Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD) Issues FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD) updated its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 1.520-1.600 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 1.370. The company issued revenue guidance of $836.0 million-$842.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $838.8 million. Rapid7 also updated its Q2 2026 guidance to 0.330-0.360 EPS.

Analyst Ratings Changes

RPD has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Barclays decreased their price target on Rapid7 from $8.00 to $6.50 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, May 7th. Robert W. Baird set a $8.00 target price on Rapid7 in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. William Blair cut Rapid7 from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 28th. Wall Street Zen downgraded Rapid7 from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 14th. Finally, Scotiabank dropped their price target on shares of Rapid7 from $9.00 to $7.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, eighteen have given a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus target price of $8.71.

Rapid7 Stock Performance

NASDAQ RPD opened at $6.73 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.69, a current ratio of 0.78 and a quick ratio of 0.78. Rapid7 has a 1 year low of $4.97 and a 1 year high of $25.85. The company has a market capitalization of $449.77 million, a PE ratio of 19.23 and a beta of 1.03. The company has a fifty day moving average of $6.73 and a two-hundred day moving average of $9.09.

Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 5th. The technology company reported $0.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.30 by $0.06. Rapid7 had a return on equity of 34.35% and a net margin of 2.61%.The company had revenue of $209.69 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $207.94 million. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.49 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was down .3% compared to the same quarter last year. Rapid7 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 1.520-1.600 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.330-0.360 EPS. As a group, analysts expect that Rapid7 will post 0.63 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Rapid7

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Headlands Technologies LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Rapid7 in the second quarter valued at approximately $44,000. Parallel Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Rapid7 by 81.6% in the 4th quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 3,036 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $46,000 after acquiring an additional 1,364 shares during the period. Los Angeles Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in Rapid7 in the 4th quarter valued at $71,000. Advisors Asset Management Inc. purchased a new stake in Rapid7 in the 4th quarter valued at $79,000. Finally, Marex Group plc acquired a new stake in Rapid7 during the 4th quarter worth $162,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 95.66% of the company’s stock.

Rapid7 Company Profile

Rapid7, Inc is a publicly traded cybersecurity company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Since its founding in 2000, the company has specialized in delivering cloud-based security data and analytics solutions designed to help organizations detect, investigate, and remediate cyber threats. Rapid7 operates under the NASDAQ symbol “RPD” and serves a broad range of industries, including technology, financial services, healthcare, retail, and the public sector.

The core of Rapid7’s offering is its Insight platform, a unified, cloud-native security operations and analytics suite.