William Blair Estimates Rapid7's Q1 Earnings (NASDAQ:RPD)

Rapid7, Inc. (NASDAQ:RPD - Free Report) - Equities researchers at William Blair issued their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for shares of Rapid7 in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, February 13th. William Blair analyst J. Ho forecasts that the technology company will earn $0.06 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Rapid7's current full-year earnings is $0.36 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.

RPD has been the subject of several other research reports. Needham & Company LLC restated a "hold" rating on shares of Rapid7 in a research report on Thursday, February 13th. UBS Group decreased their target price on shares of Rapid7 from $52.00 to $45.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 13th. Robert W. Baird decreased their target price on shares of Rapid7 from $43.00 to $39.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 13th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their target price on shares of Rapid7 from $42.00 to $40.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, February 11th. Finally, Barclays decreased their target price on shares of Rapid7 from $43.00 to $35.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 13th. Sixteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Rapid7 currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $41.22.

Rapid7 Stock Down 1.3 %

NASDAQ RPD traded down $0.46 on Monday, hitting $33.72. The stock had a trading volume of 1,034,061 shares, compared to its average volume of 693,208. Rapid7 has a one year low of $32.94 and a one year high of $59.43. The stock has a market cap of $2.13 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 86.46 and a beta of 0.96. The company's 50-day moving average is $38.81 and its two-hundred day moving average is $38.77.

Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 12th. The technology company reported $0.12 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.50 by ($0.38). Rapid7 had a net margin of 3.46% and a negative return on equity of 130.41%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Corey E. Thomas sold 100,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, January 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $39.38, for a total value of $3,938,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 431,469 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $16,991,249.22. This trade represents a 18.82 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 2.60% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Rapid7

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. CSS LLC IL acquired a new position in Rapid7 in the 4th quarter worth approximately $837,000. Vident Advisory LLC boosted its stake in Rapid7 by 47.7% in the 4th quarter. Vident Advisory LLC now owns 33,818 shares of the technology company's stock worth $1,360,000 after purchasing an additional 10,923 shares during the period. Two Sigma Advisers LP lifted its position in Rapid7 by 87.7% in the 4th quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP now owns 10,700 shares of the technology company's stock worth $430,000 after buying an additional 5,000 shares in the last quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP lifted its position in Rapid7 by 48.7% in the 4th quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP now owns 142,167 shares of the technology company's stock worth $5,719,000 after buying an additional 46,567 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Shapiro Capital Management LLC lifted its position in Rapid7 by 295.9% in the 4th quarter. Shapiro Capital Management LLC now owns 1,290,945 shares of the technology company's stock worth $51,935,000 after buying an additional 964,899 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 95.66% of the company's stock.

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.