Qualys Company Profile (NASDAQ:QLYS)

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

Qualys Inc (NASDAQ:QLYS) announced its earnings results on Thursday, November, 3rd. The company reported $0.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.19 by $0.03. The company earned $51 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $50.74 million. Qualys had a net margin of 9.71% and a return on equity of 8.40%. Qualys's quarterly revenue was up 20.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.19 earnings per share. View Qualys' Earnings History.

Qualys is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August, 1st 2017. View Earnings Estimates for Qualys.

Qualys updated its FY17 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.81-$0.86 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.85. The company issued revenue guidance of $225-$228 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $226.42 million.Qualys also updated its Q2 guidance to $0.19-$0.21 EPS.

15 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Qualys' shares. Their forecasts range from $30.00 to $46.00. On average, they expect Qualys' stock price to reach $39.73 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Qualys.

Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about Qualys stock:

• 1. According to Zacks Investment Research, "Qualys, Inc. is a provider of cloud security and compliance solutions that enable organizations to identify security risks to their information technology infrastructures help protect their IT systems and applications from cyber-attacks. The Company's solutions are provided through its QualysGuard Cloud Platform. It offers products for vulnerability management, policy compliance, web application scanning, malware detection, and associated security products. Qualys, Inc. is headquartered in Redwood City, California. " (5/9/2017)
• 2. Summit Research analysts commented, "AMD reported 2Q16 sales/EPS of $1.03B/$0.08 besting consensus $951M/($0.09E) and returning to non-GAAP operating profitability, though cash burn remained high at $106M. Results were driven by a better than expected sequential jump in semi- custom (console). AMD guided FQ3 (Sept.) up a surprising 18% Q/Q, largely driven by an MSFT console ramp. However, we note F16 guidance implies a steep 15-20% sequential decline in December. Originally due in 2016, Zen processors began sampling this quarter with the server processor expected to enter production in 1Q17. We remain unconvinced Zen will be enough to reverse AMD’s CPU share losses." (7/22/2016)

Qualys saw a decrease in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 939,054 shares, a decrease of 30.1% from the April 28th total of 1,342,466 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 441,557 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.1 days. Approximately 3.1% of the shares of the company are sold short.

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Qualys' management team includes the folowing people:

• Philippe F. Courtot, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
• Melissa B. Fisher, Chief Financial Officer
• Shail Khiyara, Chief Marketing Officer
• Bruce K. Posey, Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary
• Sumedh S. Thakar, Chief Product Officer
• Donald R. Dixon, Lead Independent Director
• Todd P. Headley, Director
• Sandra E. Bergeron, Independent Director
• Jeffrey P. Hank, Independent Director
• Peter Pace, Independent Director

Qualys' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (9.26%), Champlain Investment Partners LLC (6.34%), Neuberger Berman Group LLC (6.07%), Columbia Wanger Asset Management LLC (4.29%), Vanguard Group Inc. (4.25%) and Penserra Capital Management LLC (2.87%). Company insiders that own Qualys stock include Amer Deeba, Bruce K Posey, Donald C Mccauley, Howard A Schmidt, Philippe F Courtot and Sumedh S Thakar. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Qualys.

Qualys' stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, Pictet Asset Management Ltd., Oxford Asset Management, Granahan Investment Management Inc. MA, Penserra Capital Management LLC, Ameriprise Financial Inc., Summit Creek Advisors LLC and UBS Group AG. Company insiders that have sold Qualys stock in the last year include Amer Deeba, Bruce K Posey, Howard A Schmidt, Philippe F Courtot and Sumedh S Thakar. View Insider Buying and Selling for Qualys.

Qualys' stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Champlain Investment Partners LLC, Neuberger Berman Group LLC, Columbia Wanger Asset Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P. and Vanguard Group Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Qualys.

Shares of Qualys can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of Qualys stock can currently be purchased for approximately $42.55.