Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD) Upgraded by Wall Street Zen to "Buy" Rating

Key Points

• Wall Street Zen upgraded Rapid7 to a "Buy" from "Hold", though MarketBeat shows a skeptical analyst backdrop with just 2 buys, 17 holds and 3 sells and an average target price of $12.53 (consensus "Reduce").
• Rapid7 slightly beat Q4 estimates with $0.44 EPS (vs. $0.40) and $217.4M revenue (vs. $215.2M) and issued FY2026 guidance of $1.50–$1.60 EPS and Q1 guidance of $0.29–$0.32 EPS.
• The stock trades near $6.31 (12‑month range $5.92–$30.95) with a market cap of about $416M, high institutional ownership (~95.7%), and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.77.

Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD - Get Free Report) was upgraded by analysts at Wall Street Zen from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note issued on Saturday.

Other research analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. Morgan Stanley set a $10.00 price target on shares of Rapid7 in a research report on Thursday, February 12th. Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their target price on shares of Rapid7 from $16.00 to $12.00 and set a "sector perform" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. Zacks Research cut shares of Rapid7 from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. Stephens lowered their price target on shares of Rapid7 from $19.00 to $12.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Finally, DA Davidson cut their price target on shares of Rapid7 from $14.00 to $6.50 and set an "underperform" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seventeen have given a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Rapid7 currently has a consensus rating of "Reduce" and an average target price of $12.53.

Rapid7 Stock Performance

NASDAQ RPD opened at $6.31 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.28, a current ratio of 1.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.77. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is $9.10 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $14.28. Rapid7 has a twelve month low of $5.92 and a twelve month high of $30.95. The company has a market capitalization of $415.77 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.53 and a beta of 0.88.

Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 10th. The technology company reported $0.44 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.40 by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $217.39 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $215.17 million. Rapid7 had a return on equity of 47.33% and a net margin of 2.72%.The company's revenue for the quarter was up .5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.48 EPS. Rapid7 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 1.500-1.600 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.290-0.320 EPS. Research analysts forecast that Rapid7 will post 0.35 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Hsbc Holdings PLC lifted its position in Rapid7 by 274.1% during the 4th quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 159,688 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $2,446,000 after acquiring an additional 117,000 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. grew its holdings in Rapid7 by 41.3% in the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 116,097 shares of the technology company's stock worth $1,765,000 after purchasing 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 valued at approximately $217,000. Mackenzie Financial Corp lifted its holdings 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 valued at $1,180,000 after purchasing an additional 7,742 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Rapid7 during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $276,000. 95.66% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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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