Qualys, Inc. (QLYS) - Stock Analysis

Last updated: Mar 15, 2026

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Qualys delivers raised 2025 revenue guidance with strong AI-powered platform adoption, improving EBITDA margins, and an 8% price gain over three weeks with positive technical momentum, establishing it as a hot cybersecurity idea driven by AI innovation and growth.

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Idea window: 12/15/2025 – 12/22/2025Sector: Technology

AI Analyst Overview

Last Price

$99.71

Market Cap

$3.58B

1D Return

+2.80%

YTD Return

-24.97%

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Valuation Metrics

P/E

18.0

P/B

6.4

P/S

5.3

EV/EBITDA

14.7

Div Yield

—

Fundamental Analysis

8.0

Key Financial Insights: • High margins • Robust FCF • Deferred revenue QLYS is highly profitable with strong cash conversion and low leverage, but sizeable deferred revenue and atypical balance-sheet items (negative retained earnings, large investments) warrant further accounting review.

StrongCash

AccountingRisk

Price Behavior

6.0

Key Price Behavior Insights: • Mild downtrend • Elevated volatility • Bounce off support Support Level: $86.70 Resistance Level: $104–$113, stronger $127–$140 Over the last month the stock has drifted mildly lower (≈−4.7%) with elevated volatility—sharp sell-off to ~$86.7 then a bounce into the high‑90s, immediate support near $86.7 and resistance at $104–$113 (stronger cluster $127–$140) meaning downside risk persists unless the 104–113 zone is cleared.

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Sentiment & News

6.0

Key News Insights: • Steady growth • Institutional buy • CFO sell-off Qualys shows steady commercial momentum and investor confidence—driven by VMDR traction, a large institutional stake increase and extended partnership marketing, while a CFO sale indicates some insider liquidity.

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AI Summary

6.0

Neutral

View QLYS as a margin-rich, cash-generative security workflow operator transitioning from discovery to AI-enabled, remediation-led ETM that can materially uplift ARPU and margins if it converts VMDR customers at scale. The key actionable metric: require clear, repeatable ETM traction (sustainable revenue growth >15% and net dollar retention >110–115%) or the buyback won't meaningfully re-rate the stock—failure to hit these targets is the primary downside.

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Description

Qualys, Inc. is a provider of cloud-based IT security and compliance solutions used by enterprises, governments and small-to-medium businesses worldwide. Its Qualys Cloud Platform bundles vulnerability and threat detection, endpoint and cloud security, asset and certificate inventories, compliance and remediation workflows, and analytics to help customers discover, prioritize and address security issues. The company sells through direct sales and channel partners and is headquartered in Foster City, California, with operations since 1999.

Idea History

Date	Close	Ticker	Company	Summary	Status	P/L
Dec 15	Dec 22	QLYS	Qualys, Inc.	Qualys delivers raised 2025 revenue guidance with strong AI-powered platform adoption, improving EBITDA margins, and an 8% price gain over three weeks with positive technical momentum, establishing it as a hot cybersecurity idea driven by AI innovation and growth.	Closed	-2.7%

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