Qualys, Inc. (QLYS) - Stock Analysis
Last updated: Apr 25, 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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Valuation Metrics
Fundamental Analysis
Key Financial Insights: ⢠High Margins ⢠Strong Cash Flow ⢠Moderate Leverage QLYS delivers strong profitability and cash flow with high returns on equity/assets, but its premium valuation and only moderate liquidity mean the stock looks fundamentally solid yet not cheap.
Price Behavior
Key Price Behavior Insights: ⢠Support rebound ⢠Resistance ceiling ⢠Fragile momentum Support Level: $76â77 Resistance Level: $88â90 QLYS has been weak over the last month but rebounded from the $76â77 support zone, and it must hold the mid-$80s and reclaim $88â90 resistance to confirm a real trend reversal.
Sentiment & News
Key News Insights: ⢠AI disruption fears ⢠Financial resilience ⢠Earnings catalyst Qualys is facing near-term pressure from AI-driven cybersecurity disruption fears, but its strong cash flow and debt-free balance sheet may help it weather the competitive risk.
AI Summary
QLYS should now be viewed less as a âsafe compounderâ and more as a high-cash-flow cybersecurity name whose valuation depends on whether ETM and channel expansion can re-accelerate growth enough to offset flat expansion, softer billings, and AI-driven disruption risk to traditional security tooling.
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% |