Rapid7, Inc. (NASDAQ:RPD) Receives Average Rating of “Reduce” from Analysts

Rapid7, Inc. (NASDAQ:RPD) has earned a consensus recommendation of “Reduce” from the twenty-two ratings firms that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seventeen have issued a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company. The average 1 year target price among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $12.5263.

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on RPD. UBS Group reissued a “neutral” rating and set a $9.00 price target on shares of Rapid7 in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Jefferies Financial Group set a $9.00 target price on Rapid7 in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price target on Rapid7 from $18.00 to $9.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Stephens cut their price objective on shares of Rapid7 from $19.00 to $12.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group set a $10.00 target price on shares of Rapid7 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 11th.

Rapid7 Price Performance

NASDAQ:RPD opened at $6.57 on Monday. Rapid7 has a 52 week low of $6.56 and a 52 week high of $33.24. 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 firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $12.54 and its 200 day simple moving average is $16.15. The firm has a market cap of $432.90 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.25 and a beta of 0.79.

Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD) last announced its earnings results 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. Rapid7 had a net margin of 2.72% and a return on equity of 47.33%. The firm had revenue of $217.39 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $215.17 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.48 EPS. The business’s revenue was up .5% compared to the same quarter last year. Rapid7 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 1.500-1.600 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.290-0.320 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Rapid7 will post 0.35 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity at Rapid7

In other news, Director Marc Evan Brown acquired 3,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 25th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $15.21 per share, for a total transaction of $45,630.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 51,882 shares in the company, valued at approximately $789,125.22. This trade represents a 6.14% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Thomas E. Schodorf bought 6,300 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 26th. The shares were acquired at an average price of $15.70 per share, with a total value of $98,910.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the director directly owned 34,440 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $540,708. The trade was a 22.39% increase in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this purchase provides additional information. Insiders have bought 50,845 shares of company stock valued at $797,212 over the last three months. 2.40% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of RPD. Sound Income Strategies LLC bought a new position in shares of Rapid7 in the fourth quarter worth about $40,000. CI Investments Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Rapid7 by 48.4% during the 3rd quarter. CI Investments Inc. now owns 2,281 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $43,000 after purchasing an additional 744 shares during the last quarter. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in Rapid7 during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $44,000. Headlands Technologies LLC bought a new position in Rapid7 in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $44,000. Finally, Parallel Advisors LLC boosted its position in Rapid7 by 81.6% in the fourth quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 3,036 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $46,000 after buying an additional 1,364 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 95.66% of the company’s stock.

Rapid7 Company Profile

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.