Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD) Updates Q2 2026 Earnings Guidance

Key Points

• Q2 2026 guidance: Rapid7 issued EPS guidance of $0.33–$0.36 (vs. consensus $0.32) and revenue guidance of $207.0M–$209.0M (vs. consensus $208.7M), and set FY2026 EPS guidance at $1.52–$1.60.
• Q2 results beat estimates: The company reported $0.36 EPS (vs. $0.30 consensus) and $209.69M in revenue (vs. $207.95M consensus), surpassing analyst expectations.
• Market and analyst reaction: Shares rose about 2.9% to $6.68 midday; analysts largely rate the stock a "Hold/Reduce" with a $12.21 consensus target and institutional ownership around 95.7%.

Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD - Get Free Report) updated its second quarter 2026 earnings guidance on Tuesday. 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 Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on the company. Susquehanna set a $8.00 target price on Rapid7 in a research note on Thursday, February 12th. UBS Group reissued a "neutral" rating and set a $9.00 target price on shares of Rapid7 in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Zacks Research lowered Rapid7 from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 27th. William Blair lowered Rapid7 from an "outperform" rating to a "market perform" rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 28th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a "sell (d)" rating on shares of Rapid7 in a research note on Friday, March 27th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eighteen have issued a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Rapid7 currently has an average rating of "Reduce" and a consensus target price of $12.21.

Rapid7 Stock Up 2.9%

RPD stock traded up $0.19 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching $6.68. The company had a trading volume of 2,836,830 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,948,481. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.77, a quick ratio of 1.28 and a current ratio of 1.28. The company has a market capitalization of $446.04 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.56 and a beta of 0.89. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $6.02 and a 200 day simple moving average of $11.40. Rapid7 has a fifty-two week low of $4.97 and a fifty-two week high of $27.10.

Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The technology company reported $0.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.30 by $0.06. The company had revenue of $209.69 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $207.95 million. Rapid7 had a return on equity of 47.33% and a net margin of 2.72%.Rapid7 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 1.520-1.600 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.330-0.360 EPS. Analysts forecast that Rapid7 will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Rapid7

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of RPD. Headlands Technologies LLC acquired a new stake in Rapid7 in the 2nd quarter valued at about $44,000. Parallel Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Rapid7 by 81.6% during the 4th quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 3,036 shares of the technology company's stock worth $46,000 after acquiring an additional 1,364 shares in the last quarter. Los Angeles Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Rapid7 during the 4th quarter worth about $71,000. Advisors Asset Management Inc. purchased a new stake in Rapid7 during the fourth quarter worth approximately $79,000. Finally, Marex Group plc purchased a new stake in Rapid7 during the fourth quarter worth approximately $162,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 95.66% of the company's stock.

About Rapid7

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.

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