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

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

Qualys declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase plan on Thursday, February 15th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $100,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Qualys Inc (NASDAQ:QLYS) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 1st. The software maker reported $0.36 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.33 by $0.03. The software maker earned $64.90 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $63.88 million. Qualys had a net margin of 11.40% and a return on equity of 11.88%. The firm's revenue was up 22.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.20 earnings per share. 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 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for Qualys' shares. Their predictions range from $61.00 to $110.00. On average, they anticipate Qualys' stock price to reach $79.8333 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Qualys.

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News stories about QLYS stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of public 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 0.04 on Accern's scale. They also gave news headlines about the software maker an impact score of 44.89 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.

Qualys' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (10.76%), Neuberger Berman Group LLC (7.10%), Champlain Investment Partners LLC (3.48%), Bamco Inc. NY (1.94%), ETF Managers Group LLC (1.72%) and Stephens Investment Management Group LLC (1.53%). 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 sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Champlain Investment Partners LLC, Cavalry Management Group LLC, ETF Managers Group LLC, Neuberger Berman Group LLC, Goodman Financial Corp, Mckinley Capital Management LLC Delaware, Bamco Inc. NY and Tiverton Asset Management LLC. 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, Peter Pace, Philippe F Courtot, Sumedh S Thakar and Todd P Headley. View Insider Buying and Selling for Qualys.

QLYS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Legal & General Group Plc, BlackRock Inc., Redwood Investments LLC, Sandler Capital Management, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Spark Investment Management LLC, Federated Investors Inc. PA and Prudential Financial Inc.. 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 $95.90.

Qualys has a market capitalization of $3.78 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]