Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD) Releases Q2 2026 Earnings Guidance

Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD) issued an update on its second quarter 2026 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.330-0.360 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 0.320. The company issued revenue guidance of $207.0 million-$209.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $208.7 million. Rapid7 also updated its FY 2026 guidance to 1.520-1.600 EPS.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms recently weighed in on RPD. Morgan Stanley set a $9.00 price target on Rapid7 in a research report on Wednesday. Canaccord Genuity Group lowered their target price on Rapid7 from $10.00 to $7.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday. Scotiabank lowered their target price on Rapid7 from $9.00 to $7.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday. Zacks Research lowered Rapid7 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 27th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of Rapid7 in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eighteen have assigned a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Rapid7 currently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus price target of $9.39.

Rapid7 Trading Up 1.3%

Shares of Rapid7 stock traded up $0.08 during trading on Thursday, reaching $6.65. 746,650 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,951,618. The company has a quick ratio of 1.28, a current ratio of 1.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.77. Rapid7 has a twelve month low of $4.97 and a twelve month high of $27.10. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $6.03 and a 200-day moving average price of $11.24. The firm has a market capitalization of $444.29 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.99 and a beta of 0.89.

Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 5th. The technology company reported $0.36 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.30 by $0.06. Rapid7 had a return on equity of 37.85% and a net margin of 2.61%.The business had revenue of $209.69 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $207.94 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.49 earnings per share. The firm’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. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Rapid7 will post 0.55 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Invesco Ltd. boosted its position 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 during the period. State of Tennessee Department of Treasury bought a new position in shares of Rapid7 during the fourth quarter worth approximately $217,000. Mackenzie Financial Corp increased its stake in shares of Rapid7 by 11.4% during the fourth quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 75,679 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,180,000 after purchasing an additional 7,742 shares during the period. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. bought a new position in Rapid7 during the 4th quarter worth $276,000. Finally, VARCOV Co. bought a new position in Rapid7 during the 4th quarter worth $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.