Why Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (RKLB) Skyrocketed On Wednesday

We recently published a list of These 10 Firms Blowing Up by Double Digits Today. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (NASDAQ:RKLB) stands against other firms blowing up by double digits today.

Ten individual stocks soared by double digits on Wednesday, outperforming a lackluster performance among Wall Street’s indices, thanks to the 90-day truce between the US and China that continued to boost investor confidence.

In contrast, Wall Street’s indices were mixed, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq growing 0.72 percent, followed by the S&P 500, up 0.10 percent. The Dow Jones declined by 0.21 percent.

In this article, we name Wednesday’s 10 best-performing stocks and detail the reasons behind their gains.

To come up with the list, we considered only the stocks with a $2-billion market capitalization and $5-million trading volume.

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (NASDAQ:RKLB)

Rocket Lab USA rallied for a third consecutive day on Wednesday, growing 10.54 percent to close at $24.13 apiece, after bagging a new deal with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the launch of a new mission aimed at studying galaxy formation and cosmic evolution.

Called the Aspera mission, Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (NASDAQ:RKLB) and NASA said that they are targeting to launch the new project in the first quarter of 2026.

According to NASA, Aspera will examine hot gas in the space between galaxies, called the intergalactic medium. Through the observation of ultraviolet light, it will study the inflow and outflow of gas from galaxies, a process thought to contribute to star formation.

In other news, Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (NASDAQ:RKLB) successfully returned a Rocket Lab Pioneer spacecraft built for Varda Space Industries, a space research company designing, building, and flying spacecraft that processes pharmaceuticals in microgravity.

Overall, RKLB ranks 9th on our list of firms blowing up by double digits today. While we acknowledge the potential of RKLB as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. There is an AI stock that went up since the beginning of 2025, while popular AI stocks lost around 25%. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than RKLB but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.

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Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey.