NASDAQ:QLYS - Qualys Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Qualys announced that its board has initiated a stock buyback program on Thursday, February 15th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $100,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Qualys Inc (NASDAQ:QLYS) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May, 1st. The software maker reported $0.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.33 by $0.03. The software maker had revenue of $64.90 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $63.88 million. Qualys had a net margin of 11.40% and a return on equity of 11.88%. Qualys's quarterly revenue was up 22.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.20 EPS. View Qualys' Earnings History.

Qualys is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July, 31st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Qualys.

Qualys issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 1st. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.43-$1.48 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.43. The company issued revenue guidance of $276.8-$278.5 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $277.14 million.Qualys also updated its Q2 guidance to $0.33-$0.35 EPS.

13 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Qualys' shares. Their predictions range from $61.00 to $110.00. On average, they anticipate Qualys' share price to reach $79.8333 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 14.5%. View Analyst Ratings for Qualys.

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

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Headlines about QLYS stock have trended somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Qualys earned a daily sentiment score of 0.07 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the software maker an impact score of 47.53 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Qualys' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Empowered Funds LLC (0.05%), Columbia Partners L L C Investment Management (0.05%) and Atria Investments LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own Qualys stock include Amer Deeba, Bruce K Posey, Donald R Dixon, Howard A Schmidt, Jeffrey P Hank, Kristi Marie Rogers, Peter Pace, Philippe F Courtot, Sumedh S Thakar and Todd P Headley. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Qualys.

QLYS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Empowered Funds LLC, Columbia Partners L L C Investment Management and Atria Investments LLC. 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 $93.35.

Qualys has a market capitalization of $3.64 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.

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