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Qualys, Inc.QLYS

Buy more

Buy more at today's $173, already under our buy price.

  • 6 good· Earnings beat
  • 6 to watch· Weak reaction

$172.50−10.19 (−5.58%)

Price at 3:02 PM ET

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NASDAQ · Technology · Software Infrastructure · Mid-size company

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What would change it

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  • below5%

    sales growth

Compared with the S&P 500

  • 17 points

    worse in one day

  • 38 points

    worse in five trading days

+12.2% in a year

Earnings report

Latest results

Reported Monday after the close
EPS
$1.67
vs $1.46 expected, beat by 14%
The stock
−14%
On Tuesday, usually 3.7%

Our call is still Buy more after the results.

The news behind our call

written yesterday, 10:18 AM ETYesterday, 10:18 AM ET · 3 articles · 2 sources

What changed

From Yahoo Finance, Qualys, Inc. via Nasdaq, Investing.com and 2 more

Qualys rallied 6.32% after the reported print, but absent EPS and guidance data leave the thesis only partially confirmed.

  1. Analyst ratings shifted: 1 more hold, 1 fewer sell

    4 buy, 17 hold, 1 sell, against 4 buy, 16 hold, 2 sell the month before.

    Analysts · This month

  2. Qualys Q3 earnings beat on Federal Strength, 2026 guidance raised

    Tuesday

  3. Qualys (QLYS) Q3 earnings: what to expect

    Tuesday

  4. Why is Qualys stock tumbling today?

    Tuesday

  5. Qualys (QLYS) expands Global MROC Alliance across Mobile OT IoT and Identity

    Tuesday

  6. Qualys earnings beat, revenue Edges by estimates

    Tuesday

  7. Qualys (QLYS) raises guidance, is the stock already overvalued?

    Tuesday

  8. Qualys to Speak at upcoming investor Conference

    Tuesday

Overview

In plain numbers

  • Revenue grew 10.4% from a year earlier, to $721.1M in the last twelve months.
  • It keeps 34 cents of every revenue dollar as operating profit, up from 28 cents in FY 2021.
  • It turned 45% of revenue into free cash flow: $324.4M in the last twelve months.
  • It holds $808.0M in cash and investments against $51.2M of debt, which leaves $756.8M of net cash.

Key figures

Revenue (TTM)
$721M
Revenue growth, 1 year
+10.4%
Net income
$213M
EPS (diluted)
$6.00
Gross margin
83.3%
Operating margin
34.5%
Return on equity
36.3%
Return on capital
107.2%
Debt / equity
0.08
Current ratio
1.53
Buyback yield
3.01%

Revenue by region

period ending Jun 30, 2026
  • United States$390M · 56%
  • Foriegn$312M · 44%

Key facts

Company value
$6.1B
Price / last year's earnings
29.2×
Today's range
167.54181.93
Past year's range
76.20230.29
Yesterday's close
$182.69

Why it moved

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