Susquehanna Forecasts Strong Price Appreciation for Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD) Stock

Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD) had its price target increased by equities research analysts at Susquehanna from $15.00 to $16.00 in a report released on Friday, Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has a “neutral” rating on the technology company’s stock. Susquehanna‘s price target suggests a potential upside of 3.63% from the stock’s current price.

Other research analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. Robert W. Baird boosted their price target on shares of Rapid7 from $8.00 to $10.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 11th. UBS Group increased their price objective on shares of Rapid7 from $12.00 to $19.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “hold” rating and set a $12.00 target price on shares of Rapid7 in a research report on Tuesday, August 11th. Raymond James Financial restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $15.00 target price on shares of Rapid7 in a research note on Tuesday, August 11th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada upped their target price on Rapid7 from $12.00 to $16.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a report on Thursday. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, seventeen have given a Hold rating and five have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Reduce” and an average price target of $13.97.

Rapid7 Price Performance

RPD opened at $15.44 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.50, a current ratio of 0.80 and a quick ratio of 0.80. The company has a market capitalization of $1.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 73.53 and a beta of 0.90. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $13.14 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $9.56. Rapid7 has a 1 year low of $4.97 and a 1 year high of $18.56.

Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, November 4th. The technology company reported $0.60 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.46 by $0.14. The firm had revenue of $212.40 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $209.05 million. Rapid7 had a net margin of 1.63% and a return on equity of 30.84%. The business’s revenue was down 2.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.57 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that Rapid7 will post 0.76 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Rapid7

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in RPD. Fulcrum Asset Management LLP bought a new stake in Rapid7 in the third quarter worth about $437,000. Ethic Inc. grew its position in shares of Rapid7 by 164.0% during the 3rd quarter. Ethic Inc. now owns 28,416 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $347,000 after acquiring an additional 17,653 shares during the period. Abacus Wealth Partners LLC bought a new position in shares of Rapid7 during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $212,000. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Rapid7 during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $179,000. Finally, Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. purchased a new stake in shares of Rapid7 during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $405,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 95.66% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about Rapid7

Here are the key news stories impacting Rapid7 this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Rapid7 reported Q3 adjusted EPS of $0.60, ahead of the $0.46 consensus, and revenue of $212.4 million versus expectations of $209.05 million. The results helped fuel a post-earnings rally. Rapid7 Announces Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results
• Neutral Sentiment: Several firms raised price targets, including Piper Sandler to $20 and UBS to $19, while keeping neutral ratings; Citi and RBC set targets of $16. These revisions suggest improved expectations, but not a clear shift to bullish analyst sentiment. Piper Sandler recommendations
• Negative Sentiment: Revenue fell 2.5% year over year, indicating that growth remains a concern despite the quarterly beat. Rapid7 expects Q4 adjusted EPS of $0.53–$0.55. Rapid7 Q4 adjusted EPS outlook
• Negative Sentiment: Some raised targets still imply limited upside or downside from recent levels: Barclays reiterated an underweight rating with a $14 target, Scotiabank set $14.50, and Truist set $15 while maintaining hold. These cautious views may temper enthusiasm around the earnings beat. Barclays recommendations

About Rapid7

Rapid7, Inc (NASDAQ:RPD) is a cybersecurity company that provides technology and services to help organizations identify, assess and manage security risk across their IT environments. Its offerings are designed to support security operations, vulnerability management, cloud security, application security and incident response.

The company’s product portfolio includes the Insight platform and solutions such as InsightVM for vulnerability risk management, InsightIDR for security detection and response, InsightCloudSec for cloud security and compliance, and InsightAppSec for application security testing.