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

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

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

Qualys Inc (NASDAQ:QLYS) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 1st. The software maker reported $0.36 EPS for the quarter, beating 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 return on equity of 11.88% and a net margin of 11.40%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 22.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm 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 updated 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 EPS 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Qualys' shares. Their predictions range from $61.00 to $110.00. On average, they expect Qualys' stock price to reach $79.8333 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 16.8%. 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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News coverage about QLYS stock has trended somewhat negative this week, Accern reports. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Qualys earned a news impact score of -0.08 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the software maker an impact score of 42.56 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.

Qualys' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include American Capital Management Inc. (0.56%), Summit Creek Advisors LLC (0.23%), Empowered Funds LLC (0.05%), Columbia Partners L L C Investment Management (0.05%), Atria Investments LLC (0.01%) and Bank of Montreal Can (0.00%). 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 Bank of Montreal Can and Summit Creek Advisors 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Empowered Funds LLC, Columbia Partners L L C Investment Management, American Capital Management Inc. 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 $95.95.

Qualys has a market capitalization of $3.62 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]