What is William Blair’s Forecast for Rapid7 Q1 Earnings?

Rapid7, Inc. (NASDAQ:RPD) – Analysts at William Blair issued their Q1 2026 earnings estimates for Rapid7 in a 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 $0.98 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.

RPD has been the subject of several other reports. Scotiabank decreased their price target on shares of Rapid7 from $42.00 to $38.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Jefferies Financial Group decreased their price target on shares of Rapid7 from $50.00 to $45.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Raymond James decreased their price target on shares of Rapid7 from $55.00 to $45.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price target 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, Robert W. Baird decreased their price target on shares of Rapid7 from $43.00 to $39.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Sixteen analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $41.22.

Rapid7 Price Performance

NASDAQ:RPD opened at $35.55 on Monday. Rapid7 has a 1-year low of $32.94 and a 1-year high of $61.79. The company has a 50-day moving average of $39.23 and a 200 day moving average of $38.81. The firm has a market cap of $2.25 billion, a PE ratio of 56.43 and a beta of 0.96.

Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD) last released 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 negative return on equity of 128.95% and a net margin of 5.65%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Rapid7

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Dendur Capital LP acquired a new stake in Rapid7 in the 4th quarter valued at $19,190,000. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in Rapid7 in the 4th quarter valued at $12,050,000. Marshall Wace LLP grew its stake in Rapid7 by 144.2% in the 4th quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 475,695 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $19,137,000 after acquiring an additional 280,913 shares during the period. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. grew its stake in Rapid7 by 259.1% in the 4th quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 288,965 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $11,625,000 after acquiring an additional 208,501 shares during the period. Finally, Invenomic Capital Management LP acquired a new stake in Rapid7 in the 3rd quarter valued at $6,647,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 95.66% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other 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 transaction of $3,938,000.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 431,469 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $16,991,249.22. This trade represents a 18.82 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. 2.60% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Rapid7 Company Profile

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.