
| Q4 2025 | $846,530 |
| Q3 2025 | — |
| Q3 2024 | — |
| Q3 2023 | — |
| Q2 2023 | $147,960 |
| Q3 2020 | — |
ESOA spent $847,818 buying back its own shares over the past year.
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 | — |
ESOA Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 0.9x | Very low |
| Q1 2026 | 0.8x | Very low |
| Q4 2025 | 2.1x | Moderate |
| Q3 2025 | 3.5x | Elevated |
| Q2 2025 | 2.6x | Moderate |
| Q1 2025 | 1.9x | Healthy |
| Q4 2024 | 1.3x | Healthy |
| Q3 2024 | 0.7x | Very low |
ESOA's net debt is less than a year of its operating earnings (EBITDA), down from 2.6 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.
ESOA Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 32.8 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 5.4 | Oversold |
ESOA's weekly RSI is 33 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 5 (oversold).
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).
ESOA PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | ESOA | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 14x | 24x | 40% below |
| PE % | 54 | 58 | 4 pts below |
ESOA is trading at 14x earnings, a 40% 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.
ESOA Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $9.73 | 9.8% below |
| 20 week MA | $12.2 | 28% below |
| 50 week MA | $12.8 | 31% below |
| 100 week MA | $11.6 | 24% below |
| 200 week MA | $8.79 | 0.1% below |
ESOA is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 0.1% below its 200-week average.
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 has the edge over ESOA on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
ESOA Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $0.82 | $1.25 | +52% |
| 2021 | $1.25 | $3.30 | +164% |
| 2022 | $3.30 | $2.68 | -19% |
| 2023 | $2.68 | $5.98 | +123% |
| 2024 | $5.98 | $13.2 | +121% |
| 2025 | $13.2 | $8.04 | -39% |
| 2026 YTD | $8.04 | $8.78 | +9.2% |
ESOA 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.