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 guidance of 1.400-1.500 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share 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

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on QLYS shares. Loop Capital reduced their price objective on Qualys from $150.00 to $140.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Friday. Jefferies Financial Group raised their price target on shares of Qualys from $135.00 to $155.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. Westpark Capital reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Qualys in a report on Wednesday, November 6th. DA Davidson boosted their price target on Qualys from $120.00 to $147.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 6th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group reduced their price objective on shares of Qualys from $170.00 to $163.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday. Three analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, fourteen have given a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $149.25.

Qualys Stock Down 3.7 %

Shares of QLYS opened at $135.57 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $143.41 and its 200 day moving average price is $135.70. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.15 and a beta of 0.56. Qualys has a 12-month low of $119.17 and a 12-month high of $174.73.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 6th. The software maker reported $1.19 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.35 by ($0.16). Qualys had a return on equity of 39.64% and a net margin of 28.59%. Equities research analysts expect that Qualys will post 4.31 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Qualys

In other Qualys 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 sale, the director now owns 12,666 shares of the company’s stock, 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 Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Bruce K. Posey sold 8,555 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated 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 completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 64,032 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,900,627.84. This represents a 11.79 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 31,259 shares of company stock worth $4,578,153 over the last three months. Company 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.