Qualys (QLYS) Stock Forecast, Price & News

15 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Qualys in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" QLYS shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in QLYS, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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15 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Qualys' shares. Their QLYS share price forecasts range from $100.00 to $185.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $138.41 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.8%.
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Qualys' stock was trading at $112.23 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, QLYS shares have increased by 36.7% and is now trading at $153.41.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 1st 2023.
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Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) released its earnings results on Thursday, August, 3rd. The software maker reported $0.95 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.30. The software maker had revenue of $137.21 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $135.55 million. Qualys had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 40.52% and a net margin of 22.98%.

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Qualys updated its FY23 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 3rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.50-$4.65 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $4.24. The company issued revenue guidance of $553-$555 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $554.42 million.

189 employees have rated Qualys Chief Executive Officer Philippe Courtot on Glassdoor.com. Philippe Courtot has an approval rating of 56% among the company's employees. This puts Philippe Courtot in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Qualys trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "QLYS."

Qualys' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (12.92%), State Street Corp (3.30%), Congress Asset Management Co. MA (2.93%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.45%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (2.06%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.90%). Insiders that own company stock include Allan Peters, Bruce K Posey, Bruce K Posey, Jeffrey P Hank, Kristi Marie Rogers, Philippe Courtot Family Trust, Philippe F Courtot, Sandra E Bergeron and Sumedh S Thakar.
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Shares of QLYS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of QLYS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $153.41.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) has a market capitalization of $5.63 billion and generates $489.72 million in revenue each year. The software maker earns $107.99 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.17 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,062 workers across the globe.

Qualys' mailing address is 919 E. HILLSDALE BLVD., FOSTER CITY CA, 94404. The official website for the company is www.qualys.com. The software maker can be reached via phone at (650) 801-6100, via email at ir@qualys.com, or via fax at 650-801-6101.