Qualys (QLYS)

• Market cap: $4.57B
• 1 day: -2.12%
• 5 days: 2.46%
• 1 month: -0.17%
• 3 months: -10.03%
• 6 months: 4.12%
• Year to date: -9.51%
• 1 year: -23.31%
• 5 years: 19.22%
• 10 years: 153.86%
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Software - Infrastructure

About: Qualys is a cloud security and compliance solutions provider that helps businesses identify and manage their security risks and compliance requirements. The California-based company has more than 10,000 customers worldwide, the majority of which are small- and medium-size businesses. Qualys was founded in 1999 and went public in 2012.

Employees: 2,400

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

659% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $24.2M | Put options by funds: $3.18M

62% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 68 | Existing positions closed: 42

8% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $4.65B [Q3] → $5.04B (+$385M) [Q4]

3% more funds holding

Funds holding: 429 [Q3] → 444 (+15) [Q4]

4% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 164 | Existing positions reduced: 158

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1 [Q3] → 1 (+0) [Q4]

0.21% less ownership

Funds ownership: 98.36% [Q3] → 98.15% (-0.21%) [Q4]

Research analyst outlook

8 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $90 28% downside
• Avg. target: $133 6% upside
• High target: $163 30% upside

8 analyst ratings

• positive: 1 13%
• neutral: 5 63%
• negative: 2 25%

JP Morgan Brian Essex 66% 1-year accuracy 23 / 35 met price target	7% downside $117	Underweight Maintained	28 Apr 2025
Morgan Stanley Hamza Fodderwala 70% 1-year accuracy 21 / 30 met price target	28% downside $90	Underweight Maintained	16 Apr 2025
Jefferies Joseph Gallo 67% 1-year accuracy 14 / 21 met price target	3% upside $130	Hold Maintained	31 Mar 2025
Northland Capital Markets Nehal Chokshi 21% 1-year accuracy 3 / 14 met price target	16% upside $146	Market Perform Reiterated	10 Feb 2025
Loop Capital Yun Kim 38% 1-year accuracy 5 / 13 met price target	11% upside $140	Hold Maintained	7 Feb 2025