Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) Releases Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. 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.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on the company. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on Qualys from $123.00 to $126.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 6th. UBS Group raised their target price on Qualys from $140.00 to $160.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 6th. Wolfe Research raised Qualys from an “underperform” rating to a “peer perform” rating in a report on Monday, November 11th. DA Davidson raised their target price on Qualys from $120.00 to $147.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 6th. Finally, Westpark Capital restated a “hold” rating on shares of Qualys in a research report on Wednesday, November 6th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, fourteen have assigned a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $152.80.

Qualys Price Performance

Qualys stock traded down $5.26 during mid-day trading 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. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $143.69 and its 200 day moving average is $135.66. The company has a market cap of $5.15 billion, a PE ratio of 30.99 and a beta of 0.56. Qualys has a 52-week low of $119.17 and a 52-week high of $182.45.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November 5th. The software maker reported $1.56 earnings per share (EPS) 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 firm 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 business earned $1.24 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 8.4% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, analysts forecast that Qualys will post 4.34 EPS for the current year.

Insider Transactions at Qualys

In related news, insider Bruce K. Posey sold 8,555 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $154.62, for a total value of $1,322,774.10. Following the transaction, 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 sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Sumedh S. Thakar sold 7,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 225,453 shares in the company, valued at $33,741,295.98. The trade was a 3.01 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 31,259 shares of company stock valued at $4,578,153 in the last three months. Corporate insiders own 1.00% of the company’s stock.

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.