QLYS - Latest News

Qualys, Inc. (QLYS), operates in Technology / Software - Infrastructure, trades on NASDAQ.

Market capitalization stands near $6.55B. Trailing twelve-month P/E ratio is 31.79. Beta to the broader market is 0.58.

The article list below shows the most recent QLYS headlines from major financial news vendors. For options traders, the most actionable items are earnings releases, analyst rating changes, M&A activity, and regulatory filings - each can drive a meaningful repricing of implied volatility and shift dealer hedging flow. Pair the news context with the implied-volatility skew and gamma exposure views to see whether the options market has already priced in the headline.

Recent QLYS Headlines

Qualys Conference: ETM and Patch Management Drive Growth Ambitions

marketbeat.com - Aug 16, 2026

Qualys NASDAQ: QLYS executives said the company's second-quarter performance reflected growing customer demand for vulnerability remediation, patch ma

Qualys (QLYS) Upgraded to Strong Buy: Here's Why

zacks.com - Aug 12, 2026

Qualys (QLYS) might move higher on growing optimism about its earnings prospects, which is reflected by its upgrade to a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).

Qualys: Great Quarter, Better Business, Wrong Price (Rating Downgrade)

seekingalpha.com - Aug 6, 2026

Qualys delivered a strong quarter with 16% current billings growth, 11% revenue growth, and improved net dollar expansion to 105%. Management raised

Qualys, Inc. $QLYS Shares Purchased by Empowered Funds LLC

defenseworld.net - Aug 6, 2026

Empowered Funds LLC raised its position in Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS) by 668.

Why Qualys Stock Crushed it on Wednesday

fool.com - Aug 5, 2026

The company managed to boost its key second-quarter fundamentals at impressive rates.

How News Affects QLYS Options Pricing

Headlines and scheduled events drive implied volatility in two distinct ways. Pre-event, IV typically inflates as uncertainty about the outcome rises; this is the implied-volatility expansion that creates the long-vol setup. Post-event, IV typically contracts sharply as uncertainty resolves; this is IV crush, which makes premium-selling structures profitable when they survive the underlying move. The size of the crush depends on how stretched pre-event IV is relative to the realized move. Track QLYS's implied vs realized volatility over the news cycle to size pre-event vs post-event positioning. For ticker-level dealer positioning context, the gamma exposure view shows whether dealers are positioned to amplify or dampen post-news moves.

Frequently asked QLYS news questions

What is the latest QLYS news headline?

The most recent QLYS headline (Aug 16, 2026) is "Qualys Conference: ETM and Patch Management Drive Growth Ambitions". The five most recent stories with summaries and publication times are listed above, sourced from major financial news vendors.

How fresh is the QLYS news on this page?

News rows refresh roughly every 30 minutes during the trading day. The five most recent headlines are listed in publication-time order. Press releases from the company itself typically appear within minutes of the wire release; third-party reporting may lag by 30-60 minutes depending on the source.

What QLYS news moves options pricing?

Three categories move single-name IV most aggressively: scheduled earnings releases (priced into pre-event IV, crushed post-event), unscheduled M&A or strategic announcements (rapid IV expansion, slower decay), and regulatory or legal events (drug-trial readouts, antitrust filings, FDA approvals). Routine news flow (analyst commentary, sector rotation) typically does not move IV meaningfully unless it triggers a cluster of rating changes.

How can I track unusual QLYS options activity related to news?

Unusual options activity often precedes news by hours to days; the canonical signals are volume substantially above the trailing average concentrated in a small number of strikes, atypical put/call skew, and aggressive execution (at-the-ask sweeps or block prints). Cross-reference the per-ticker gamma-exposure and volume-history pages with the news flow above to triangulate informed vs uninformed flow.