A number of stock research firms have changed their ratings and price targets for Qualys (NASDAQ: QLYS) during the last seven days:

  • Qualys is now covered by analysts at Lazard. They set a “buy” rating on the stock.
  • Qualys is now covered by analysts at Robert W. Baird. They set an “outperform” rating and a $18.00 price target on the stock.
  • Qualys is now covered by analysts at JPMorgan Chase. They set an “overweight” rating on the stock. They wrote, “Today’s corporate computing environments are growing increasingly complex with trends like virtualization, cloud adoption, and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) users. These dynamically changing environments make security a tougher challenge, and we believe network and data security solutions like firewalls, IPS, and antivirus will increasingly be supplemented by vulnerability assessment/management and related solutions. Qualys is a leader in this space and brings the added advantage of delivering its solutions from the cloud. This to us makes an attractive investment opportunity.”
  • Qualys is now covered by analysts at First Analysis. They set an “overweight” rating on the stock.
  • Qualys is now covered by analysts at JMP Securities. They set an “outperform” rating on the stock.
  • Qualys is now covered by analysts at RBC Capital. They set an “outperform” rating and a $23.00 price target on the stock.
  • Qualys is now covered by analysts at Credit Suisse. They set a “neutral” rating on the stock. They wrote, “Software-as-a-service has already overcome the initial hurdles of establishing the on-demand model as a viable alternative to the traditional on-premise, license-based solutions. Given that many of the concerns about security, performance, availability, and reliability of on-demand offerings have been addressed, security-asa-service has also begun to make greater inroads into large enterprises, which brings significant opportunity for on-demand security vendors such as Qualys.”
  • Qualys is now covered by analysts at Pacific Crest. They set an “outperform” rating on the stock.

Qualys opened at 12.98 on Thursday. Qualys has a 52-week low of $12.00 and a 52-week high of $15.25. The company’s market cap is $390.1 million.

Qualys, Inc. (Qualys) is a provider of cloud security and compliance solutions that enable organizations to identify security risks to their information technology (IT) infrastructures, help protect their IT systems and applications from ever-evolving cyber attacks and achieve compliance with internal policies and external regulations.