Cybersecurity software maker Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD) will be reporting results tomorrow after market hours. Here's what investors should know.
Last quarter Rapid7 reported revenues of $198.8 million, up 13.1% year on year, in line with analyst expectations. It was a weak quarter for the company, with underwhelming revenue guidance for the next quarter and decelerating customer growth. The company added 125 customers to a total of 11,412.
Is Rapid7 buy or sell heading into the earnings? Find out by reading the original article on StockStory.
This quarter analysts are expecting Rapid7's revenue to grow 9.1% year on year to $201.4 million, slowing down from the 21.7% year-over-year increase in revenue the company had recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.48 per share.
Majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last thirty days, suggesting they are expecting the business to stay the course heading into the earnings. The company only missed Wall St's revenue estimates once over the last two years, and has on average exceeded top line expectations by 1.7%.
Looking at Rapid7's peers in the cybersecurity segment, only Varonis has so far reported results, delivering top-line growth of 8.1% year on year, and beating analyst estimates by 1.6%. Varonis traded up 2.7% on the results.
Read the full analysis of Varonis's results on StockStory. There has been positive sentiment among investors in the cybersecurity segment, with the stocks up on average 3.2% over the last month. Rapid7 is up 6.1% during the same time, and is heading into the earnings with analyst price target of $59.4, compared to share price of $56.2.
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