profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Qualys
$172.94-0.09% today
+20.7% in 1 year
1-year low $76.201-year high $230.29
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $30.44 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
It holds more cash than debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Qualys sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $490 million in 2022 to $669 million in 2025, with $198 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Qualys handed back 60% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $183M
Free cash flow 2025$304M
Bought back its own shares$183M
Paid as dividends–
Cash vs. debt$250M vs. $52M
Qualys vs. similar companies
Qualys grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qualys | 30.4× · Expensive | ||
 Microsoft | 29.1× · Fair price | ||
 Palantir Technologies | 249.1× · Very expensive | ||
 Oracle | 22.9× · Fair price | ||
 Palo Alto Networks | 232.7× · Very expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Qualys's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 363 | 411 | 490 | 554 | 608 | 669 | |
| 284 | 322 | 387 | 447 | 496 | 554 | |
| 97 | 88 | 131 | 163 | 187 | 222 | |
| 129 | 124 | 165 | 190 | 206 | 236 | |
| 92 | 71 | 108 | 152 | 174 | 198 | |
| 2.25 | 1.77 | 2.74 | 4.03 | 4.65 | 5.44 | |
| 78.2% | 78.2% | 79.0% | 80.6% | 81.7% | 82.8% | |
| 26.6% | 21.3% | 26.7% | 29.4% | 30.8% | 33.2% | |
| 25.2% | 17.3% | 22.1% | 27.3% | 28.6% | 29.6% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 737 | 815 | 701 | 813 | 974 | 1,095 |
| Cash | 74 | 137 | 174 | 204 | 232 | 250 |
| Total debt | – | – | 42 | 29 | 47 | 52 |
| Total liabilities | 332 | 378 | 412 | 444 | 496 | 534 |
| 404 | 437 | 289 | 368 | 477 | 561 | |
| 41 | 40 | 39 | 38 | 37 | 36 | |
| 18.9% | 15.9% | 31.1% | 32.5% | 28.2% | 28.6% | |
| 22.6% | 16.2% | 37.4% | 41.2% | 36.4% | 35.3% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 180 | 201 | 199 | 245 | 244 | 309 | |
| 30 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 12 | 5 | |
| 150 | 176 | 175 | 236 | 232 | 304 | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 127 | 130 | 317 | 171 | 140 | 183 | |
| 40 | 68 | 53 | 69 | 77 | 77 |
Valuation
- 30.4×
- 23.4×
- 1.58
- 5.7×
- 9.0×
- 19.8×
- 24.7×
- 5.0%
- 3.3%
- 0.0%
Profitability
- 82.8%
- 33.2%
- 29.6%
- 37.6%
- 28.6%
- 29.7%
- 37.2%
- 18.4%
- 36.4%
- 17.1%
Growth
- +13.0%
- +19.3%
- +31.3%
- –
- −1.9%
Financial health
- -0.9×
- 0.09
- 4.8%
- –
- 1.43
- 1.43
- 0.63
How it ranks in Technology
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 6%of 964
Top 6%of 972
Bottom 47%of 730
Top 42%of 977
Top 31%of 981
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $134.30
- Range
- $85.00 – $162.00
- 6 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2026 | 1.95 | 1.81 | +7.7% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | 1.87 | 1.78 | +5.1% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | 1.86 | 1.56 | +19.2% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | 1.68 | 1.47 | +14.3% |
| May 6, 2025 | 1.67 | 1.46 | +14.4% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | 1.60 | 1.35 | +18.5% |
| Nov 5, 2024 | 1.56 | 1.33 | +17.3% |
| Aug 6, 2024 | 1.52 | 1.32 | +15.2% |
News
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The seven classic investing rulebooks
5/7Passes 5 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
83Pass
Benjamin Graham
54No pass
Philip Fisher
97Pass
Peter Lynch
77Pass
Joel Greenblatt
41No pass
Charlie Munger
100Pass
Terry Smith
100Pass
Questions about Qualys
Is Qualys a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business, but the price is high. 5 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Qualys AI analysis
What does Qualys do?
Qualys, Inc. provides cloud-based information technology (IT), security, and compliance solutions in the United States and internationally. It is in Software - Infrastructure, based in Foster City, CA, United States, with 2,683 employees.
Does Qualys pay a dividend?
No. Qualys does not pay a dividend at the moment; in 2025 it returned $183 million to shareholders by buying back its own shares.
Is Qualys stock halal?
Yes. Qualys passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 0.9% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Qualys stock done over the past year?
Up 20.7% over the past twelve months, to $172.94. It traded between $76.20 and $230.29 and is 24.9% below its high.
Who are Qualys's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Microsoft, Palantir Technologies, Oracle and Palo Alto Networks. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Qualys's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.