Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 5.500-5.900 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 5.890. The company issued revenue guidance of $645.0 million-$657.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $604.7 million. Qualys also updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 1.400-1.500 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have recently weighed in on QLYS. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their price objective on shares of Qualys from $135.00 to $155.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 6th. Royal Bank of Canada upped their price target on shares of Qualys from $150.00 to $162.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 6th. UBS Group upped their price target on shares of Qualys from $140.00 to $160.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 6th. Truist Financial upped their price target on shares of Qualys from $120.00 to $145.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 6th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group upped their price target on shares of Qualys from $160.00 to $170.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research 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 presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $152.80.

Qualys Stock Down 3.6 %

Shares of Qualys stock traded down $5.26 on Thursday, hitting $140.71. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 582,222 shares, compared to its average volume of 386,595. Qualys has a 52-week low of $119.17 and a 52-week high of $182.45. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $143.69 and a 200-day moving average price of $135.66. The company has a market capitalization of $5.15 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.99 and a beta of 0.56.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November 5th. The software maker reported $1.56 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.33 by $0.23. Qualys had a net margin of 28.72% and a return on equity of 40.24%. The business had revenue of $153.87 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $150.74 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.24 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 8.4% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, analysts expect that Qualys will post 4.34 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Jeffrey P. Hank sold 4,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $146.31, for a total transaction of $585,240.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 12,666 shares in the company, valued at $1,853,162.46. This represents a 24.00 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, insider Bruce K. Posey sold 8,555 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $154.62, for a total transaction of $1,322,774.10. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 64,032 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,900,627.84. This trade represents a 11.79 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 31,259 shares of company stock worth $4,578,153 in the last three months. Corporate 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.