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Rapid7 (RPD) guidance and outlook
Rapid7 (RPD) raised its guidance on Nov 4, 2026: Revenue $208M–$210M for Q4 2026; Revenue $841M–$843M for FY2026. Rapid7's 10-Q filed Nov 4, 2026 makes 13 forward-looking statements.
Guidance and outlook
Latest guidance
| Metric | Period | Range | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | Q4 2026 | $208M–$210M | new |
| Revenue | FY2026 | $841M–$843M | raised |
From the earnings release filed Nov 4, 2026 (8-K on EDGAR).
Forward-looking statements, 10-Q filed Nov 4, 2026
- • potential acquisitions and our ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses, technologies and personnel, including the realization of anticipated benefits from such acquisitions;
- • our expected use of proceeds from future issuances of equity or convertible debt securities;
- • our ability to meet publicly announced guidance or other expectations about our business, key metrics and future operating results;
- As a result, customers are seeking platforms that unify exposure management with threat detection and response, enabling them to identify where they are most vulnerable, anticipate how attackers may exploit those exposures, and respond with speed and precision.
- We expect our cost of revenue to fluctuate on an absolute dollar basis as we continue to grow our revenue over time.
- Gross margin, or gross profit as a percentage of revenue, has been and will continue to be affected by a variety of factors, including the average sales price of our products and services, transaction volume growth, the mix of revenue between software licenses, cloud-based subscriptions, managed services and professional services and changes in cloud computing costs.
- We expect our gross margins to fluctuate over time depending on the factors described above.
- In the near term, we are taking restructuring actions that are expected to reduce the absolute amount of our expenses while continuing to prioritize investments to drive growth.
- We expect interest expense in the near term to represent contractual interest expense and amortization of debt issuance costs related to our convertible senior notes.
- ARR is not a forecast of future revenue, which can be impacted by contract start and end dates and renewal rates and does not include revenue reported as professional services revenue in our consolidated statement of operations.
- Further, stock-based compensation expense has been and will continue to be for the foreseeable future a significant recurring expense in our business and an important part of the compensation provided to our employees.
- Our foreseeable cash needs, in addition to our recurring operating expenses, include our expected capital expenditures to support expansion of our infrastructure and workforce, office facilities lease obligations, purchase commitments, including our cloud infrastructure services, potential future acquisitions of technology businesses, any election we make to redeem our convertible senior notes, and the repayment…
Rapid7's latest quarter
Rapid7, Q3 2026: revenue $212M (-2% year over year), operating margin 4.2%, net earnings $3.5M, operating cash flow $30.1M. The chart follows the revenue to costs, profit and cash.
Questions
Did Rapid7 raise or lower its guidance?
Rapid7 (RPD) raised its guidance on Nov 4, 2026: Revenue $208M–$210M for Q4 2026; Revenue $841M–$843M for FY2026.
What does Rapid7 expect?
• potential acquisitions and our ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses, technologies and personnel, including the realization of anticipated benefits from such acquisitions; • our expected use of proceeds from future issuances of equity or convertible debt securities; • our ability to meet publicly announced guidance or other expectations about our business, key metrics and future operating results;
Updated Nov 8, 2026. Read automatically from SEC filings and public data; errors are possible. Not investment advice.