NASDAQ:QLYS - Qualys Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Qualys announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program on Thursday, February 15th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $100,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Qualys Inc (NASDAQ:QLYS) released its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 30th. The software maker reported $0.49 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.38 by $0.11. The software maker earned $71.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $71.22 million. Qualys had a return on equity of 14.18% and a net margin of 17.10%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 20.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.31 earnings per share. View Qualys' Earnings History.

Qualys is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 11th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Qualys.

Qualys issued an update on its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 30th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.39-$0.41 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.37. The company issued revenue guidance of $73.7-$74.5 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $74.62 million.

13 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for Qualys' stock. Their predictions range from $62.00 to $112.00. On average, they anticipate Qualys' stock price to reach $86.9231 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Qualys.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Qualys in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Qualys.

News stories about QLYS stock have trended positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Qualys earned a coverage optimism score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the software maker a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

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Qualys' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (12.39%), Congress Asset Management Co. MA (2.26%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.00%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.84%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (0.75%) and American Capital Management Inc. (0.57%). Company insiders that own Qualys stock include Amer Deeba, Bruce K Posey, Donald R Dixon, Jeffrey P Hank, Kristi Marie Rogers, Melissa B Fisher, Peter Pace, Philippe F Courtot, Sumedh S Thakar and Todd P Headley. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Qualys.

QLYS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prudential Financial Inc., DE Burlo Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., WINTON GROUP Ltd, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Russell Investments Group Ltd. and USA Financial Portformulas Corp. Company insiders that have sold Qualys company stock in the last year include Amer Deeba, Bruce K Posey, Donald R Dixon, Jeffrey P Hank, Kristi Marie Rogers, Melissa B Fisher, Peter Pace, Philippe F Courtot, Sumedh S Thakar and Todd P Headley. View Insider Buying and Selling for Qualys.

QLYS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Wells Fargo & Company MN, Congress Asset Management Co. MA, First Trust Advisors LP, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., HWG Holdings LP, Shaker Investments LLC OH and Trexquant Investment LP. View Insider Buying and Selling for Qualys.

Shares of QLYS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of QLYS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $73.13.

Qualys has a market capitalization of $2.93 billion and generates $230.83 million in revenue each year. The software maker earns $40.44 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.90 on an earnings per share basis. Qualys employs 869 workers across the globe.

The official website for Qualys is http://www.qualys.com.

Qualys' mailing address is 919 E. HILLSDALE BOULEVARD, FOSTER CITY CA, 94404. The software maker can be reached via phone at 650-801-6100 or via email at [email protected]