Q1 Earnings Estimate for Rapid7 Issued By William Blair

Rapid7, Inc. (NASDAQ:RPD) – Equities researchers at William Blair issued their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for Rapid7 in a research report issued on Thursday, February 13th. William Blair analyst J. Ho forecasts that the technology company will post earnings of $0.06 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Rapid7’s current full-year earnings is $0.98 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Rapid7’s Q2 2026 earnings at $0.10 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.14 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.19 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.48 EPS.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of Rapid7 in a report on Thursday, February 13th. Citigroup dropped their price objective on shares of Rapid7 from $46.00 to $44.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 13th. Scotiabank decreased their target price on shares of Rapid7 from $42.00 to $38.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 13th. Truist Financial lowered their price target on Rapid7 from $38.00 to $35.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 13th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price objective on Rapid7 from $42.00 to $40.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, February 11th. Sixteen research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Rapid7 has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $41.22.

Rapid7 Trading Down 3.9 %

Shares of NASDAQ RPD opened at $34.18 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $2.16 billion, a P/E ratio of 54.25 and a beta of 0.96. Rapid7 has a twelve month low of $32.94 and a twelve month high of $59.43. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $38.97 and a two-hundred day moving average of $38.80.

Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The technology company reported $0.12 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.50 by ($0.38). Rapid7 had a net margin of 5.65% and a negative return on equity of 128.95%.

Insider Activity

In other Rapid7 news, CEO Corey E. Thomas sold 100,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, January 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $39.38, for a total transaction of $3,938,000.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 431,469 shares in the company, valued at approximately $16,991,249.22. The trade was a 18.82 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Insiders own 2.60% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Rapid7

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in Rapid7 by 0.7% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 8,618,480 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $346,721,000 after acquiring an additional 60,095 shares during the last quarter. JANA Partners Management LP lifted its stake in Rapid7 by 0.9% in the 4th quarter. JANA Partners Management LP now owns 3,690,129 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $148,454,000 after buying an additional 34,589 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in Rapid7 by 1.1% during the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,462,007 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $58,330,000 after buying an additional 15,287 shares in the last quarter. Shapiro Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Rapid7 by 295.9% in the fourth quarter. Shapiro Capital Management LLC now owns 1,290,945 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $51,935,000 after acquiring an additional 964,899 shares during the last quarter. Finally, First Trust Advisors LP raised its holdings in shares of Rapid7 by 6.8% in the fourth quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 1,255,731 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $50,518,000 after acquiring an additional 79,836 shares during the last quarter. 95.66% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Rapid7

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.