Wedbush Has Bullish Estimate for Qualys FY2025 Earnings

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) – Analysts at Wedbush boosted their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Qualys in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, November 5th. Wedbush analyst D. Ives now expects that the software maker will post earnings of $5.29 per share for the year, up from their prior forecast of $4.63. Wedbush has a “Outperform” rating and a $155.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Qualys’ current full-year earnings is $3.85 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Qualys’ Q4 2025 earnings at $1.29 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.30 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.40 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.44 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.46 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.59 EPS.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November 4th. The software maker reported $1.86 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.56 by $0.30. Qualys had a return on equity of 37.19% and a net margin of 29.04%.The business had revenue of $169.88 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $166.30 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.56 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.4% on a year-over-year basis. Qualys has set its FY 2025 guidance at 6.930-7.000 EPS. Q4 2025 guidance at 1.730-1.800 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts also recently issued reports on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group raised their price objective on shares of Qualys from $140.00 to $150.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 6th. Robert W. Baird set a $150.00 price target on shares of Qualys in a research report on Wednesday, November 5th. Truist Financial reiterated a “hold” rating and issued a $130.00 target price (down previously from $145.00) on shares of Qualys in a research note on Wednesday, November 5th. Northland Capmk raised Qualys from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 5th. Finally, Scotiabank cut their price target on Qualys from $150.00 to $139.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, November 5th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have given a Buy rating, ten have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $140.38.

Qualys Stock Up 1.2%

Shares of NASDAQ QLYS opened at $153.80 on Monday. Qualys has a 12 month low of $112.61 and a 12 month high of $159.73. The company has a market cap of $5.51 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.70 and a beta of 0.58. The business’s 50 day moving average is $132.54 and its two-hundred day moving average is $135.05.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Qualys

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in QLYS. RWA Wealth Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Qualys in the 3rd quarter worth about $80,820,000. AXQ Capital LP bought a new stake in Qualys during the third quarter worth about $202,000. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Qualys by 74.9% during the third quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,130 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $150,000 after buying an additional 484 shares in the last quarter. First National Bank of Omaha acquired a new stake in shares of Qualys during the third quarter worth approximately $1,625,000. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Qualys by 2.9% in the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,401,798 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $582,490,000 after acquiring an additional 123,962 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.31% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Bruce K. Posey sold 540 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, October 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $127.12, for a total value of $68,644.80. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 56,775 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,217,238. This represents a 0.94% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director John A. Zangardi sold 3,103 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $134.94, for a total value of $418,718.82. Following the transaction, the director owned 4,071 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $549,340.74. This trade represents a 43.25% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 37,059 shares of company stock worth $4,858,335. Insiders own 0.88% 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.