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Wedbush Remains a Buy on Qualys (QLYS)

In a report released today, Daniel Ives from Wedbush maintained a Buy rating on Qualys (QLYS), with a price target of $102. The company’s shares opened today at $86.82.

According to TipRanks.com, Ives is a 4-star analyst with an average return of 5.7% and a 55.7% success rate. Ives covers the Technology sector, focusing on stocks such as Nuance Communications, Uber Technologies Inc, and Tenable Holdings Inc.

Qualys has an analyst consensus of Moderate Buy, with a price target consensus of $97.57, implying a 12.4% upside from current levels. In a report issued on June 20, Northland Securities also reiterated a Buy rating on the stock with a $100 price target.

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Based on Qualys’ latest earnings release for the quarter ending March 31, the company reported a quarterly net profit of $13.27 million. In comparison, last year the company had a net profit of $9.14 million.

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 80 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. Last month, Peter Pace, a Director at QLYS sold 22,500 shares for a total of $2,021,992.

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Qualys, Inc. engages in the provision of cloud security and compliance solutions. Its products enable organizations to identify security risks to information technology infrastructures; help protect information technology systems and applications from cyber attacks; and achieve compliance with internal policies and external regulations.