Qualys (QLYS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

12 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Qualys in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "reduce" QLYS shares.
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12 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Qualys' stock. Their QLYS share price targets range from $100.00 to $210.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $153.23 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.5%.
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Qualys' stock was trading at $196.28 at the start of the year. Since then, QLYS stock has decreased by 16.5% and is now trading at $163.93.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 2nd 2024.
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Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) released its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 7th. The software maker reported $1.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.82 by $0.26. The software maker earned $144.57 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $144.69 million. Qualys had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 49.06% and a net margin of 27.34%.

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Qualys updated its first quarter 2024 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 7th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.270-1.350 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 1.260. The company issued revenue guidance of $144.5 million-$146.5 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $146.2 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.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Qualys investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Salesforce (CRM), Intel (INTC), Verizon Communications (VZ), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Tesla (TSLA) and Broadcom (AVGO).

Qualys' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Congress Asset Management Co. MA (2.71%), First Hawaiian Bank (0.04%), Banque Cantonale Vaudoise (0.04%), Bridge City Capital LLC (0.03%), Shilanski & Associates Inc. (0.02%) and Financial Enhancement Group LLC (0.02%). Insiders that own company stock include Allan Peters, Bruce K Posey, Bruce K Posey, Jeffrey P Hank, Joo Mi Kim, Kristi Marie Rogers, Philippe Courtot Family Trust and Sumedh S Thakar.
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