Qualys (QLYS) Gross Margin (2011 - 2026)
Qualys' Gross Margin was 83.40% in Q2 2026, up 1.00 percentage points from 82.40% a year earlier and up 0.47 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Qualys (QLYS) Gross Margin (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Qualys' Gross Margin was 83.33% through Jun 30, 2026, up 1.49 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 82.85%, up 1.20 percentage points from FY2024.
- Gross Margin has now increased for five consecutive years, with a five-year change of +4.68 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Gross Margin was 81.65% in FY2024 (+1.04 pp), 80.61% in FY2023 (+1.60 pp), 79.01% in FY2022 (+0.76 pp) and 78.25% in FY2021 (+0.08 pp).
- Quarterly Gross Margin has moved between 78.39% (Q4 2021) and 83.64% (Q3 2025) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Gross Margin has increased for 20 straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.92 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- Across the past five years, year-over-year gain in Gross Margin ran from 0.09 percentage points in Q3 2024 to 2.44 percentage points in Q4 2023.
- Per Business Quant data, QLYS's Gross Margin in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was 82.93% (Q1 2026), 83.36% (Q4 2025) and 83.64% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Gross Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palo Alto Networks | 319.55 Bn | 304.63 Bn | 2.30 Bn | 67.57% |
| 2 | CrowdStrike Holdings | 265.46 Bn | 245.90 Bn | 1.10 Bn | 74.57% |
| 3 | Fortinet | 129.36 Bn | 115.29 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 80.24% |
| 4 | Snowflake | 115.65 Bn | 102.97 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 67.02% |
| 5 | Datadog | 96.45 Bn | 78.09 Bn | 881.34 Mn | 78.59% |
| 6 | Axon Enterprise | 34.50 Bn | 29.03 Bn | 546.45 Mn | 60.42% |
| 7 | Okta | 33.79 Bn | 23.89 Bn | 641.00 Mn | 79.63% |
| 8 | Zscaler | 32.51 Bn | 18.63 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Baidu | 29.59 Bn | -44.04 Bn | 1.47 Mn | 0.03% |
| 10 | Qualys | 6.02 Bn | 4.26 Bn | 151.93 Mn | 83.40% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 83.40% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 82.93% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 83.36% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 83.64% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 82.40% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 81.91% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 81.76% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 81.26% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 82.24% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 81.35% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 81.23% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 81.17% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 80.57% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 79.37% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 78.79% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 79.30% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 79.11% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 78.84% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 78.39% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 78.58% |
API Access
Qualys Gross Margin API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=gross-margin&ticker=QLYS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "gross-margin", "ticker": "QLYS", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=gross-margin&ticker=QLYS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();