QLYS — Qualys Inc

Stock analysis, trade plans, and proprietary indicators by Trend Edge.

Trend Edge Setup Score

Trend Edge rates QLYS Bearish with a Setup Score of 25, net conviction 38, actionability 17. How the Setup Score works →

Total Setup Score25
Directional BiasBearish
Net Conviction38
Actionability17 (in range)

Key signals behind this score

About Qualys Inc

Qualys, Inc. provides cloud-based platform delivering information technology (IT), security, and compliance solutions in the United States and internationally. The company provides Qualys Cloud Apps, which include cybersecurity asset management; enterprise TruRisk management; vulnerability management, detection, and response; total application security; patch management; custom assessment and remediation; multi-vector endpoint detection and respo… Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$152.69
Market Cap$5.61B
Float34.9M
Shares Outstanding35.2M
P/E (Forward)20.49
P/E (TTM)27.58
Price/Sales (TTM)8.20
vs. Analyst Target-25.4% to analyst PT
Profit Margin29.41%
Operating Margin (TTM)35.02%
Revenue (TTM)$685M
Earnings Growth (YoY)10.10%
Dividend RateNone
Analyst Target Price$113.91 (23 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $363M $91.6M $284M $135M
2021 $411M $71.0M $322M $125M
2022 $490M $108M $387M $168M
2023 $554M $152M $447M $163M
2024 $608M $174M $496M $228M
2025 $669M $198M $554M $261M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Jun 2025 $164M $47.3M
Sep 2025 $170M $50.3M
Dec 2025 $175M $53.1M
Mar 2026 $177M $50.6M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership0.6%
Institutional Ownership109.0%
Short Float10.4%
% of All Funds Holding4.70%
Number of Funds Holding386

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$115.25Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$116.93Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$125.48Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$135.86Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$119.56Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$127.05Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$138.53Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$113.00 support 1.36x 0 months ago
$88.00 support 1.38x 1 months ago
$164.00 resistance 1.28x 25 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (55 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap 0.26% 1.21% 54.55% 19.90% -25.07%
1 Day 0.34% -0.56% 47.27% 24.18% -32.77%
1 Week 0.27% 0.26% 56.36% 23.79% -31.17%
2 Weeks 0.12% 0.20% 50.91% 26.14% -32.20%
1 Month 2.48% 2.31% 51.85% 34.66% -24.37%

Next earnings: August 4, 2026 (23 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan2.5%57.1%14
Feb-4.8%21.4%14
Mar2.4%57.1%14
Apr-1.1%35.7%14
May7.0%57.1%14
Jun3.3%57.1%14
Jul0.9%46.2%13
Aug4.1%69.2%13
Sep0.3%38.5%13
Oct1.2%50.0%14
Nov8.4%85.7%14
Dec-0.1%42.9%14

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday 0.08% 53.1% 650
Tuesday 0.20% 52.9% 711
Wednesday -0.01% 49.9% 709
Thursday 0.10% 54.7% 695
Friday 0.16% 52.1% 693

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 109.0%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 0.6%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings49
Net Value-$23.8M
Net Shares Change-161,343
% of Float-0.5%
C-Suite Filings38
Clusters Detected7

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
Thakar Sumedh S CEO & PRESIDENT -$8.0M 4 N/A
Zangardi John A. -$1.1M 3 3 sell
Kim Joo Mi CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER -$873,369.624 1 N/A
POSEY BRUCE K CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER -$325,710.301 1 N/A
Rogers Kristi Marie -$228,997.99 1 1 sell

Transaction Clusters

PeriodFilingsInsidersNet ValueSeniority
2025-07-15 – 2025-07-23 3 3 -$1.1M 2 C-suite
2025-08-06 – 2025-08-18 4 4 -$1.3M 2 C-suite
2025-08-21 – 2025-09-03 5 4 -$1.3M 1 C-suite
2025-12-03 – 2025-12-16 4 3 -$4.1M 4 C-suite
2026-05-21 – 2026-06-03 5 4 -$2.2M 4 C-suite
2026-06-15 – 2026-06-29 6 5 -$1.9M 3 C-suite
2026-06-30 – 2026-07-06 4 3 -$5.6M 4 C-suite

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-07-01 Thakar Sumedh S CEO & PRESIDENT -$4.0M Transaction at $135.00, now +13.1%
2025-08-29 Zangardi John A. -$418,720.371 Transaction at $134.94, now +13.2%
2025-08-25 Zangardi John A. -$520,404.042 Transaction at $134.82, now +13.3%
2025-08-25 Rogers Kristi Marie -$228,997.99 Transaction at $134.70, now +13.4%
2025-08-15 Zangardi John A. -$169,918.234 Transaction at $132.03, now +15.7%
2026-06-02 Thakar Sumedh S CEO & PRESIDENT -$1.5M Transaction at $114.73, now +33.1%

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