{"id":49154,"date":"2026-05-07T11:35:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T11:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/did-you-miss-rklbs-1700-run-these-2-stocks-could-be-next\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T11:35:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T11:35:28","slug":"did-you-miss-rklbs-1700-run-these-2-stocks-could-be-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/did-you-miss-rklbs-1700-run-these-2-stocks-could-be-next\/","title":{"rendered":"Did you miss RKLB’s 1,700% run? These 2 stocks could be next"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rocket Lab stock (NASDAQ: RKLB) has become one of the market\u2019s favorite regret trades.<\/p>\n

It went public at $11.58, fell to a record low of $3.79 in 2022, and now trades around $84.65, after a long run built on launch execution, defense contracts and a growing backlog.<\/p>\n

That is the kind of move investors look back on and say they should have seen coming.<\/p>\n

The frustrating part is that Rocket Lab is no longer cheap, as analysts now see it as a company with real momentum, but also a stock priced for a lot of success already.<\/p>\n

As per The Motley Fool analysis<\/a>, the stock\u2019s strong run reflects solid execution and growing demand, but also leaves limited room for error at current valuations.<\/p>\n

How Rocket Lab turned into the stock everyone wishes they owned<\/h2>\n

Rocket Lab’s rise came from repetition with 87 successful Electron launches, a long list of contracts with customers such as NASA, the US Space Force, BlackSky and Capella Space, and a steady shift from \u201cinteresting space company\u201d to \u201creal business with real demand.\u201d<\/p>\n

The company is still expected to grow fast, with analysts looking for revenue to rise from about $602 million in 2025 to $1.6 billion by 2028.<\/p>\n

Even after that growth, though, the stock is trading at about 29 times those 2028 sales estimates, which leaves much less room for mistakes than it used to.<\/p>\n

RKLB shows the kind of setup that can work extremely well: genuine technology, a market that is still early, and a business that keeps delivering enough proof points to pull in more institutional money.<\/p>\n

The problem for anyone arriving late is that the easy part of the move may already be over.<\/p>\n

Also read: Why selling these 3 dividend stocks could be a mistake<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

QuantumScape stock: Technology sleeper still near floor<\/h2>\n

QuantumScape (NASDAQ: QS) is the cleaner \u201cnext Rocket Lab\u201d story for investors who like long-dated technology bets.<\/p>\n

The company is developing solid-state lithium-metal batteries that can charge from 10% to 80% in under 15 minutes and are designed to deliver 844 watt-hours per liter of energy density.<\/p>\n

It has spent more than a decade developing batteries with Volkswagen, and it plans to license its first commercial designs by the end of 2026.<\/p>\n

That commercialization milestone could become a major inflection point as analysts currently expect QuantumScape\u2019s revenue to remain minimal in the near term before rising to roughly $48 million in 2027 and potentially surpassing $100 million in 2028.<\/p>\n

The stock still looks like a distressed name.<\/p>\n

QuantumScape trades around $7.95, below its 52-week high of $19.07 and only a little above its 52-week low of $3.80.<\/p>\n

Plug Power stock: Revenue that can change sentiment<\/h2>\n

Plug Power (NASDAQ: PLUG) is the more established, more industrial version of the same idea.<\/p>\n

It already has a commercial footprint, with more than 74,000 fuel cell systems deployed worldwide, and major customers include Amazon and Walmart.<\/p>\n

Analysts expect revenue to rise from about $710 million in 2025 to $1.2 billion by 2028, while adjusted EBITDA is projected to turn positive in the final year of that period.<\/p>\n

That is a much more tangible path to re-rating than a pure concept story.<\/p>\n

Valuation is the other part of the appeal as Plug Power trades around $3.31, close to its lower trading band and well below its 52-week high of $4.58.<\/p>\n

At roughly six times this year\u2019s sales, it is far cheaper than Rocket Lab on a forward-sales basis and still far better known than QuantumScape.<\/p>\n

The post Did you miss RKLB's 1,700% run? These 2 stocks could be next<\/a> appeared first on Invezz<\/a><\/p>\n

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