QLYS - Qualys Inc Stock Price, Fair Value and News

164.92USD+1.37 (+0.84%)Delayed as of 22 Apr 2024, 11:05 am ET

Market Summary

USD164.92+1.37

Delayedas of 22 Apr 2024, 11:05 am

0.84%

QLYS Alerts

3 major insider sales recently.

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QLYS Valuation

Market Cap

6.0B

Price/Earnings (Trailing)

39.89

Price/Sales (Trailing)

10.91

EV/EBITDA

28.42

Price/Free Cashflow

25.65

QLYS Price/Sales (Trailing)

QLYS Profitability

Operating Margin

80.61%

EBT Margin

32.22%

Return on Equity

41.17%

Return on Assets

18.66%

Free Cashflow Yield

3.9%

QLYS Fundamentals

QLYS Revenue

Revenue (TTM)

554.5M

Rev. Growth (Yr)

10.49%

Rev. Growth (Qtr)

1.81%

QLYS Earnings

Earnings (TTM)

151.6M

Earnings Growth (Yr)

43.31%

Earnings Growth (Qtr)

-12.73%

Breaking Down QLYS Revenue

52 Week Range

107.00165.50

(Low)(High)

Last 7 days

-1.6%

Last 30 days

-2.2%

Last 90 days

-16.7%

Trailing 12 Months

30.9%

How does QLYS drawdown profile look like?

QLYS Financial Health

Current Ratio

1.54

QLYS Investor Care

Buy Backs (1Y)

1.03%

Diluted EPS (TTM)

4.03

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Net sales

Year	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
2023	507.0M	524.3M	540.7M	554.5M
2022	427.8M	448.0M	468.7M	489.7M
2021	373.5M	384.3M	396.2M	411.2M
2020	332.5M	342.4M	352.8M	363.0M
2019	289.4M	300.1M	311.1M	321.6M
2018	251.2M	264.1M	267.6M	278.9M
2017	204.8M	211.6M	228.8M	239.5M
2016	173.0M	181.6M	190.1M	197.9M
2015	140.7M	148.3M	156.4M	164.3M
2014	113.4M	119.4M	126.0M	133.6M
2013	95.1M	99.2M	103.6M	108.0M
2012	79.7M	83.4M	87.4M	91.4M
2011	68.1M	70.8M	73.5M	76.2M
2010	0	0	0	65.4M

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Tracking the Latest Insider Buys and Sells of Qualys Inc

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Datesorted ascending	Name	Buy/Sell	$ Value	Avg. Price	# Shares	Title
Apr 15, 2024	thakar sumedh s	acquired	96,663	30.58	3,161	ceo & president
Apr 15, 2024	thakar sumedh s	sold	-661,427	163	-4,034	ceo & president
Apr 05, 2024	kim joo mi	sold	-315,550	165	-1,912	chief financial officer
Apr 01, 2024	kim joo mi	sold (taxes)	-200,903	167	-1,201	chief financial officer
Mar 20, 2024	posey bruce k	sold	-235,818	164	-1,430	chief legal officer
Mar 20, 2024	posey bruce k	acquired	25,560	25.56	1,000	chief legal officer
Mar 14, 2024	thakar sumedh s	sold	-1,381,180	167	-8,240	ceo & president
Mar 14, 2024	thakar sumedh s	acquired	198,770	30.58	6,500	ceo & president
Mar 05, 2024	kim joo mi	sold	-119,121	164	-723	chief financial officer
Feb 20, 2024	posey bruce k	sold	-234,216	163	-1,430	chief legal officer

Which funds bought or sold QLYS recently?

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Datesorted ascending	Fund Name	Type	% Chg	$ Change	$ Held	% Portfolio
Apr 18, 2024	CULLINAN ASSOCIATES INC	added	78.64	5,913,660	17,313,600	0.97%
Apr 18, 2024	Miracle Mile Advisors, LLC	unchanged	-	-45,586	258,648	0.01%
Apr 18, 2024	Diversified Trust Co	sold off	-100	-209,234	-	-%
Apr 18, 2024	Park Place Capital Corp	unchanged	-	-20,440	115,975	0.04%
Apr 18, 2024	FARMERS & MERCHANTS INVESTMENTS INC	unchanged	-	-412	2,336	-%
Apr 18, 2024	Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC	added	58.01	441,933	1,728,940	-%
Apr 18, 2024	Tributary Capital Management, LLC	reduced	-32.64	-357,177	478,583	0.04%
Apr 18, 2024	Congress Wealth Management LLC / DE /	reduced	-5.21	-5,232,780	21,725,400	0.38%
Apr 18, 2024	Optas, LLC	unchanged	-	-59,026	334,908	0.09%
Apr 18, 2024	McGlone Suttner Wealth Management, Inc.	sold off	-100	-30,423	-	-%

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QLYS Alerts

3 major insider sales recently.

Unveiling Qualys Inc's Major ShareHolders

Date Filed	Name of Filer	Percent of Class	No. of Shares	Form Type
Feb 13, 2024	vanguard group inc	10.21%	3,756,297	SC 13G/A
Feb 12, 2024	neuberger berman group llc	5.27%	1,938,573	SC 13G/A
Jan 22, 2024	blackrock inc.	14.8%	5,438,039	SC 13G/A
Jul 10, 2023	vanguard group inc	10.01%	3,694,099	SC 13G/A
Feb 10, 2023	neuberger berman group llc	5.39%	2,047,284	SC 13G/A
Feb 09, 2023	vanguard group inc	9.18%	3,486,717	SC 13G/A
Jan 23, 2023	blackrock inc.	12.1%	4,613,510	SC 13G/A
Jan 19, 2023	philippe courtot family trust	1.43%	535	SC 13G/A
Feb 14, 2022	neuberger berman group llc	5.78%	2,245,048	SC 13G/A
Feb 08, 2022	philippe courtot family trust	9.1%	3,539,054	SC 13G

Recent SEC filings of Qualys Inc

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Date Filed	Form Type	Document
Apr 17, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Apr 08, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Apr 05, 2024	144	Notice of Insider Sale Intent
Apr 03, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Apr 03, 2024	8-K	Current Report
Mar 22, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Mar 18, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Mar 07, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Feb 22, 2024	10-K	Annual Report
Feb 22, 2024	4	Insider Trading

Peers (Alternatives to Qualys Inc)

Name	Mkt Capsorted ascending	Revenue	Price %, 1M	Returns, 1Y	P/E	P/S	Rev 1-Yr	Inc 1-Yr
LARGE-CAP
MSFT	3.0T	227.6B	-6.14%	39.50%	35.93	13.03	11.51%	22.38%
ADBE	208.3B	19.9B	-10.43%	22.28%	43.39	10.45	10.76%	1.35%
CRWD	67.4B	3.1B	-13.57%	117.51%	754.78	22.07	36.33%	148.75%
SQ	42.9B	21.9B	-13.54%	12.94%	6.3K	1.96	25.01%	101.26%
AKAM	15.4B	3.8B	-7.43%	25.49%	28.07	4.03	5.40%	4.57%
FFIV	10.4B	2.8B	-6.45%	32.16%	22.62	3.72	3.55%	53.13%
MID-CAP
ALTR	6.6B	612.7M	-0.99%	16.96%	-743.3	10.83	7.07%	79.45%
HCP	4.6B	583.1M	-13.33%	-13.55%	-24.37	7.97	22.54%	30.49%
ACIW	3.4B	1.5B	-0.53%	24.73%	27.98	2.34	2.16%	-14.54%
APPN	2.5B	545.4M	-8.76%	-13.33%	-22.66	4.63	16.53%	26.16%
SMALL-CAP
CSGS	1.4B	1.2B	-5.10%	-7.42%	21.01	1.23	7.30%	93.18%
ATEN	964.0M	251.7M	-4.71%	-9.26%	24.12	3.83	-10.22%	-14.79%
BAND	444.1M	601.1M	-10.14%	30.60%	-27.18	0.74	4.88%	-183.51%
DTSS	18.4M	7.0M	-8.01%	-59.10%	-2.14	2.91	-55.73%	-45.27%
BLIN	12.4M	15.6M	14.42%	32.22%	-1.24	0.8	-6.37%	-5256.07%

Qualys Inc News

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Income Statement (Last 12 Months)

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Income Statement (Quarterly)																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Revenue	1.8%	145	142	137	131	131	126	120	113	110	105	100	97.00	95.00	93.00	89.00	86.00	85.00	83.00	79.00	75.00	74.00
Cost Of Revenue	1.5%	27.00	27.00	27.00	27.00	28.00	26.00	25.00	24.00	24.00	22.00	22.00	22.00	21.00	21.00	19.00	18.00	17.00	17.00	18.00	18.00	18.00
Gross Profit	1.9%	117	115	111	104	103	100	95.00	89.00	86.00	82.00	78.00	75.00	74.00	72.00	70.00	68.00	68.00	66.00	61.00	58.00	57.00
Operating Expenses	6.0%	76.00	72.00	68.00	69.00	72.00	66.00	62.00	56.00	57.00	50.00	49.00	78.00	49.00	46.00	44.00	47.00	48.00	43.00	45.00	44.00	44.00
S&GA Expenses	14.6%	32.00	28.00	26.00	26.00	28.00	25.00	24.00	20.00	22.00	19.00	18.00	18.00	18.00	16.00	16.00	18.00	19.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	19.00
R&D Expenses	-1.1%	27.00	28.00	27.00	28.00	28.00	25.00	25.00	23.00	22.00	21.00	20.00	18.00	19.00	18.00	18.00	18.00	18.00	17.00	18.00	16.00	15.00
EBITDA Margin	2.6%	0.37*	0.36*	0.35*	0.34*	0.34*	0.35*	0.36*	0.38*	0.30*	0.30*	0.30*	0.30*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Interest Expenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.00	-	-	0.00	0.00	0.00	-	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Income Taxes	362.5%	7.00	2.00	10.00	8.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	8.00	8.00	4.00	9.00	-2.43	1.00	5.00	1.00	4.00	1.00	5.00	2.00	3.00	0.00
Earnings Before Taxes	-0.9%	48.00	48.00	46.00	37.00	34.00	34.00	32.00	33.00	30.00	32.00	30.00	-2.21	25.00	28.00	27.00	22.00	21.00	24.00	19.00	16.00	15.00
EBT Margin	5.3%	0.32*	0.31*	0.29*	0.27*	0.27*	0.28*	0.28*	0.29*	0.22*	0.21*	0.21*	0.21*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Net Income	-12.7%	41.00	47.00	35.00	29.00	28.00	28.00	27.00	25.00	22.00	28.00	21.00	0.00	24.00	23.00	26.00	19.00	21.00	19.00	16.00	13.00	14.00
Net Income Margin	6.1%	0.27*	0.26*	0.23*	0.22*	0.22*	0.22*	0.23*	0.22*	0.17*	0.18*	0.18*	0.20*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Free Cashflow	-64.3%	32.00	91.00	50.00	63.00	41.00	41.00	30.00	71.00	36.00	41.00	48.00	52.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Balance Sheet

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Balance Sheet																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Assets	8.1%	813	752	710	676	701	748	789	815	815	756	737	730	737	707	707	684	676	626	646	636	586
Current Assets	6.7%	600	562	508	465	473	523	552	573	546	453	468	464	475	406	448	425	396	380	382	383	379
Cash Equivalents	-2.4%	204	209	186	194	174	194	121	166	137	146	97.00	109	74.00	93.00	114	148	88.00	76.00	93.00	94.00	42.00
Net PPE	-9.8%	33.00	36.00	40.00	45.00	47.00	54.00	58.00	63.00	62.00	63.00	66.00	64.00	65.00	68.00	63.00	65.00	61.00	59.00	59.00	60.00	61.00
Goodwill	0%	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	0.00
Liabilities	3.6%	444	429	433	408	412	392	392	388	378	353	344	333	332	307	299	298	289	265	262	263	228
Current Liabilities	5.1%	389	370	369	353	352	334	327	319	304	285	273	260	256	239	235	234	223	214	209	208	197
Shareholder's Equity	14.0%	368	323	277	268	289	355	397	427	437	403	393	397	404	400	408	387	387	361	384	373	358
Retained Earnings	6.7%	-228	-244	-255	-252	-221	-155	-96.30	-58.41	-41.65	-31.69	-31.29	-24.00	4.00	10.00	21.00	17.00	23.00	13.00	37.00	34.00	28.00
Additional Paid-In Capital	5.3%	598	568	534	522	512	511	494	486	477	434	425	421	401	389	384	368	362	345	346	339	331
Shares Outstanding	0.3%	37.00	37.00	37.00	37.00	37.00	38.00	39.00	39.00	39.00	39.00	39.00	39.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Float	-	-	-	3,637	-	-	-	4,288	-	-	-	2,961	-	-	-	3,501	-	-	-	2,505	-	-

Cashflow (Last 12 Months)

(In Millions)

Cashflow (Quarterly)																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Cashflow From Operations	-63.4%	34.00	92.00	52.00	67.00	44.00	42.00	34.00	79.00	40.00	49.00	54.00	58.00	39.00	60.00	29.00	52.00	34.00	46.00	37.00	44.00	27.00
Share Based Compensation	0.0%	19.00	19.00	16.00	16.00	16.00	13.00	13.00	12.00	11.00	9.00	9.00	38.00	10.00	15.00	1.00	10.00	18.00	0.00	0.00	8.00	7.00
Cashflow From Investing	48.4%	-25.67	-49.77	-17.39	20.00	45.00	114	-9.87	-4.52	-48.65	28.00	-32.35	23.00	-29.45	-41.11	-47.18	37.00	-17.67	-9.81	-22.91	15.00	-45.00
Cashflow From Financing	34.1%	-13.23	-20.09	-41.83	-66.34	-107	-83.27	-69.26	-45.56	0.00	-28.33	-33.51	-46.41	-28.23	-39.42	-15.69	-29.24	-4.04	-51.63	-15.76	-7.61	-38.62
Buy Backs	-41.4%	23.00	39.00	42.00	67.00	105	95.00	71.00	47.00	35.00	32.00	32.00	31.00	35.00	38.00	25.00	29.00	13.00	50.00	16.00	8.00	38.00

QLYS Income Statement

2023-12-31

Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenues	$ 554,458	$ 489,723	$ 411,172
Cost of revenues	107,485	102,788	89,439
Gross profit	446,973	386,935	321,733
Operating expenses:
Research and development	110,472	101,186	81,289
Sales and marketing	111,691	97,221	76,487
General and administrative	61,741	57,981	76,274
Total operating expenses	283,904	256,388	234,050
Income from operations	163,069	130,547	87,683
Other income (expense), net:
Interest income	16,905	5,191	2,287
Other expense, net	(1,323)	(2,038)	(573)
Total other income, net	15,582	3,153	1,714
Income before income taxes	178,651	133,700	89,397
Income tax provision	27,056	25,708	18,437
Net income	$ 151,595	$ 107,992	$ 70,960
Net income per share:
Basic (in USD per share)	$ 4.11	$ 2.81	$ 1.82
Diluted (in USD per share)	$ 4.03	$ 2.74	$ 1.77
Weighted average shares used in computing net income per share:
Basic (in shares)	36,879	38,453	39,030
Diluted (in shares)	37,602	39,344	40,118

QLYS Balance Sheet

2023-12-31

Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 203,665	$ 173,719
Restricted cash	1,500	0
Short-term marketable securities	221,893	147,608
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $778 and $736 as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively	146,226	121,795
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	26,714	30,216
Total current assets	599,998	473,338
Long-term marketable securities	56,644	59,206
Property and equipment, net	32,599	47,428
Operating leases - right of use asset	22,391	33,752
Deferred tax assets, net	62,761	45,412
Intangible assets, net	9,715	12,801
Goodwill	7,447	7,447
Noncurrent restricted cash	1,200	2,700
Other noncurrent assets	19,863	18,857
Total assets	812,618	700,941
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	988	2,808
Accrued liabilities	43,096	42,592
Deferred revenues, current	333,267	293,728
Operating lease liabilities, current	11,857	13,060
Total current liabilities	389,208	352,188
Deferred revenues, noncurrent	31,671	23,490
Operating lease liabilities, noncurrent	16,885	29,121
Other noncurrent liabilities	6,680	7,013
Total liabilities	444,444	411,812
Commitments and contingencies (Note 9)
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock: $0.001 par value; 20,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2023 and 2022	0	0
Common stock: $0.001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized, 36,909 and 37,362 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively	37	37
Additional paid-in capital	597,921	512,486
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(1,704)	(1,947)
Accumulated deficit	(228,080)	(221,447)
Total stockholders’ equity	368,174	289,129
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$ 812,618	$ 700,941

About Qualys Inc

Qualys, Inc. provides cloud-based information technology (IT), security, and compliance solutions in the United States and internationally. The company offers Qualys Cloud Apps, which includes Vulnerability Management; Vulnerability Management, Detection and Response; Threat Protection; Continuous Monitoring; Patch Management; Multi-Vector Endpoint Detection and Response; Certificate Assessment; SaaS Detection and Response; Secure Enterprise Mobility; Custom Assessment and Remediation; Context Extended Detection and Response; Network Detection and Response; Policy Compliance; Security Configuration Assessment; PCI Compliance; File Integrity Monitoring; Security Assessment Questionnaire; Out of-Band Configuration Assessment; Web Application Scanning; Web Application Firewall; Global Asset Inventory; Cybersecurity Asset Management; Certificate Inventory; Cloud Inventory; Cloud Security Assessment; and Container Security. Its integrated suite of IT, security, and compliance solutions delivered on its Qualys Cloud Platform enables customers to identify and manage IT assets, collect, and analyze IT security data, discover, and prioritize vulnerabilities, recommend, and implement remediation actions, and verify the implementation of such actions. The company also provides asset tagging and management, reporting and dashboards, questionnaires and collaboration, remediation and workflow, big data correlation and analytics engine, and alerts and notifications, which enable integrated workflows, management and real-time analysis, and reporting across IT, security, and compliance solutions. The company offers its solutions through its sales teams, as well as through its network of channel partners, such as security consulting organizations, managed service providers, resellers, and consulting firms. It serves enterprises, government entities, and small and medium-sized businesses in various industries, including education, financial services, government, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, media, retail, technology, and utilities. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Foster City, California.

CEO	Mr. Sumedh S. Thakar
WEBSITE	qualys.com
INDUSTRY	Software - Infra
EMPLOYEES	2140

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You can check QLYS's fair value in chart for subscribers. The fair value of Qualys Inc is provided for various growth and macro-economic scenarios from very pessimiatic to very optimistic assumptions. These fair values are estimates from Grufity's Fair Value model based on company's past performance. However, past performance of Qualys Inc is no guarantee of future performance. These fairvalue estimates should only be used as one of the inputs in your stock analysis. We provide model's historical fair value estimates for QLYS so that you know how good or bad the model has been in the past so you can discard it if needed. There are others that provide fair values of stocks such as wallmine, finbox, gurufocus and finviz. Most provide point in time estimates. We provide a history of our models fair value estimates so that you can get a sense of it's usefulness. Otherwise this data point is of little use.

Is Qualys Inc a good stock to buy?

The fair value guage provides a quick view whether QLYS is over valued or under valued. Whether Qualys Inc is cheap or expensive depends on the assumptions which impact Qualys Inc's fair value. We provide several scenarios of inflation and growth to encompass these range of assumptions for QLYS.

What is Qualys Inc's Price to Earnings (PE) and Price to sales (PS) ratio?

As of Fri Apr 19 2024, QLYS's PE ratio (Price to Earnings) is 39.89 and Price to Sales (PS) ratio is 10.91. The price to earnings and price to sales ratio are two most important valuation metrics for any company. PE ratio tell us the number of years of earnings investors are ready to pay for owning the company. Historically, S&P500 price to earnings ratio has fallen below 12 during periods of gloom and gone past 30 during periods of euphoria. QLYS PE ratio will change depending on the future growth rate expectations of investors.

What is 5 year return on Qualys Inc's stock?

In the past 10 years, Qualys Inc has provided 0.224 (multiply by 100 for percentage) rate of return.