Qualys Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Qualys in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" Qualys stock. 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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Qualys is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 3rd 2021.
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Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August, 9th. The software maker reported $0.79 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.68 by $0.11. The software maker had revenue of $99.70 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $98.98 million. Qualys had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.14% and a net margin of 17.67%. Qualys's revenue was up 12.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.74 EPS.
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Qualys' stock was trading at $74.40 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, QLYS shares have increased by 60.4% and is now trading at $119.36.
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Qualys issued an update on its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Monday, September, 6th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.020-$3.070 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.710. The company issued revenue guidance of $406 million-$407.50 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $403.40 million.

7 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Qualys' stock. Their forecasts range from $99.00 to $130.00. On average, they anticipate Qualys' share price to reach $109.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.3%.
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189 employees have rated Qualys CEO Philippe Courtot on Glassdoor.com. Philippe Courtot has an approval rating of 56% among Qualys' 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 a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (10.20%), Vanguard Group Inc. (8.41%), Neuberger Berman Group LLC (6.03%), First Trust Advisors LP (3.22%), State Street Corp (2.89%) and Congress Asset Management Co. MA (2.48%). Company insiders that own Qualys stock include 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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QLYS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Clearbridge Investments LLC, BlackRock Inc., DF Dent & Co. Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Montanaro Asset Management Ltd, Invesco Ltd., Van Berkom & Associates Inc., and Nicholas Company Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Qualys company stock in the last year include Bruce K Posey, Jeffrey P Hank, Kristi Marie Rogers, Philippe Courtot Family Trust, Philippe F Courtot, Sandra E Bergeron, and Sumedh S Thakar.
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QLYS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Legal & General Group Plc, Boston Trust Walden Corp, Millennium Management LLC, Geode Capital Management LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Squarepoint Ops LLC, Marshall Wace LLP, and Marshall Wace LLP.
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Shares of QLYS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of QLYS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $119.36.

Qualys has a market capitalization of $4.65 billion and generates $362.96 million in revenue each year. The software maker earns $91.57 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.32 on an earnings per share basis.

Qualys employs 1,498 workers across the globe.

The official website for Qualys is www.qualys.com.

Qualys is headquartered at 919 E. HILLSDALE BLVD., FOSTER CITY CA, 94404.

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]