During the last session, Qualys Inc (NASDAQ:QLYS)’s traded shares were 0.67 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 0.62. At the end of the trading day, the stock’s price was $135.73, reflecting an intraday loss of -1.07% or -$1.47. The 52-week high for the QLYS share is $170.00, that puts it down -25.25 from that peak though still a striking 17.03% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $112.61. The company’s market capitalization is $4.93B, and the average intraday trading volume over the past 10 days was 0.32 million shares, and the average trade volume was 329.42K shares over the past three months.
Qualys Inc (QLYS) received a consensus recommendation of Buy from analysts. That translates to a mean rating of 2.92. QLYS has a Sell rating from 0 analyst(s) out of 12 analysts who have looked at this stock. 5 analyst(s) recommend to Hold the stock while 0 suggest Overweight, and 7 recommend a Buy rating for it.
Qualys Inc (NASDAQ:QLYS) trade information
Qualys Inc (QLYS) registered a -1.07% downside in the last session and has traded in the red over the past 5 sessions. The stock plummet -1.07% in intraday trading to $135.73, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is -3.52%, and it has moved by -1.70% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is -0.74%. The short interest in Qualys Inc (NASDAQ:QLYS) is 2.84 million shares and it means that shorts have 8.26 day(s) to cover.
The consensus price target of analysts on Wall Street is $140, which implies an increase of 3.05% to the stock’s current value. The extremes of the forecast give a target low and a target high price of $120 and $142 respectively. As a result, QLYS is trading at a discount of -4.62% off the target high and 11.59% off the low.
An analysis of the company’s performance over the past 5 years shows that the company’s earnings grew an estimated 22.62%. While earnings are projected to return 0.89% in 2025, the next five years will return 4.56% per annum.
QLYS Dividends
Qualys Inc is due to release its next quarterly earnings on 2025-May-06. However, it is important to remember that the dividend yield ratio is merely an indicator meant to only serve as guidance.
Qualys Inc (NASDAQ:QLYS)’s Major holders
Qualys Inc insiders own 0.68% of total outstanding shares while institutional holders control 98.71%, with the float percentage being 99.39%. BLACKROCK INC. is the largest shareholder of the company, while 591.0 institutions own stock in it. As of 2024-06-30, the company held over 5.31 million shares (or 14.3937% of all shares), a total value of $757.7 million in shares.
The next largest institutional holding, with 3.93 million shares, is of VANGUARD GROUP INC’s that is approximately 10.6434% of outstanding shares. At the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were valued at $560.28 million.
