Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided EPS guidance of 5.500-5.900 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS 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.

Qualys Trading Down 3.6 %

Shares of QLYS traded down $5.26 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $140.71. 582,222 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 386,595. Qualys has a 1 year low of $119.17 and a 1 year 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 cap of $5.15 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.99 and a beta of 0.56.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last posted its quarterly earnings results 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. The business had revenue of $153.87 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $150.74 million. Qualys had a net margin of 28.72% and a return on equity of 40.24%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 8.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.24 earnings per share. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Qualys will post 4.34 EPS for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have weighed in on QLYS. UBS Group upped their price objective on shares of Qualys from $140.00 to $160.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 6th. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their price target on shares of Qualys from $135.00 to $155.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. Royal Bank of Canada lifted their target price on shares of Qualys from $150.00 to $162.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research note 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. Finally, Westpark Capital reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Qualys in a report on Wednesday, November 6th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, fourteen have given a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Qualys has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $152.80.

Insider Buying and Selling at Qualys

In other news, CEO Sumedh S. Thakar sold 7,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $149.66, for a total value of $1,047,620.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 225,453 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $33,741,295.98. This trade represents a 3.01 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, insider Bruce K. Posey sold 882 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $139.66, for a total transaction of $123,180.12. Following the sale, the insider now owns 62,295 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,700,119.70. The trade was a 1.40 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 31,259 shares of company stock worth $4,578,153. 1.00% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

About Qualys

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.