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Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS – Get Free Report) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.400-1.500 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 1.470. The company issued revenue guidance of $155.5 million-$158.5 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $157.7 million. Qualys also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 5.500-5.900 EPS.
Analyst Ratings Changes
Several equities analysts have issued reports on the stock. Truist Financial boosted their price objective on shares of Qualys from $120.00 to $145.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. UBS Group upped their target price on shares of Qualys from $140.00 to $160.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 6th. Wolfe Research upgraded shares of Qualys from an “underperform” rating to a “peer perform” rating in a report on Monday, November 11th. Royal Bank of Canada increased their price objective on shares of Qualys from $150.00 to $162.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 6th. Finally, TD Cowen raised their price target on shares of Qualys from $130.00 to $150.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 6th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, fourteen have issued a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $152.80.
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Qualys Stock Down 3.6 %
Shares of QLYS stock traded down $5.26 during trading on Thursday, reaching $140.71. 582,222 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 386,595. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $143.69 and its 200-day moving average price is $135.66. Qualys has a twelve month low of $119.17 and a twelve month high of $182.45. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.15 billion, a PE ratio of 30.99 and a beta of 0.56.
Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November 5th. The software maker reported $1.56 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.33 by $0.23. Qualys had a return on equity of 40.24% and a net margin of 28.72%. The business had revenue of $153.87 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $150.74 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.24 EPS. Qualys’s revenue for the quarter was up 8.4% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, analysts anticipate that Qualys will post 4.34 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Insider Buying and Selling at Qualys
In related news, CFO Joo Mi Kim sold 1,332 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $157.37, for a total transaction of $209,616.84. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 113,652 shares in the company, valued at $17,885,415.24. The trade was a 1.16 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, insider Bruce K. Posey sold 855 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $142.24, for a total value of $121,615.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 63,177 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,986,296.48. The trade was a 1.34 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 31,259 shares of company stock valued at $4,578,153. Company insiders own 1.00% of the company’s stock.
Qualys Company Profile
Qualys, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides cloud-based platform delivering information technology (IT), security, and compliance solutions in the United States and internationally. It offers Qualys Cloud Apps, which include Cybersecurity Asset Management and External Attack Surface Management; Vulnerability Management, Detection and Response; Web Application Scanning; Patch Management; Custom Assessment and Remediation; Multi-Vector Endpoint Detection and Response; Context Extended Detection and Response; Policy Compliance; File Integrity Monitoring; and Qualys TotalCloud, as well as Cloud Workload Protection, Cloud Detection and Response, Cloud Security Posture Management, Infrastructure as Code, and Container Security.
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