Qualys, Inc. (QLYS) - Stock Analysis

Last updated: Sep 6, 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
$152.27
Market Cap
$5.69B
1D Return
-5.76%
YTD Return
+14.57%

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Valuation Metrics

P/E
27.9
P/B
10.1
P/S
8.1
EV/EBITDA
21.0
Div Yield
—

Fundamental Analysis

8.0

Key Financial Insights: • High Margins • Low Leverage • Cash Flow QLYS offers exceptional profitability and low leverage, but elevated valuation and weaker recent cash-flow conversion warrant caution.

Profitability
Valuation

Price Behavior

4.0

Key Price Behavior Insights: • Lower trading range • Support under pressure • Weak momentum Support Level: $170.80–$171.00 Resistance Level: $177.00–$178.00 QLYS fell 6.4% over the last month and remains technically weak below key averages, with $170.80–$171 support critical and a move above $177–$178 needed to improve momentum.

Bearish
Technical

Sentiment & News

6.0

Key News Insights: • Raised 2026 guidance • Mixed analyst views • Strong cash position Qualys delivered strong profitability and raised guidance, but mixed analyst sentiment and slowing growth momentum keep the stock's near-term outlook cautious.

Qualys
Cybersecurity
AI

AI Summary

6.0
Neutral

QLYS is a high-quality, cash-rich security platform whose upside now depends on AI and exposure-management products converting strong billings into sustained revenue acceleration above ~10%; investors should wait for proof through module attach rates, net expansion, and cash-flow conversion—or a more attractive valuation—given meaningful multiple-compression risk.

AISecurity
ValuationRisk
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AI summary updated 5 days ago

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

DateCloseTickerCompanySummaryStatusP/L
Dec 15Dec 22QLYSQualys, 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.
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