Qualys - QLYS Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Qualys in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 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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9 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Qualys' stock. Their QLYS share price forecasts range from $123.00 to $160.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $141.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.1%.
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Qualys' stock was trading at $137.22 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, QLYS shares have increased by 3.1% and is now trading at $141.42.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 2nd 2022.
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Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) announced its earnings results on Monday, August, 8th. The software maker reported $0.89 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.80 by $0.09. The software maker earned $119.89 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $117.52 million. Qualys had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 24.17% and a net margin of 22.68%. The firm's revenue was up 20.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.53 earnings per share.

Qualys updated its third quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Tuesday, September, 6th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.85-$0.87 for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $124.50 million-$125.10 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $124.02 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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (3.01%), Congress Asset Management Co. MA (2.70%), Legal & General Group Plc (2.58%), Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. (1.78%), CDAM UK Ltd (1.72%) and Credit Suisse AG (1.62%). Insiders that own company stock include Allan Peters, Bruce K Posey, Bruce K Posey, Jeffrey P Hank, Kristi Marie Rogers, Melissa B Fisher, Peter Pace, Philippe Courtot Family Trust, Philippe F Courtot, Sandra E Bergeron and Sumedh S Thakar.
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One share of QLYS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $141.42.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) has a market capitalization of $5.42 billion and generates $411.17 million in revenue each year. The software maker earns $70.96 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.56 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,823 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.