Qualys

Name: Qualys (QLYS) shares outstanding since 2012, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

QLYS

Qualys has retired 11.8% of its shares since 2020, from 39,207,735 to 34,595,001.

11.8%retired since 2020

10.9%last 5 years

3.5%last 12 months

35Mshares today

At $181.05 a share, a market value of $6.3B. FCF yield 5.0%, P/E 30.3, trailing twelve months to June 2026.

Shares outstanding, 2012 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

2012, 31,547,6502026-07-22, 34,595,001

A share bought in 2016

1.1× more of Qualys today, without buying another share. It was one of 36,359,340 shares then. It is one of 34,595,001 now.

Every filing we read14 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
2012	2013-02-28	31,547,650	10-K
2013	2014-01-31	32,451,633	10-K
2014	2015-02-27	33,915,121	10-K
2015	2016-01-31	34,432,373	10-K
2016	2017-01-31	36,359,340	10-K
2017	2018-01-31	38,628,442	10-K
2018	2019-01-31	39,038,263	10-K
2019	2020-02-13	39,092,443	10-K
2020	2021-02-12	39,207,735	10-K
2021	2022-02-16	39,029,415	10-K
2022	2023-02-16	37,009,478	10-K
2023	2024-02-12	36,977,259	10-K
2024	2025-02-11	36,477,672	10-K
2025	2026-02-11	35,675,926	10-K

Source: all 10-K filings of Qualys on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.

What the buybacks cost, fiscal 2021 to 2025cash flow statement against share count

$941Mspent on buybacks

3.5Mfewer shares outstanding

$160average price paid per share bought back

2.9%buyback yield, last fiscal year’s spend on today’s market value

Cash spent comes from the cash flow statement. Shares outstanding fell by less than the company bought, because part of every buyback only replaces shares handed to employees. Today’s price is $181.05.

Qualys buybacks, answered

Is Qualys buying back its stock?

Yes. Qualys has 3.5% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 34,595,001 as of July 22, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 10.9%.

How many shares has Qualys bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Qualys has 4.6 million fewer shares than at its 2020 peak. That is 11.8% of the company. Since fiscal 2021 alone it bought back about 5.9 million shares, while the count fell by 4.4 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.

How many shares does Qualys have outstanding?

34,595,001 shares, as of July 22, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2020 peak it had 39,207,735.

What do Qualys' buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Qualys stock in 2020 owns 1.1 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.

How does Qualys compare with other cannibal stocks?

Qualys ranks No. 450 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Thermo Fisher (12.0%), Vail Resorts (12.0%), Boise Cascade (11.8%), Reinsurance Group of America (11.7%).

Every answer is computed from Qualys' own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.