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Qualys is a company providing cloud-based security and compliance solutions. It offers the Qualys cloud platform that delivers security intelligence and enables businesses to automate auditing, compliance, and protection for IT systems and web applications. The platform comprises a number of integrated apps, such as vulnerability and patch management, cloud inventory, continuous monitoring, PCI compliance, certificate assessment, and others.
| Type | Public | |
| Founded | 1999 | |
| HQ | Foster City, CA, US | Map |
| Website | qualys.com | |
| Employee Ratings | More | |
| Overall Culture | F | More |
Key People/Management at Qualys
Philippe Courtot
Chairman and CEO
Sumedh Thakar
Interim CEO and Chief Product Officer
Andy Smith
Chief Marketing Officer
Rima Touma-Bruno
Chief Human Resources Officer
John Zangardi
Director
Klaus Moser
Executive Vice President, Field Operations, Americas and General Manager of Small Business and Medium Enterprise
Qualys Office Locations
Qualys has offices in Foster City, Sydney, Courbevoie, München and in 9 other locations
Foster City, CA, US (HQ)
919 E Hillsdale Blvd
Sydney, AU
39 2 Park St
Courbevoie, FR
7 Place de la Défense
München, DE
Terminalstraße Mitte 18
Hong Kong, HK
Suite 08, 20 Floor, One International Finance Centre, 1 Harbour View St
Pune, IN
16th floor, tower b, 20, Baner - Balewadi Rd, Laxmi Nagar, Balewadi Gaon, Balewadi
Qualys Financials and Metrics
Qualys Revenue
Qualys's revenue was reported to be $362.96 m in FY, 2020
| USD | |
|---|---|
Revenue (Q1, 2021) | 96.8m |
Gross profit (Q1, 2021) | 75.1m |
Gross profit margin (Q1, 2021), % | 77.6% |
Net income (Q1, 2021) | 228.0k |
EBIT (Q1, 2021) | (2.7m) |
Market capitalization (14-May-2021) | 3.9b |
Closing stock price (14-May-2021) | 99.8 |
Cash (31-Mar-2021) | 108.8m |
EV | 3.9b |
Qualys's current market capitalization is $3.9 b.
Annual
Quarterly
| USD | Q1, 2018 | Q2, 2018 | Q3, 2018 | Q1, 2019 | Q2, 2019 | Q3, 2019 | Q1, 2020 | Q2, 2020 | Q3, 2020 | Q1, 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Revenue | 64.9m | 68.2m | 71.7m | 75.3m | 78.9m | 82.7m | 86.3m | 88.8m | 93.1m | 96.8m |
Cost of goods sold | 15.9m | 16.2m | 16.5m | 17.7m | 17.5m | 17.1m | 18.5m | 18.9m | 20.6m | 21.7m |
Gross profit | 49.0m | 51.9m | 55.1m | 57.6m | 61.4m | 65.6m | 67.8m | 69.9m | 72.5m | 75.1m |
Gross profit Margin, % | 75% | 76% | 77% | 76% | 78% | 79% | 79% | 79% | 78% | 78% |
Annual
Quarterly
| USD | Q1, 2018 | Q2, 2018 | Q3, 2018 | Q1, 2019 | Q2, 2019 | Q3, 2019 | Q1, 2020 | Q2, 2020 | Q3, 2020 | Q1, 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cash | 93.2m | 86.8m | 98.0m | 93.1m | 91.4m | 75.6m | 147.6m | 113.9m | 93.0m | 108.8m |
Accounts Receivable | 49.9m | 52.5m | 58.6m | 67.9m | 63.2m | 61.3m | 72.7m | 75.9m | 64.3m | 85.2m |
Prepaid Expenses | 15.5m | 15.8m | 16.6m | 16.5m | 19.4m | 20.5m | 20.5m | 24.3m | 22.5m | 22.1m |
Current Assets | 393.9m | 390.9m | 401.7m | 382.5m | 381.6m | 379.8m | 425.1m | 448.1m | 405.5m | 464.1m |
Annual
Quarterly
| USD | Q1, 2018 | Q2, 2018 | Q3, 2018 | Q1, 2019 | Q2, 2019 | Q3, 2019 | Q1, 2020 | Q2, 2020 | Q3, 2020 | Q1, 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Net Income | 9.1m | 19.4m | 42.9m | 13.3m | 29.5m | 48.7m | 18.7m | 45.0m | 67.8m | 228.0k |
Depreciation and Amortization | 7.0m | 14.2m | 21.2m | 7.9m | 15.8m | 23.5m | 7.7m | 15.6m | 24.0m | 9.1m |
Accounts Payable | (302.0k) | (331.0k) | 182.0k | (1.4m) | (1.2m) | (1.3m) | (262.0k) | 220.0k | 326.0k | 107.0k |
Cash From Operating Activities | 43.0m | 67.2m | 98.8m | 44.3m | 81.3m | 126.9m | 52.4m | 81.6m | 141.3m | 57.9m |
| USD | FY, 2017 |
|---|---|
Revenue/Employee | 289.1k |
Financial Leverage | 1.6 x |
Qualys Operating Metrics
Qualys's Customers was reported to be 15.7 k in Q3, 2020.
| FY, 2017 | Q1, 2018 | Q2, 2018 | Q3, 2018 | FY, 2018 | Q1, 2019 | Q2, 2019 | Q3, 2019 | FY, 2019 | Q1, 2020 | Q2, 2020 | Q3, 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Customers | 10.3 k | 10.3 k | 10.3 k | 10.3 k | 12.2 k | 12.2 k | 12.2 k | 12.2 k | 15.7 k | 15.7 k | 15.7 k | 15.7 k |
Security Datapoints Annually | 1 t | 1 t | 1 t | 2 t | 2 t | 3 t | 3 t | 3 t | 2 t | 2 t | 2 t | |
Private Clouds | 50 | 66 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 78 | 81 | 87 | 97 | 87 | 82 | 85 |
Countries | 130 | 130 | 130 m | 130 | 130 | 130 | 130 | 130 | 130 | 130 | 130 | 130 |
Qualys Acquisitions / Subsidiaries
| Company Name | Date | Deal Size |
|---|---|---|
| Adya Inc | January 10, 2019 | $1 m |
| Layered Insight | October 16, 2018 | $13.43 m |
| Second Front Systems | June 04, 2018 | |
| NetWatcher | November 28, 2017 | $7.73 m |
| Nevis | August 12, 2017 | $5.75 m |
| Qualys Australia Pty Ltd. | ||
| Qualys Brazil Desenvolvimento de Produtos e Consultoria de Tecnologias de Seguranca LTDA. | ||
| Qualys Canada, Ltd. | ||
| Qualys Colombia S.A.S. | ||
| Qualys GmbH |
Qualys Revenue Breakdown
Qualys revenue breakdown by business segment: 57.9% from Direct and 42.1% from Partner
Qualys revenue breakdown by geographic segment: 35.8% from Foreign and 64.2% from United States
Qualys Cybersecurity Score
Qualys Environment, Social & Governance (ESG) Ratings
Qualys Online and Social Media Presence
30.57k Twitter followers
Qualys has 30.57k Twitter Followers. The number of followers has increased 0.2% month over month and increased 1.7% quarter over quarter
Qualys's Trends
Twitter Engagement Stats for @qualys
8k
Tweets
4.1k
Following
30.6k
Followers
69
Tweets last 30 days
5.4
Avg. likes per Tweet
88.4%
Tweets with engagement
Qualys Company Culture
Overall Culture
F
46/100
CEO Rating
F
42/100
Compensation
C-
63/100
Qualys News and Updates
March 05, 2021
Cybersecurity software provider Qualys suffers Accellion-related data breach
Cybersecurity software provider Qualys Inc. is the latest victim of a data breach with the Clop ransomware gang posting screenshots of files allegedly belonging to the company on their site. Qualys confirmed the attack, describing it as a “security incident” that exploited a previously identified v…
March 04, 2021
Qualys Data Breach: Ransomware Gang Leaks Customer Invoices, Tax Documents
Cybersecurity company Qualys appears to have suffered a data breach after hackers exploited a zero-day flaw in its Accellion FTA server.
November 06, 2020
Don’t Want To Overpay For SaaS Stocks? Try Alarm.com, Qualys & RealPage
Software, and more specifically software as a service (SaaS), has emerged as one of the hottest sectors this year, as investors shifted focus to asset-light, high-growth companies that have seen demand hold up despite Covid-19. That being said, investors are paying a big premium for growth...
November 04, 2020
Qualys Announces Third Quarter 2020 Financial Results
FOSTER CITY, Calif., Nov. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS), a pioneer and leading provider of disruptive cloud-based IT, security and compliance solutions, today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2020. For the quarter, the Company...
August 17, 2020
After 30% Recovery Since March, Could Qualys Rise Further?
After a 30% rise since the March 23 low of this year, at the current price of around $101 per share, we believe Qualys’ stock has a moderate upside left. Qualys’ stock has increased from $78 to $101 since 23rd March, less than the S&P which increased by around 50%. The recovery in the stock...
Qualys Blogs
May 29, 2020
NSA Announces Sandworm Actors Exploiting Exim MTA Vulnerability (CVE-2019-10149)
The Exim MTA vulnerability, initially reported by Qualys in May 2019, is currently being exploited in the wild. Recently, the US National Security Agency (NSA) announced that Sandworm actors (Russian hacker group) have been actively exploiting the Exim Mail Transfer Agent vulnerability. Qualys relea…
May 20, 2020
Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report 2020
One of the most respected publications in cybersecurity is the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), analyzing over 150,000 incidents and providing a comprehensive analysis covering the 32,002 incidents and 3950 breaches that meet Verizon’s quality standards. I liked very much how they c…
May 12, 2020
May 2020 Patch Tuesday – 111 Vulns, 16 Critical, SharePoint, VS Code, Adobe Patches
Continuing the trend of large Microsoft Patch Tuesdays, this month’s addresses 111 vulnerabilities with 16 of them labeled as Critical. The 16 Critical vulnerabilities cover SharePoint, Browsers, Scripting Engines, Media Foundation, Microsoft Graphics, Microsoft Color Management, and the VS Code Pyt…
May 07, 2020
Qualys Community Migration to Salesforce Platform
We are excited to announce that the Qualys Community discussion forums are migrating to the Salesforce platform on June 6-7 weekend. This 30-day notification explains why we are changing the underlying platform, how it benefits Qualys customers, and what you should expect. Benefits The Salesforce pl…
April 27, 2020
Qualys Cloud Platform 10.1.0 New Features
The upcoming release of the Qualys Cloud Platform (VM, PC), version 10.1.0, includes several new features and enhancements in Qualys Cloud Platform and Qualys Policy Compliance. This release will also add support for new technologies in Qualys Policy Compliance for OCA. 10.1.0 is scheduled to go liv…
April 22, 2020
Policy Compliance Library Updates, April 2020
Qualys’ library of built-in policies makes it easy to comply with the security standards and regulations that are most commonly used and adhered to. Qualys provides a wide range of policies, including many that have been certified by CIS as well as the ones based on security guidelines from OS and a…
Qualys Frequently Asked Questions
When was Qualys founded?
Qualys was founded in 1999.
Who are Qualys key executives?
Qualys's key executives are Philippe Courtot, Sumedh Thakar and Andy Smith.
How many employees does Qualys have?
Qualys has 1,459 employees.
What is Qualys revenue?
Latest Qualys annual revenue is $363 m.
What is Qualys revenue per employee?
Latest Qualys revenue per employee is $248.8 k.
Who are Qualys competitors?
Competitors of Qualys include Positive Technologies, Lacework and Checkmarx.
Where is Qualys headquarters?
Qualys headquarters is located at 919 E Hillsdale Blvd, Foster City.
Where are Qualys offices?
Qualys has offices in Foster City, Sydney, Courbevoie, München and in 9 other locations.
How many offices does Qualys have?
Qualys has 13 offices.
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