Rapport Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotech with strong analyst conviction at a price target implying 49% upside and a 3-for-4 earnings beat streak averaging 9.9% positive surprise, but the company burns cash at -247% of revenue, carries a quality score of 1.9 out of 10, and an extremely elevated put/call ratio of 4.36 signals heavy bearish options activity.
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- High Analyst Conviction Upside→Stable
- Extreme Put Call Ratio→Stable
- Cash Burn Quality Floor Breach→Stable
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Rapport Therapeutics, Inc. (RAPP) Stock Analysis
Breakout setup · Inst Constrain edge
Healthcare · Biotechnology
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $38.57: Quality below floor (1.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.0/10 and A.R:R 2.1:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 18.00; Below-average business quality.
Rapport Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotech developing precision neuroscience medicines using its RAP technology platform, which targets receptor-associated proteins to achieve neuroanatomical specificity. Its lead candidate, RAP-219, an AMPA receptor modulator in-licensed... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $38.57: Quality below floor (1.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.0/10 and A.R:R 2.1:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 18.00; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: Golden cross, above all MAs, RSI 51, MACD bullish. Score 5.0/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/9 gates (positive momentum, favorable risk/reward ratio, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 32d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on clean insider activity. Suitability: speculative.
About Rapport Therapeutics, Inc.
About Rapport Therapeutics, Inc.
Rapport Therapeutics' lead candidate, RAP-219, met its primary and secondary endpoints in a Phase 2a proof-of-concept trial reported in September 2025, showing a statistically significant reduction in both an objective seizure biomarker and clinical seizures in adults with drug-resistant focal onset seizures. Following supportive FDA feedback from an end-of-Phase-2 meeting in December 2025, the company expects to begin two Phase 3 trials of RAP-219 in the second quarter of 2026, targeting a $2.8 billion epilepsy market that is expected to grow to $3.6 billion by 2028.
Rapport has no approved products and generates no revenue; nearly all of its pipeline, including RAP-219 and its nicotinic acetylcholine receptor programs, was originally developed at Janssen Pharmaceutical and in-licensed under an August 2022 agreement that obligates Rapport to pay Janssen up to $76.0 million in development milestones and up to $40.0 million in sales milestones for RAP-219 products. Beyond RAP-219's focal-onset-seizure indication, the company is testing the same molecule in a Phase 2 proof-of-concept trial for bipolar mania, with topline data expected in the first half of 2027, and is developing a long-acting injectable formulation intended to improve adherence across all RAP-219 indications. Two earlier-stage discovery programs, RAP-641 for chronic pain and migraine and a program targeting the α9α10 receptor for hearing and vestibular disorders, round out the pipeline built on Rapport's receptor-associated-protein platform. Rapport reported net losses of $111.5 million in 2025 and $78.3 million in 2024.
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Rapport's own risk factors state that its business is highly dependent on the success of its product candidates, particularly RAP-219 for focal onset seizures — a concentration sharpened by the fact that RAP-219 also carries the company's bipolar mania and planned PGTCS programs on the same molecule. A setback in the upcoming Phase 3 FOS trials, expected to start in the second quarter of 2026, would therefore not be contained to one indication: it would simultaneously cloud the bipolar mania readout expected in the first half of 2027 and the planned PGTCS Phase 3 start in the first half of 2027, since all three rely on the same TARP8-targeting mechanism.
See also: Healthcare · Biotechnology
From Rapport Therapeutics, Inc.'s most recent 10-K filing, extracted July 6, 2026.
Recent developments
updated 2026-07-07Recent Developments — Rapport Therapeutics, Inc.
Latest news
- NEWS Leerink Partners Initiates Coverage On Rapport Therapeutics with Outperform Rating, Announces Price Target of $52 — benzinga Jun 24, 2026 positive
- NEWS BTIG Maintains Buy on Rapport Therapeutics, Raises Price Target to $65 — benzinga May 21, 2026 positive
- NEWS Truist Securities Assumes Rapport Therapeutics at Buy, Raises Price Target to $56 — benzinga May 19, 2026 positive
- NEWS BTIG Reiterates Buy on Rapport Therapeutics, Maintains $53 Price Target — benzinga May 8, 2026 positive
- NEWS Rapport Therapeutics Q1 EPS $(0.42) Beats $(0.65) Estimate, Sales $20.000M Beat $8.571M Estimate — benzinga May 7, 2026 positive
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- HIGHpipelineRAP-21910-K Item 1A: 'Our business is highly dependent on the success of our product candidates, particularly RAP-219 for FOS.'
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3 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit
Quality below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Volatile — 6.1% daily ATR makes tight stops impractical. Position-size conservatively.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $38.57: Quality below floor (1.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.0/10 and A.R:R 2.1:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 18.00; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: Golden cross, above all MAs, RSI 51, MACD bullish. Prior stop was $35.87. Score 5.0/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $49.27 (+27.7% upside). Prior stop was $35.87. Stop-loss: $35.87.
Concentration risk — Pipeline: RAP-219; Quality below floor (1.9 < 4.0); Value-trap signals (2/5): Revenue declining (-11.6% YoY), Margin compression (op margin 1.5%).
Rapport Therapeutics, Inc. trades at a P/E of N/A (forward -8.9). TrendMatrix value score: 9.0/10. Verdict: Sell.
17 analysts cover RAPP with a consensus score of 4.3/5. Average price target: $57.
What does Rapport Therapeutics, Inc. do?Rapport Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotech developing precision neuroscience medicines using its RAP technology...
Rapport Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotech developing precision neuroscience medicines using its RAP technology platform, which targets receptor-associated proteins to achieve neuroanatomical specificity. Its lead candidate, RAP-219, an AMPA receptor modulator in-licensed from Janssen, showed statistically significant seizure reduction in a Phase 2a trial for drug-resistant focal onset seizures reported in September 2025, with Phase 3 trials expected to begin in the second quarter of 2026.