Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) Issues 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.

Qualys Stock Performance

NASDAQ QLYS opened at $135.57 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.96 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.15 and a beta of 0.56. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $143.41 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $135.70. Qualys has a fifty-two week low of $119.17 and a fifty-two week high of $174.73.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The software maker reported $1.19 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.35 by ($0.16). Qualys had a net margin of 28.59% and a return on equity of 39.64%. As a group, analysts forecast that Qualys will post 4.31 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

QLYS has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Jefferies Financial Group increased their price target on shares of Qualys from $135.00 to $155.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 6th. Canaccord Genuity Group lowered their target price on shares of Qualys from $170.00 to $163.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday. Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on Qualys from $123.00 to $126.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. Wolfe Research upgraded Qualys from an “underperform” rating to a “peer perform” rating in a research report on Monday, November 11th. Finally, DA Davidson boosted their price objective on Qualys from $120.00 to $147.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 6th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, fourteen have assigned a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $149.25.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Qualys news, insider Bruce K. Posey sold 882 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, January 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $139.66, for a total transaction of $123,180.12. Following the transaction, 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 transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Jeffrey P. Hank sold 4,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, November 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $146.31, for a total value of $585,240.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 12,666 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,853,162.46. This trade represents a 24.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 31,259 shares of company stock worth $4,578,153. 1.00% of the stock is owned by 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.