QUALYS INC (QLYS)
Information Technology · Cybersecurity Software · NASDAQ
Qualys provides a comprehensive, cloud-based platform for IT security, vulnerability management, and regulatory compliance.
What QUALYS INC does
Qualys provides a cloud-based platform that delivers integrated IT, security, and compliance solutions. Its platform helps organizations identify security risks across their global IT infrastructure, protect systems and applications from cyber-attacks, and ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulations. The company supports complex environments, including cloud computing, containers, and serverless architectures.
Themes: cybersecurity, cloud security, vulnerability management, compliance and regulatory reporting, IT asset management, SaaS security platform
Fundamentals
- Price$193.86 as of 2026-10-08 close
- Market cap$6.7B as of 2026-07-22 (share count; price 2026-10-08)
- 1-year return+50.0% 2025-10-08 close $129.23 → 2026-10-08 close $193.86
- P/E33.60 as of 2026-10-08
- Net margin+29.6% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Gross margin+82.8% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- ROE+35.3% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity0.00 as of 2026-09-02
- Revenue growth (YoY)+10.3% as of 2026-09-02
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+11.0% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.84 as of 2026-09-02
- Last reported earnings2026-08-04 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
How QLYS compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 253 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-10-08
- net profit margintop 10% 380 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-02
- operating margintop 10% 375 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-02
- gross margintop 10% 311 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-02
- return on equitytop 10% 370 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-02
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 385 covered Information Technology peers
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 382 covered Information Technology peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Information Technology companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
QLYS is in the Top 10 — Information Technology.
Top 10 — Information Technology — since 1 Oct 2026
Top 10 score
70.9 #30 of 1,379 scored · #8 of 203 in Information Technology
Financial health 95th (free cash flow margin 45.5%, debt to equity 0) and profitability 91st (operating margin 33.2%, return on equity 35.3%); weakest is valuation (37th, price to book 11.9, price to earnings 33.6).
Top 10 — Information Technology
In this list since 1 Oct 2026 — currently 6th in the list (7 days)
- Entered 1 Oct 2026: score 70.7, rank 9 (not compared with 1 Sep 2026 — those rows were scored under method version 3, this pass under 4, and the formula changed between them, so a score is only comparable within one version).
Scores as of 8 Oct 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 4.
How QUALYS INC looks technically
QUALYS INC (QLYS) is trading 50.1% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 58 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 17, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 59, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 7 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive). It made a new 20-day high about 3 trading days ago.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 50.1% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +50.1% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $179.22 | $179.22 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $129.16 | $129.16 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 10 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 10 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a completed three-part downward correction — a pullback in the A-B-C shape Elliott-wave chartists use; the labelling fails if price closes below 168.06. It is the only labelling that fits, though not with textbook proportions, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. | possible three-wave downward correction, complete (atypical proportions) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 58 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 58 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 17, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 16.8 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 59, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 59.1 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the upper half of its 14-day range ($168.06 to $204.41) — its "stochastic" reading is 71 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 71.0 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 7 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive) | 7 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $204.41 | $204.41 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 5.2% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -5.2% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 160.2% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +160.2% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 5.2% below its highest point of the past year | 5.2% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day high about 3 trading days ago | 3 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 3 trading days ago | 3 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $206.35 (set on 2023-12-19) | $206.35 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($76.20 to $199.93), and it has given back only a small part of its rise from last year’s low — 5% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $119.51 to $123.46. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 4.9% |
| From the all-time high | it is 6.1% below its all-time high | -6.0% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 13.0% above a support level at $168.64 — a price it turned at three times since 2024-11-06, most recently on 2026-09-28. Since 2024-10-08 it has 15 such levels below the current price and 0 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -13.0% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $10.15 (set on 2013-04-25) | $10.15 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 1810.0% above its all-time low | +1,810% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history | 51st percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $9.34 between its high and its low — about 4.8% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $9.34 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $160.83 and $204.79 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $160.83 – $182.81 – $204.79 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 4.8% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 4.8% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 6.9 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (50.1% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 6.9 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 1.20× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a doji | today it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | today |
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Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-08 0.1% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +0.1% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 2.0% above the previous close 18 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 150.28 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | +2.0% |
| Gap filled | a 2.1% gap down opened on 2026-09-28 has been "filled" 8 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | 8 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed lower 2 sessions in a row, a -3.04% move over the run — an unbroken run of down days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 2 sessions down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 12.8 percentage points (the stock gained 13.8% while the market gained 1.0%) | +12.8% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 22.4 percentage points (the stock gained 26.3% while the market gained 3.8%) | +22.4% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 97.2 percentage points (the stock gained 114.6% while the market gained 17.5%) | +97.2% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 35.0 percentage points (the stock gained 50.0% while the market gained 15.0%) | +35.0% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 6 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, a fresh 20-day high, MACD momentum is positive, outperforming the market over 6 months, trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 6 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 0 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 0 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 11% above the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-01 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established uptrend, with the band below acting as the level that would have to give way. The band itself is thick, spanning 10.3% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that has held for a while and takes effort to cross. | +11.4% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 53% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $126.44 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 191 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +53.3% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 7% above the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-08-04 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $180.59 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 47 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +7.3% |
Price levels it has turned at before
QLYS last closed at $193.86 on 2026-10-08. Since 2024-10-08 it has turned at 15 prices below its last close and 0 above; the 3 nearest below are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $168.64 | Support | 13.0% below the last close | turned there three times · 2024-11-06 to 2026-09-28 |
| $159.12 | Support | 17.9% below the last close | turned there twice · 2024-11-25 to 2024-12-04 |
| $154.32 | Support | 20.4% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-11-12 to 2025-12-12 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a three-part downward correction — the A-B-C shape chartists use for a pullback — now complete.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes below $168.06.
It is the only labelling that fits these swings, though its proportions are not the textbook ones. It was chosen from 3 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
This reading has stood for 3 trading days, since 2026-10-06.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-08.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · Broke out to a new 20-day high · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · beating the market · Printed a doji candle · Stretched far above its 200-day average (6+ daily ranges) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-08. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingHold (2.77 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 18 analysts
- Mean price target$179.36 range $130.00 – $220.00; median $177.50
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-04. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for QLYS
- Consensus EPS estimate$1.96 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-04
- Estimate change, 30 days-$0.00083 (-0.0%) from $1.96, on 2026-08-30, 35-day window
- Readings revised upward13% of 8 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Increased competition in the cybersecurity market","Economic conditions leading to budget scrutiny and extended sales cycles","Risks associated with rapid technological changes and the need for continuous innovation"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of QLYS's 10-Q filed 2026-05-05 against the prior one filed 2025-11-04.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- In newer filing (2026-05-05): Reference to 'Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025' (versus 2024 in older filing)
- Removed:
- In older filing (2025-11-04): Statement 'You should not rely on forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Except as required by law, neither we nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of the forward-looking statements, and we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements.' is absent from newer filing
- Reworded:
- Newer filing (2026-05-05) references fiscal year 2025 Form 10-K; older filing (2025-11-04) references fiscal year 2024 Form 10-K
- Notes:
- The newer filing text appears truncated mid-sentence at 'as well as f' while the older filing continues with 'from the addition of new customers to our cloud platform.' The comparison is limited to the complete sections available.
Risk Factors
The two filings could not be meaningfully compared for this section.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
0 open-market purchases and 50 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days, of which we have read Form 4 filings through 2026-10-04. The 5 days since 2026-10-04 have not been checked yet.
- Last 30 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 15 sells ($699594) — 2 selling insiders
- Last 90 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 50 sells ($3M) — 5 selling insiders
- Last 180 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 86 sells ($13M) — 6 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-09-21. Based on Form 4 filings read through 2026-10-04; anything filed since is not yet included.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about QLYS's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
U.S. House trading disclosures
U.S. House members publicly disclose their own, their spouse's, and dependent children's stock transactions under the STOCK Act. We hold 4 matched disclosures for QLYS from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings.
U.S. House trading disclosures →Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding QLYS as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 8,454,728
- Reported value $1,162,440,592
reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 0 new, 4 increased, 1 decreased, 1 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Short interest (FINRA)
QLYS had 3,465,960 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
QLYS had 10.0% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 4.26 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 3,465,960
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 10.0%
- Prior settlement (shares) 3,649,642
- Reported change -5.03%
- Days to cover (reported) 4.26
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Frequently asked questions
What does QUALYS INC (QLYS) do?
Qualys provides a cloud-based platform that delivers integrated IT, security, and compliance solutions. Its platform helps organizations identify security risks across their global IT infrastructure, protect systems and applications from cyber-attacks, and ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulations. The company supports complex environments, including cloud computing, containers, and serverless architectures.
What sector is QUALYS INC (QLYS) in?
QUALYS INC (QLYS) is classified in the Information Technology sector. Its industry is Cybersecurity Software. It trades on NASDAQ.
Who are QUALYS INC's (QLYS) competitors?
Notable peers of QUALYS INC (QLYS) include Tenable, Rapid7, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks and Wiz. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Has there been recent U.S. House stock trading in QLYS?
Yes — we hold 4 matched STOCK Act disclosures for QLYS from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings. These are legally-required disclosures (often filed 30–45 days after the trade), may belong to a U.S. House member, their spouse, or a dependent child, and are not an indicator of company performance or investment advice.
Is QUALYS INC (QLYS) overbought or oversold right now?
QUALYS INC (QLYS) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 59, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-08). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on QLYS come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-02; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-08.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.