Qualys (QLYS)

• Market cap: $4.43B
• 1 day: -1.23%
• 5 days: -6.12%
• 1 month: -13.86%
• 3 months: -17.60%
• 6 months: -3.68%
• Year to date: -12.49%
• 1 year: -29.17%
• 5 years: 70.39%
• 10 years: 179.21%
• Sector: Information Technology
• Industry: Prepackaged Software

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 filings 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

7% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $4.73B [Q3] → $5.04B (+$313M) [Q4]

3% more funds holding

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

4% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 165 | Existing positions reduced: 158

0% more funds holding in top 10

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

1.78% less ownership

Funds ownership: 100.02% [Q3] → 98.23% (-1.78%) [Q4]

Research analyst outlook

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

• Low target: $135 11% upside
• Avg. target: $145 19% upside
• High target: $163 34% upside

5 analyst ratings

• positive: 1 20%
• neutral: 4 80%
• negative: 0 0%

Northland Capital Markets Nehal Chokshi 13% 1-year accuracy 2 / 15 met price target	20% upside $146	Market Perform Reiterated	10 Feb 2025
Loop Capital Yun Kim 23% 1-year accuracy 3 / 13 met price target	15% upside $140	Hold Maintained	7 Feb 2025
RBC Capital Matthew Hedberg 52% 1-year accuracy 110 / 210 met price target	11% upside $135	Sector Perform Maintained	7 Feb 2025
Canaccord Genuity Michael Walkley 36% 1-year accuracy 5 / 14 met price target	34% upside $163	Buy Maintained	7 Feb 2025
Scotiabank Patrick Colville 46% 1-year accuracy 18 / 39 met price target	15% upside $140	Sector Perform Maintained	7 Feb 2025