Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD) Issues FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD) issued an update on 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 earnings per share 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.

Rapid7 Price Performance

Shares of RPD opened at $7.08 on Thursday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $6.76 and a two-hundred day moving average of $9.02. The company has a quick ratio of 0.78, a current ratio of 0.78 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.69. Rapid7 has a twelve month low of $4.97 and a twelve month high of $25.85. The company has a market cap of $473.16 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.23 and a beta of 1.03.

Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The technology company reported $0.36 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.30 by $0.06. Rapid7 had a return on equity of 34.35% and a net margin of 2.61%.The business had revenue of $209.69 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $207.94 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.49 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was down .3% on a year-over-year basis. 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 predict that Rapid7 will post 0.63 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

RPD has been the topic of several recent research reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price objective on Rapid7 from $11.00 to $7.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, May 11th. Morgan Stanley raised shares of Rapid7 from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 2nd. Robert W. Baird set a $8.00 target price on shares of Rapid7 in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Piper Sandler lowered their price target on shares of Rapid7 from $10.00 to $8.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, William Blair lowered shares of Rapid7 from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 28th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, eighteen have issued a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average target price of $8.71.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Invesco Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of Rapid7 by 41.3% during the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 116,097 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,765,000 after buying an additional 33,952 shares in the last quarter. State of Tennessee Department of Treasury acquired a new position in Rapid7 during the fourth quarter worth about $217,000. Mackenzie Financial Corp grew its stake in Rapid7 by 11.4% during the 4th quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 75,679 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $1,180,000 after acquiring an additional 7,742 shares in the last quarter. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. purchased a new stake in Rapid7 during the 4th quarter valued at about $276,000. Finally, VARCOV Co. acquired a new stake in Rapid7 in the 4th quarter valued at about $1,118,000. 95.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.