Cybersecurity software maker Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD) will be announcing earnings results tomorrow after market close. Here's what you need to know.
Last quarter Rapid7 reported revenues of $175.7 million, up 25.6% year on year, missing analyst expectations by 0.12%. It was a weak quarter for the company, with revenue guidance for the next quarter and full year missing analysts' expectations. The company added 167 customers to a total of 10,791.
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This quarter analysts are expecting Rapid7's revenue to grow 18.4% year on year to $179.5 million, slowing down from the 34% year-over-year increase in revenue the company had recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.18 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 2.69%.
With Rapid7 being the first among its peers to report earnings this season, we don't have anywhere else to look at to get a hint at how this quarter will unravel for software stocks, but there has been positive sentiment among investors in the segment, with the stocks up on average 20.8% over the last month. Rapid7 is up 50.7% during the same time, and is heading into the earnings with analyst price target of $45.85, compared to share price of $49.75.
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