Analysts Set Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) Price Target at $122.14

Shares of Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) have earned a consensus rating of “Hold” from the seventeen analysts that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, twelve have issued a hold recommendation, two have assigned a buy recommendation and one has given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year target price among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $122.1429.

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on the company. William Blair cut Qualys from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 28th. Piper Sandler lowered their price objective on Qualys from $135.00 to $100.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price objective on Qualys from $113.00 to $87.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Wedbush lowered their price objective on Qualys from $155.00 to $125.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Finally, Truist Financial lowered their price objective on Qualys from $120.00 to $85.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, April 24th.

Qualys Trading Up 3.8%

QLYS stock opened at $90.02 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.17 billion, a PE ratio of 16.16 and a beta of 0.58. Qualys has a 12-month low of $74.51 and a 12-month high of $155.47. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $89.67 and its 200 day simple moving average is $116.00.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 5th. The software maker reported $1.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.81 by $0.14. The business had revenue of $175.64 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $173.63 million. Qualys had a return on equity of 37.15% and a net margin of 29.41%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.67 EPS. Qualys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.440-7.650 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.730-1.800 EPS. On average, research analysts predict that Qualys will post 5.47 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Qualys

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Nordea Investment Management AB raised its stake in Qualys by 62.4% during the 4th quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 125,636 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $16,769,000 after buying an additional 48,267 shares during the last quarter. RWA Wealth Partners LLC purchased a new stake in Qualys during the 3rd quarter valued at $80,820,000. Federated Hermes Inc. raised its stake in Qualys by 26.3% during the 3rd quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 87,217 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $11,541,000 after buying an additional 18,164 shares during the last quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC raised its stake in Qualys by 748.6% during the 3rd quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 31,346 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $4,148,000 after buying an additional 27,652 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH raised its stake in Qualys by 9.8% during the 4th quarter. Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH now owns 208,832 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $27,754,000 after buying an additional 18,711 shares during the last quarter. 99.31% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Qualys Company Profile

Qualys, Inc (NASDAQ: QLYS) is a leading provider of cloud-based security and compliance solutions designed to help organizations streamline their IT security programs. Operating on a unified, modular platform, Qualys offers continuous visibility into global IT assets through a combination of lightweight cloud agents and on-premises scanner appliances. The platform supports an array of security and compliance use cases, enabling real-time detection of vulnerabilities, policy violations and misconfigurations across on-premises, cloud and hybrid environments.

The company’s flagship Qualys Cloud Platform delivers a suite of integrated applications, including vulnerability management, detection and response (VMDR), policy compliance, web application scanning, file integrity monitoring, asset inventory and container security.