Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD) Rating Increased to Buy at Wall Street Zen

Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD) from a hold rating to a buy rating in a research report report published on Saturday.

Several other equities research analysts have also commented on the stock. Stephens restated a “positive” rating on shares of Rapid7 in a research note on Tuesday. William Blair downgraded Rapid7 from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 28th. Citigroup reissued a “neutral” rating on shares of Rapid7 in a report on Wednesday. Piper Sandler raised their target price on Rapid7 from $8.00 to $12.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, Morgan Stanley downgraded Rapid7 from an “equal weight” rating to an “underweight” rating and set a $9.00 target price on the stock. in a research note on Tuesday, July 21st. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, eighteen have issued a Hold rating and four have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Reduce” and an average price target of $11.98.

Rapid7 Stock Performance

Shares of RPD opened at $13.00 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $9.66 and a 200-day moving average of $8.00. The company has a market cap of $876.20 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 41.94 and a beta of 0.97. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.50, a quick ratio of 0.78 and a current ratio of 0.80. Rapid7 has a 1 year low of $4.97 and a 1 year high of $21.77.

Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August 10th. The technology company reported $0.44 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.35 by $0.09. The business had revenue of $210.88 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $208.23 million. Rapid7 had a net margin of 2.35% and a return on equity of 27.89%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 1.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.58 EPS. Rapid7 has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.440-0.470 EPS. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Rapid7 will post 0.69 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in RPD. Prudential Financial Inc. lifted its position in shares of Rapid7 by 8.8% during the 2nd quarter. Prudential Financial Inc. now owns 8,513 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $197,000 after acquiring an additional 690 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC grew its holdings in shares of Rapid7 by 20.6% in the 2nd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 5,866 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $48,000 after acquiring an additional 1,000 shares during the last quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc grew its holdings in shares of Rapid7 by 13.4% in the 2nd quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 10,469 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $85,000 after acquiring an additional 1,238 shares during the last quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Rapid7 by 81.6% during the fourth quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 3,036 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $46,000 after purchasing an additional 1,364 shares during the period. Finally, KBC Group NV raised its position in shares of Rapid7 by 124.0% during the fourth quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 3,310 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $50,000 after purchasing an additional 1,832 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 95.66% of the company’s stock.

Key Rapid7 News

Here are the key news stories impacting Rapid7 this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Rapid7 reported quarterly earnings of $0.44 per share, exceeding the $0.35 consensus estimate, while revenue of $210.88 million also topped expectations. The results and subsequent guidance of $0.44–$0.47 in quarterly EPS provide support for the stock. Rapid7 Shares Gap Up Following Earnings Beat
• Positive Sentiment: Rapid7’s research with Omdia identified a significant gap in corporate AI governance, with executive security leaders reporting greater concern and engagement. The findings could reinforce demand for Rapid7’s security and risk-management products as businesses expand AI adoption. Rapid7-Omdia AI Governance Research
• Positive Sentiment: Stephens raised its price target to $12, while reports from Robert W. Baird and JPMorgan described potential for meaningful price appreciation. These targets suggest some analysts view the recent weakness as an opportunity. Stephens Raises Rapid7 Price Target
• Neutral Sentiment: Stifel Nicolaus maintained a Hold rating, indicating that the earnings improvement has not yet changed its overall risk-reward assessment. Stifel Maintains Hold Rating
• Neutral Sentiment: Zacks’ value-focused review highlights valuation, growth and estimate-revision trends but does not provide a clear new catalyst. Zacks Rapid7 Value Review
• Negative Sentiment: Rapid7’s 2026 restructuring is intended to refocus the company on its core platform, but restructuring costs and execution risks may pressure near-term results. Revenue also declined 1.5% year over year, tempering the earnings beat. Rapid7 Announces 2026 Restructuring

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.