Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD) Issues Q2 2025 Earnings Guidance

Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD - Get Free Report) updated its second quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Monday. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.430-0.460 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 0.420. The company issued revenue guidance of $211.0 million-$213.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $213.2 million. Rapid7 also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 1.780-1.91 EPS.

Rapid7 Stock Up 0.7%

RPD traded up $0.17 during trading on Friday, hitting $23.72. The company's stock had a trading volume of 831,416 shares, compared to its average volume of 855,003. The business's 50 day simple moving average is $25.24 and its 200-day simple moving average is $33.78. The firm has a market cap of $1.52 billion, a PE ratio of 60.82 and a beta of 1.06. Rapid7 has a one year low of $21.61 and a one year high of $44.48.

Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Monday, May 12th. The technology company reported $0.49 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.37 by $0.12. Rapid7 had a negative return on equity of 130.41% and a net margin of 3.46%. The company had revenue of $210.25 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $208.25 million. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.55 EPS. Rapid7's revenue for the quarter was up 2.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts expect that Rapid7 will post 0.35 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

RPD has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Citigroup cut their price objective on Rapid7 from $46.00 to $44.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 13th. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Rapid7 from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, February 21st. Jefferies Financial Group cut their price target on Rapid7 from $45.00 to $35.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Monday, March 31st. Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed a "sector perform" rating on shares of Rapid7 in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, DA Davidson reissued an "underperform" rating and set a $21.00 target price (down previously from $29.00) on shares of Rapid7 in a research note on Tuesday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, fourteen have given a hold rating, six have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $33.32.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider Christina Luconi sold 12,551 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, April 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $23.12, for a total transaction of $290,179.12. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 58,165 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,344,774.80. The trade was a 17.75% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 2.60% of the company's stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of RPD. Royal Bank of Canada raised its stake in shares of Rapid7 by 26.8% in the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 326,910 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $8,667,000 after acquiring an additional 69,122 shares during the period. Woodline Partners LP raised its position in Rapid7 by 48.0% in the 1st quarter. Woodline Partners LP now owns 86,712 shares of the technology company's stock worth $2,299,000 after purchasing an additional 28,115 shares during the period. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in Rapid7 in the 1st quarter worth about $424,000. 95.66% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Rapid7 Company Profile

Rapid7, Inc provides cybersecurity solutions under the Rapid7, Nexpose, and Metasploit brand names. The company offers endpoint to cloud data collection and sharing applications, such as Rapid7 Insight Agent, a software-based agent that is used on assets across on-premises and cloud environments to centralize and monitor data on company's platform; Rapid7 Insight Network Sensor that analyzes raw end-to-end network traffic to increase visibility into user activity, pinpoint real threats, and investigations; Rapid7 Cloud Event Data Harvesting that offers visibility into changes made to cloud resources; and third-party integrations and ecosystem, as well as orchestration and automation solutions.