Qualys

QLYS

Software - Infrastructure · Technology

Price

$159.43

+1.87 (+1.19%)

Market Cap

$5.61B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is happy

A high-quality business with solid fundamentals.

Share count falling — buybacks

−9.1% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 40.1M (2021) → 36.5M (2025)

Qualys, Inc. provides cloud-based information technology (IT), security, and compliance solutions in the United States and internationally. The company offers Qualys Cloud Apps, which includes Vulnerability Management; Vulnerability Management, Detection and Response; Threat Protection; Continuous Monitoring; Patch Management; Multi-Vector Endpoint Detection and Response; Certificate Assessment; SaaS Detection and Response; Secure Enterprise Mobility; Policy Compliance; Security Configuration As

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+9.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+9.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

R&D Spend

$117M/ year

→ Flat (+5% vs prior year)

17.5% of revenue

In line with sector average (15%)

Steady R&D investment year-over-year

Insider Activity

0.9%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$279M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

Qualys is growing revenue at 10% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

82.9%

Premium pricing power — 82.9% gross margin

Operating Margin

34.7%

Excellent — 34.7% operating margin

ROCE

9.8%

Below par — 9.8% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+10.2%

Steady sales growth (10.2% YoY)

EPS YoY

+13.1%

Earnings growing (13.1% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

EPS Consistency

8/8 quarters

Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

147%

Turns 147% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

42.4%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (42.4%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.09

Conservative — low debt load (0.09)

Interest Cover

100.00x

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Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

28.5x

Growth-priced — P/E 28.5

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward

+9.5

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (28.5 → 18.9)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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