NASDAQ:QLYS - Qualys Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Qualys declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback program on Thursday, February 15th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $100,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Qualys Inc (NASDAQ:QLYS) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 30th. The software maker reported $0.66 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.53 by $0.13. The software maker had revenue of $82.70 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $82.37 million. Qualys had a return on equity of 18.15% and a net margin of 20.27%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 15.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.49 EPS. View Qualys' Earnings History.

Qualys is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 12th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Qualys.

Qualys will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 12th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Qualys issued an update on its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, October, 30th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.57 to $0.59 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.49. The company issued revenue guidance of $84.3 million to $84.9 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $85.18 million.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Qualys' stock. Their forecasts range from $82.00 to $108.00. On average, they expect Qualys' stock price to reach $93.44 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Qualys.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Qualys in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 10 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Qualys.

News coverage about QLYS stock has been trending extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Qualys earned a media sentiment score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the software maker a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Qualys.

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Qualys' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Summit Creek Advisors LLC (0.34%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.19%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%), TrimTabs Asset Management LLC (0.04%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%) and Sciencast Management LP (0.02%). Company insiders that own Qualys stock include Amer Deeba, Bruce K Posey, 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 Scout Investments Inc., Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold Qualys company stock in the last year include Bruce K Posey, Jeffrey P Hank, Melissa B Fisher, Peter Pace, Philippe F Courtot and Sumedh S Thakar. View Insider Buying and Selling for Qualys.

QLYS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Summit Creek Advisors LLC, TrimTabs Asset Management LLC, Sciencast Management LP, Arden Trust Co, Squar Milner Financial Services LLC and Huntington National Bank. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of QLYS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $84.90.

Qualys has a market capitalization of $3.29 billion and generates $278.89 million in revenue each year. The software maker earns $57.30 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.19 on an earnings per share basis. Qualys employs 1,194 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Qualys.

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

Qualys' mailing address is 919 E. HILLSDALE BOULEVARD 4TH FLOOR, FOSTER CITY CA, 94404. The software maker can be reached via phone at 650-801-6100 or via email at [email protected]